Benjamin A. Ellis
Mr. Ellis’s practice focuses on workers’ compensation, premises liability, and business law and litigation.
Before joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Adam M. Conrad and the Honorable Michael L. Robinson, both of the North Carolina Business Court. While in law school, Mr. Ellis interned as a judicial clerk for the Honorable M. Hannah Lauck of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Mr. Ellis also served as the Executive Articles Editor of the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal.
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Licenses
Admitted to bar, 2021, Virginia.
Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (B.A., 2005, Philosophy, highest honors; B.A., Linguistics, highest distinction)
William & Mary Law School (J.D., 2017, cum laude)
Publications
Marilyn N. Harvey & Benjamin A. Ellis, Litigation of a COVID-19 Virginia Workers’ Compensation Claim, J. CIV. LITIG. 609 (Winter 2020-2021)
Benjamin A. Ellis, “Time Enough” for Scrutiny: The Second Amendment, Mental Health, and the Case for Intermediate Scrutiny, 25 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 1325 (2017).
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Clerkships
Law Clerk to the Honorable Adam M. Conrad, North Carolina Business Court - Charlotte, NC
Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael L. Robinson, North Carolina Business Court - Winston-Salem, NC
Affiliations
Virginia State Bar
Virginia Workers’ Compensation Inn of Court