Chad Patrick Ellis

Education and Professional Affiliations
Chad P. Ellis has practiced law as a litigator since 1999.  Born in Houston, Mr. Ellis was admitted to the Texas bar in 1999. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University (B.S. 1994) and South Texas College of Law (J.D. 1999).

Chad is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Harris
County Bar Association (Environmental Section), the Fort Bend County Association and the Wharton County Bar Associations.  He was previously a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas.  

Practice Areas and Experience
Chad's extensive and diverse legal experience includes handling large multi-plaintiff environmental cases in Texas and in California.  Among his many trials he tried   to verdict a complex construction case in which his corporate defendant client was successful on all counter claims.  He has successfully managed multi-plaintiff civil rights violation cases against a governmental entity.  He has represented multiple baking institutions in contract litigation.

Jury Consulting and Courtroom Technology
Prior to practicing law, Chad  was an associate with one the most prominent jury consulting firms in the country.  His involvement and work with the firm allowed him the unique opportunity to work as a jury consultant on some of the largest cases in legal history.  He assisted with the jury research projects on the Exxon Valdiz oil spill litigation.  His insight and understanding in the field of jury consulting is something that he brings practice of law on a daily basis, and his ability to work closely with jury research consultants is a benefit that helps his clients achieve their desired goals.

Additionally, Chad is one the state’s pioneers when it comes to successfully
utilizing technology in the courtroom.  He fully understands the advantages that a technology in litigation gives his clients.  Chad has been asked on several occasions to speak to other attorneys at legal seminars throughout Texas about how to effectively use technology in the courtroom, including speaking at the 2002 Evidence Seminar entitled Evidence for the 21st Century.

State Bar and Public Service
Chad served as a director on the board of the Texas Young Lawyers Association, and in 2007 served on the  executive committee as treasurer for TYLA.  While serving on the Texas Young Lawyers Association Board, he was awarded the TYLA Presidential Award of Merit in 2006 and was awarded the star of the quarter that same year.  He has served as an official delegate American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division at the 2006 Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, and in 2007 in San Francisco, California.

FIlm Production and the 2007 Emmy
While serving with the TYLA, Chad worked on a project producing an educational documentary entitled They had a Dream  too, Young Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.  His work on the project, including his creation of the title sequence and his editing work, earned him as a producer of the film an Emmy award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.  This film was produced for educational purposes and distributed to high schools throughout Texas.  His work as well as the other volunteers attorneys who worked on the project helped to educate Texas youth about the sacrifices that people their age made to bring civil rights to a portion of society who had suffered without them.  This film and the Emmy he was awarded remain of proudest moments.  You can see the film in its
entirety by clicking here.