Stephen C. Ellis

Steve Ellis is a Partner in the Cleveland office of Tucker Ellis & West LLP. He is a business lawyer who provides a broad range of senior level business, financial and transactional counseling to privately-held companies. Industries served include medical imaging products and services, metals, plastics and automotive, as well as technology-based software and bio-technology companies. Steve has served as lead counsel in scores of acquisitions and financings with dollar values ranging from $500,000 to more than $500,000,000. His 30 plus years as a "deal making" business lawyer and 10 years as the CEO of a major national law firm have made Steve a valuable business counselor as well as a highly respected lawyer. He has been named one of the Best Lawyers in America for over ten years. In 2009, Steve was named "Cleveland Corporate Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America as well as a Leading Lawyer by Inside Business Magazine (Mergers and Acquisitions).

Steve served for 10 years as National Managing Partner for the national law firm of Arter & Hadden. An honors graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law, he was asked to deliver the law school’s commencement address in 2008. Steve is a life-long Cleveland resident, married to his high school sweetheart and is a valued member of Cleveland's civic and charitable community. Notwithstanding his numerous professional and civic accomplishments, Steve views his greatest achievements as his five grandchildren and a single digit handicap (a handicap level that presently eludes him).

Civic & Professional Involvement

Greater Cleveland Partnership (formerly Greater Cleveland Growth Assoc.) 
      Secretary & General Counsel
Lake Hospital System 
      Trustee and Chair of the Finance Committee
HealthSpace Cleveland 
      Trustee and Vice-Chair
Leadership Cleveland Alumnus 
Kramer Law Clinic 
      Advisory Committee
Case Western Reserve University School of Law 
      Adjunct Professor, Negotiations and Drafting
      2008 Commencement Speaker
      Member, Visiting Committee
      Society of Benchers
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Banking & Corporate Law Section 
      Former Chair
Hiram College  
      Member, Visiting Committee
Kent State University, Center for Entrepreneurship & Business Innovation (CEBI)
     Board Member
Ohio Super Lawyer® (2004-2011)
Best Lawyers of America® (10+ Years)

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