Thomas Selby Ellis III

My sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Judge Ellis. He was truly a caring, gracious and terrifying judge. I mean that in the nicest way. I started out as a new young practitioner in front of him and he taught me well, rules of courtroom presence, decorum and brevity. I remember one particular sentencing when I had mistakenly assumed the hearing was set for 2:00 (all previous hearings had been at 2:00, but I didn´t know that all sentencings were set for the morning docket). When...

Although I met and spoke with Judge Ellis only several times, I remember him as a very gentle and compassionate soul. Our daughter Erica clerked for Judge Ellis for 19 years and I recall a picture of her with a message below which said when she first began to infinite !

Tim was a special friend of ours for 30 years. We especially enjoyed his humor and when he and Becky sailed the Potomac and the Chesapeake with us on Mindanao 2&3. What memories we made! He was a wonderful man and a special friend.

Tim gave me one of greatest compliments I ever received. So proud to have known him. RIP Judge Ellis