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Schools & Education
Employment & Labor
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Attorney Profile
Ransom A. Ellis, III
Ransom Ellis, III
Springfield
Missouri (MO)
Industry Groups:
Missouri School Boards Association
Profile
Attorney Ransom A. Ellis, III is an attorney with the Springfield, Missouri, firm Ellis, Ellis, Hammons & Johnson. A practicing attorney for more than 35 years, Mr. Ellis received his undergraduate degree from the Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. He continued his education with Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in Dallas, where he received his law degree.
Mr. Ellis served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ralph Kennedy, a member of the National Labor Relations Board and after graduation from law school worked as a field attorney in the National Labor Relations Board’s Regional Office in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1980, he joined his father in the practice of law in Springfield, Missouri, expecting to limit his practice to labor and employment law. Shortly after joining the firm, Mr. Ellis expanded his practice to include the representation of public school districts, private schools, public and private universities in Missouri.
Mr. Ellis is licensed to practice law in the states of Missouri and Texas; the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeal for the 8th, 4th and 5th Circuits; and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
About Ransom Ellis, III
Law School: Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Admitted: 1979, Missouri
Professional Webpage: www.eehjfirm.com/ransom_ellis_iii.php
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member, Missouri Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of Texas
- Member, Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- Member, Missouri School Boards’ Association
- Member, Missouri Council of School Attorneys
- Member, National School Boards’ Association
- IDEA Hearing Officer, State of Missouri
Verdicts and Settlements:
- Representative Federal Court Cases:
- Clayton by Clayton v. Place, 884 F.2d 376 (8th Cir. 1989), cert. den 494 U.S. 1081 (1989)
- Vicki Easley v. Empire, Inc., 757 F.2d 923 (8th Cir.1985)
- David Glass v. Kirkland, 29 F.3d 1266 (8th Cir.1994)
- Carol Coffman v. Tracker Marine, L.P.,141 F.3d 1241, (8th Cir.1998)
- Blackmon. v. School District of Springfield, R-12, 198 F.3d 648, (8th Cir. 1999)
- MO DESE et al. v. School District of Springfield, R-12, 358 F.3d 992, (8th Cir. 2004)
- Cross v. Monett R-I School District, 431 F.3d 606, (8th Cir. 2005)
- Adams v. O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., 538 F.3d 926, (8th Cir. 2008)
- McNary v. Schreiber Cheese Company, Inc., 535 F.3d 765, (8th Cir. 2008)
- Baker, et. al. v. Stone County, MO, et. al., 41 F. Supp. 2d 965, (W.D. Mo.1998)
- Atwood v. School District of Springfield, R-12, 2011 WL 1044145 (W.D. Mo. 2011)
- Mellony Burlison, et al. v. School District of Springfield, R-12, 2012 WL 220205 (W.D. Mo. 2012)
- Representative State Court Cases:
- Kathleen O'Connell v. School District of Springfield R-12, 830 S.W.2d 410, (Mo. 1992)
- Nancy Remington v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 817 S.W.2d 571 (Mo. App. 1991)
- Nancy Howard v. State Board of Education, et al, 913 S.W. 2d (Mo. App.1995)
- Representative Federal Administrative Cases:
- Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, 221 NLRB 304, (1975)
- Texas Tag & Specialty Company, 229 NLRB 856, (1977)
- Richardson Paint Company, 226 NLRB 673 (1976), enf'd 574 F.2d 1195 (5th Cir. 1978)
- Teamsters Local 886 (Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc.) 229 NLRB 832 (1978)
- McAx Sign Company, Inc., 231 NLRB 957 (1977), enf'd, 576 F.2d 62 (5th Cir. 1978)
- Daniel Construction Company, 241 NLRB 336, (1979)
- Abilene Area Sheet Metal Contractor's Association, 236 NLRB 1652 (1978)
- Sullivan Transfer Company, 247 NLRB 772 (1980)
- EFCO Corporation, 327 NLRB 372 (1998)
- Tracker Marine, LLC, 337 NLRB No. 94, 171 LRRM 1295 (2002)
- Representative State Administrative Cases:
- In the Matter of B.A.F. v. Lebanon R-3 School District (St. Bd. Ed. 2004)
- In the Matter of E.R. v. Southwest R-V School District (St. Bd. Ed. 2005)
Educational Background:
- Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, BFA (Speech), 1971
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