ATTORNEYS
EDWARD D. ELLIS
MANAGING PARTNER
HISTORY OF PRACTICE
Former trial attorney with the Litigation Center of The Equal Employment Commission
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Former felony prosecutor with the County/District Attorney's Office of Lamar County, Texas
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Private Practice in Lamar County, Texas since 1986 and have concentrated in the areas of real estate, contracts, wills and probate, business and corporate law, adoption, family law, personal injury litigation, bankruptcy, and mediation.
EDUCATION
Undergraduate: Texas A&M - Commerce, Texas - B.B.A. Degree 1969
Law School: University of Tulsa - J.D. 1972
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
State Bar of Texas
Northeast Texas Bar Association
American Bar Association
Oklahoma Bar Association
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Charter Member of the Rotary Club of Greater Paris
Board Member - Netseo Trails Council of America
Curriculum Committee for the Paralegal Program at Texas A&M - Commerce, Texas
Magistrate Judge Selection Committee - United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
Traffic Commission - City of Paris Lamar County Child Welfare Board
Board Member of the Greater Paris Development Foundation
ZACHARY A. RESSLER
PARTNER
BIO
A native of Paris and a recent addition to the Texas State Bar, Zac is an enthusiastic attorney whose primary practice areas include criminal, family, personal injury and bankruptcy.
EDUCATION
Undergraduate: Baylor University - B.A. 2009
Law School: University of Oklahoma - J.D. 2015
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
State Bar of Texas
Lamar County Criminal Defense Bar
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Paris Community Theater Board Member
Lamar County Criminal Defense Wheel
Lamar County Child Protective Services Wheel