Ellis & Winters LLP was formed in 2000 as a new kind of North Carolina law firm: A select cadre of lawyers providing sophisticated legal services to blue-chip clients.

With a strong emphasis on customer service, the ten founding lawyers set out to offer premier legal services efficiently, but with the intense involvement of the firm's most senior partners.

Concentrating in complex litigation and commercial real estate, the firm's lawyers have been called upon in some of the state's most important disputes and transactions, including a $424 million North Carolina Supreme Court victory and a $100 million corporate acquisition. The business community has taken notice, naming more than half of the firm's members to Business North Carolina's Legal Elite, and according a similarly disproportionate representation among the Best Lawyers in America. Nowhere has the recognition been as overwhelming as in the North Carolina Super Lawyers, which has recognized nine of the firm's 15 partners.

Now, nine years after the firm's inception, the Ellis & Winters model has flourished. Its 34 lawyers provide legal services to more than 30 members of the Fortune 500. With offices in Raleigh and Greensboro, the firm continues to attract the finest attorneys with significant trial, appellate, and transactional experience.

Ellis & Winters lawyers are also active in leading organizations in the legal profession, such as the American Bar Association, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Defense Research Institute, the North Carolina Bar Association, and the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. Members of the firm frequently write and speak on professional issues involving their areas of concentration.

Ellis & Winters lawyers are committed to the local community. The firm's attorneys have served on such boards as the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, the Cary Chamber of Commerce, the North Carolina School of Science and Math Foundation, the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, as well as on the boards of the Downtown Raleigh Alliance, Artspace and Special Olympics of North Carolina. Lawyers in the firm also serve on many other professional, civic, church and community boards, councils and committees.

Ellis & Winters sponsorships and financial support

• Gold Level Sponsor of the 2009 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
• Duke Law School 2009 Moot Court sponsorship
• Supporter of the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence
• Sponsor of American Diabetes Association's Tour de Cure

The National Foundation for Judicial Excellence

Ellis & Winters is proud to support the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence. By supporting the NFJE, Ellis & Winters is helping our clients by assuring a fair, qualified judiciary.

NFJE joins bar associations, law schools, think tanks and other non-profit organizations to provide education to appellate judges. The foundation publishes scholarly articles and hosts an annual symposium that focuses on timely, significant issues. The summer symposium has consistently received praise from participating judges for its innovative topics.

For more information, visit www.nfje.net.

Long-Term Care Risk Legal Forum

Ellis & Winters is a member of the Long-Term Care Risk Legal Forum, an on-line collaborative network of professionals who serve the long-term care industry.

The forum provides the long-term care industry with a secure on-line environment where legal and risk management professionals throughout the country can share information and ideas.