Hal WM. Ellis - Stillwater, OK

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma
    J.D.
    Law Review: American Indian Law Review, Editor, 1972 - 1974

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, 1971
    B.B.A.
    Major: Accounting
  • University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, 1974
    M.B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Past Positions

• Oklahoma State University, Associate Professor, 1975 - 1986

Classes and Seminars

• Guardianships Contrasted with Revocable Trusts, Oklahoma Bar Association CLE
  
• Trust Admin.-Cy Pres and Equitable Deviation, Oklahoma Bar Association CLE
  
• Fundamentals of Will Drafting, Institute for Paralegal Education
  
• Defining Estate Administration, Institute for Paralegal Education
  
• Basic Tax Free Exchanges, Oklahoma Bar Association CLE
  
• Exempt Organizations – Ethical Considerations, Oklahoma Bar Association CLE
  
• Exempt Organizations – Charitable Giving Planning Techniques, Oklahoma Bar Association CLE
  
• Basic Principles of Estate Planning, Oklahoma Bar Association CLE
  
• Selected Ethics Issues in Probate, Oklahoma Bar Association CLE
  
• Choice of Business Entity in Oklahoma: How to Do It Right, National Business Institute, 2001 - Present

Representative Clients

• Banc First

• Kerns Ready Mixed Concrete, Inc.

Published Works

Articles

• Asset Protection Planning (co-author), Oklahoma Bar Journal, 78: 15, 2007
  
• Tax Deferred Exchanges Under Internal Revenue Code §1031, Oklahoma Bar Journal, 74: 27, 2003
  
• Capital Gains on Sales of Undeveloped Realty - Three Alternatives, The Tax Advisor (AICPA), 1977
  
• Exclusion of Earnings on Allotted Indian Land from Federal Income Taxation, American Indian Law Review, Vol. II, No. 1, 1974
  

Bar Admissions

• Oklahoma, 1974
• U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
• U.S. Tax Court, 1975

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association, 1996 - Present (Fellow)
• Super Lawyer – Oklahoma, 2008 - Present
• Best Lawyers – Oklahoma, 2008 - Present
• Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, 2001 - 2008 (Member)
• Oklahoma Bar Foundation (Fellow, Board of Trustees and President (2006))
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 1996 - Present (Fellow (State Chair: 2001-2006))
• Oklahoma Bar Association Board, 1993 - 1995 (Governor)
• Payne County Bar Association, 1986 - Present (President (1986))

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi