Michael Alan Ellis

• Transaction structuring
• Securities issuance & regulatory compliance
• Private equity funds & venture capital
• Fairness opinions/special committees
• Mergers & Acquisitions

• Loan financing
• General business
• Entrepreneurial Business
• Executive employment arrangements & compensation
• Due diligence
• Corporate governance/board & committee counsel
• Corporate & Securities
• Commercial transactions
• Business transactions
• Banking & Finance

Ohio

State of Ohio

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP

Current

Duke University School of Law

J.D

1977

University of Pennsylvania

M.A

1974

University of Pennsylvania

1974

B.A. cum laude

Current

Activities: Ohio State Bar Association, Council of Delegates, Member; Secretary of State Liaison Subcommittee of Corporation Law Committee, Chair; Corporation Law Committee, past Chairman, 1999-2001

Current

Activities: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, 2005-2006 Chair, Corporation and Business Law Section; former Chair, Securities Law Section

Current

Activities: WVIZ/WCPN Ideastream, Chair's Council, former Trustee

Current

Activities: Growth Capital Corporation, Executive Committee; past Chairman and Trustee

Current

Activities: Cleveland Region, ORT America, Trustee

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Activities: Cleveland Committee on Foreign Relations, Member