Lisa Nicole Ellis
Estate and Disability Planning So You Can Help Your Family and Yourself
Lisa Ellis is the Principal of Ellis Law, LLC serving clients on the Eastside, Seattle and surrounding areas. Her practice focuses on estate planning, disability planning, long term care planning, probate and elder law. She handles post-death administration and fiduciary advising. Lisa advises and prepares comprehensive estate plans for individuals and couples. She represents the interests of seniors and persons facing cognitive decline with disability planning, asset protection and long-term health care needs.
Lisa is a Seattle-area native. She received her undergraduate degree at Whitman College and law degree at The University of Oregon where she was an executive editor of The Oregon Law Review. After graduating from the University of Oregon School of Law, Lisa was an Attorney Advisor at the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), a position she entered through the U.S. Attorney General's Honors Program. Prior to entering private practice, she was a law clerk for the Honorable Robert H. Whaley at the U.S. District Court of Eastern Washington and worked for a mid-size law firm in Seattle. Well-versed in complex legal planning, she is known as a published author, presenter, and for her work navigating hundreds of family-based, employment-based and naturalization immigration cases towards approval.
Lisa is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and Washington Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She is rated 10.0 out of 10.0 on Avvo and was selected as a Rising Star by Washington Super Lawyers in 2011.
- Probate
- Probate Administration
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Special Needs Planning
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- Washington
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- 9th Circuit
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Founder and Principal
- Ellis Law, LLC
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- Associate Attorney
- Ellis Li & McKinstry PLLC
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- Trial Attorney
- Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho
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- Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert H. Whaley
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
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- Session Counsel to Judiciary Committee
- Washington State Senate Committee Services
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- Attorney Advisor
- U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review
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- University of Oregon School of Law
- J.D. (2000) | Law
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- Honors: Executive Editor of The Oregon Law Review
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- Whitman College
- B.A. (1993) | History
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- Activities: Awarded All-American at NAIA Swimming Nationals.
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- Best Probate Attorneys in Seattle
- Expertise.com
- Best Immigration Lawyers in Seattle
- Expertise.com
- 10.0 Superb
- Avvo
- Rising Star
- Washington Super Lawyers
- King County Bar Association
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- Washington Association of Elder Law Attorneys
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- National Academy of Elder Lawyers
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- American Immigration Lawyer's Association - National
- Board of Publications Chair; Conference Speaker; Annual Conference Program Committee; Distance Learning Committee; Contributing Author
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- American Immigration Lawyer's Association - Washington Chapter
- Executive Committee; CBP Liaison Committee Chair; Consular Liaison Chair, Vice Chair of CLE Committee
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- Washington State Bar # 30693
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- Inside the Minds: New Developments in Immigration Enforcement and Compliance
- Thomson Reuters/Aspatore
- Navigating the Fundamentals of Immigration Law
- American Immigration Lawyer's Asociation
- Author of Visa Solutions for Students, Scholars and Sponsors: What You Need to Know (Book)
- Thomson Reuters/Aspatore
- The Visa Processing Guide and Consular Posts Handbook, 2007 - 2010 eds.
- American Immigration Lawyer's Asociation
- Keynote Speaker, Association of Washington International Student Affairs Conference, Des Moines, WA
- Association of Washington International Student Affairs (AWISA)
- Special Occupation Issues: Religious Workers & Health Care Professionals, NW Regional Immigration Law Conference
- American Immigration Lawyer's Association (AILA)
- NIV's: Part I, AILA Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA
- American Immigration Lawyer's Association (AILA)
- Making Lemonade Out of Lemons - Utilizing the Trainee Visas, AILA National Teleconference, virtual
- American Immigration Lawyer's Association (AILA)
- The ABC's of Immigration Law, Edmonds Community College Class Speaker, Lynnwood, WA
- Edmonds Community College
- Website
- Ellis Law, LLC
