Thomas Selby Ellis III

Personal

Birthday: 
1940
Birthplace: 
Bogota, Columbia
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Navy, 1961-1966
Private practice, Richmond, Virginia, 1969-1987
Lecturer in law, College of William and Mary, 1981-1983

Education

Name of School: 
Princeton University
Degree: 
B.S.E.
Degree Year: 
1961
Name of School - Second: 

Harvard Law School

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Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1969
Name of School - Third: 
University of Oxford Faculty of Law
Degree - Third: 
Diploma in Law
Degree Year - Third: 
1970

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Court Name: 

Virginia Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
Ronald Reagan
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
8/6/1987
Retirement from Active Service: 
4/1/2007