Jonathan Ellis

Jonathan Ellis co-chairs McGuireWoods’ appeals and issues practice. Mr. Ellis focuses his practice on designing and executing winning legal strategies in appeals and high-stakes litigation.

Mr. Ellis has argued nine cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and filed more than 150 briefs at the merits and certiorari stages before the Court. He has argued appeals and dispositive motions in other federal courts and state courts across the country. He has significant experience nationally in assisting clients in formulating appellate strategy, both in pending appeals and at the trial court level before judgment. And he has challenged and defended federal agency actions at every level of the federal judiciary. Mr. Ellis’ experience includes copyright, trademark, and patent law, constitutional law, administrative law, securities regulation, and commercial disputes.

Before joining McGuireWoods, Mr. Ellis served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he represented the federal government before the U.S. Supreme Court. Earlier in his legal career, Mr. Ellis clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., at the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge A. Raymond Randolph at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.