Hal WM. Ellis

HAL WM. ELLIS practices in the areas of business organizations, tax-exempt organizations, trusts and probate, estate and tax planning and tax deferred exchanges. Mr. Ellis received his B.B.A. (concentration in Accounting) and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Central Oklahoma and his J.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma. He is a former member of the Professional Responsibility Tribunal, State of Oklahoma (1981-88). Mr. Ellis is a former member of the Court on the Oklahoma Judiciary, Appellate Division and a current member of the Payne County (President, 1986), Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Bar Association from 1993-1995; he is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and former Trustee President of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation. Mr. Ellis is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel where he served as the State Chair of Oklahoma. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Hal WM. Ellis included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, State Chair of Oklahoma Fellow, American Bar Foundation and Trustee Other Sources of Feedback About Hal WM. Ellis Included on the 2025Oklahoma Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2023 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2022 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2021 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2020 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2019 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2018 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2017 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2016 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2014 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2013 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2012 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2011 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2010 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2009 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2008 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2007 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list

• Managing Partner

• Oklahoma State University, Associate Professor, 1975 - 1986

• 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.

• 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

• 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