Biography
Kolten C. Ellis practices in the Litigation Department of Lewis Rice. Kolten represents individuals and companies in a broad range of disputes, including complex commercial litigation and employment matters. Prior to joining Lewis Rice, Kolten served as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert J. Luck on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and as a law clerk for the Honorable Allen C. Winsor on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. In law school, he served as executive editor of the Washington University Law Review and as a student attorney in the Washington University Appellate Clinic.
Practice Areas
Education
- Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2021)
- Order of the Coif
- Executive Editor, Washington University Law Review
- Research Assistant, Prof. John Drobak
- Rollins College, Winter Park, FL (B.A., magna cum laude, 2016)
- Philosophy
- Economics
- John M. Olin Award
- Varsity Debate Team
Legal Background
- Law Clerk, Honorable Robert J. Luck, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2022, 2023)
- Law Clerk, Honorable Allen C. Winsor, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida (2021, 2022)
- Student Attorney, Washington University Appellate Clinic (2021)
- Summer Associate, Weiner Brodsky Kider, PC (2020)
- Judicial Extern, Honorable Raymond W. Gruender, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit (2019)
Professional Affiliations
- 2022 participant, Georgetown University Law Center’s Originalism Summer Seminar
- Member, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Member, Central West End Church
Admissions
- Missouri Bar
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
