Alan Ellis has defended thousands of federal post-conviction cases over more than 50 years. He is a Past President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), consisting of 35,000 members and affiliates. He is also a former Law Professor and a Fulbright award recipient, which led him to be invited by China to be a Visiting Fulbright Professor of Law in Shanghai, China.

He has authored more than 200 articles and books, including the Federal Prison Guidebook: Prisons, Sentencing and Post-Conviction Remedies which is now in its 14th edition and has been published biannually since 1998. He is a frequent speaker and has more than 100 lectures, presentations and speaking engagements to his credit, including interviewing over 40 Federal judges for an unprecedented series of articles for Law 360 and Federal Lawyer Magazine on What Federal Judges Want at Sentencing.

Federal Lawyer has described him as “one of this country’s pre-eminent criminal defense lawyers.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a published decision, called Alan “a nationally recognized expert in federal criminal sentencing.” KGO-TV, the San Francisco affiliate of ABC said he is “the best in the business.” Read More