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Firm Chair
Martin Ellery
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- (555) 014-2291
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- Columbus, Ohio
Martin leads the firm and its commercial litigation group. He represents Ohio manufacturers, distributors and family companies in contract, partnership and ownership disputes, in court and at the negotiating table.
Background
Martin joined the firm in its second year and became firm chair in 2014. Before that he clerked for a judge of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, an experience he credits for his habit of writing every brief for a busy reader.
He is known for early, candid case assessments. Clients often hear him say that the best litigation budget is the one spent in the first sixty days, when facts are fresh and options are still wide open.
Experience
Representative work, described without client names:
- Trial counsel to a regional manufacturer in a multi-year supply agreement dispute
- Lead counsel in a shareholder deadlock involving a third-generation family business
- Arbitration counsel to a software company in a licensing disagreement with a national customer
- Appellate counsel in a contract interpretation appeal before an Ohio district court of appeals
Community and teaching
Martin teaches a continuing education seminar on business dispute strategy and volunteers with a Columbus legal aid clinic.
- Board member, a central Ohio nonprofit supporting first-generation business owners
- Member, Columbus Bar Association business litigation committee
- Guest lecturer on pretrial strategy at a local law school clinic
Practice areas
Matters Martin has led
Selected matters from his practice
- 01.Enforcing a supply agreement for a manufacturerCommercial litigation2025
- 02.Guiding a family distributor through its saleMergers & acquisitions2025
- 03.Defending a software vendor in a license disputeCommercial litigation2024
- 04.Negotiating a partner exit in a medical groupMergers & acquisitions2024
Illustrative matters for this demo firm. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Client voices
Clients on working with Martin
Comments shared by business clients Martin has represented in disputes and transactions.
Illustrative testimonials for this demo.
“They told us plainly where our contract was strong and where it was weak, before we spent a dollar on filing. That honesty is exactly why we trusted them with the rest of a very long dispute.”
Operations directorR. Calloway“Clear updates, no jargon, and a written plan for every scenario we raised. I always knew what the next step was, who was handling it, and why it mattered to our business.”
Chief financial officerT. Okonkwo