Thomas J. Ellis
| Thomas J. Ellis | |
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| Member of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners |
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In office January 7, 2004 – January 7, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Marino |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Castor |
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| Political party | Republican Party |
| Residence | Elkins Park, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater |
University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Law School |
Thomas Jay "Tom" Ellis is a Pennsylvania public finance attorney. He served several terms as County Commissioner of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, one of the largest counties in Pennsylvania, before being dropped from the ticket during an intra-party feud. An ally of controversial Republican National Committeeman Bob Asher, he is a prominent figure in the Pennsylvania Republican Party.
He earned a degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982. He earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1985, where he was Editor of University of Pennsylvania Law Review. As special counsel with Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll in Philadelphia, he handles public finance and higher education legal issues. Specifically, his legal works focuses on facilitating tax-exempt financing projects for local governments and municipal authorities. He also manages the firm's lobbying on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
From 1990-2002, he served as a member of the Cheltenham Township Board of Commissioners. In 2001, he was appointed as a board member of SEPTA.
He was first elected as a County Commissioner in Montgomery County in 2003 as running mate with Jim Matthews. He was chair of the County Commissioner's Board from 2006 through 2008.
In the 2008 election, Ellis was dropped from the Republican ticket because of an incident with former fiancee who filed and then withdrew a protection from abuse order against him. As a result, Ellis was unable to secure the county GOP's endorsement for a second four-year term in 2007. While Ellis denied physically abusing her, he did publicly apologize to her at a county commissioners meeting. Ellis unsuccessfully attempted to obtain the Republican nomination independent of the party apparatus, losing to Bruce Castor and Jim Matthews.
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