About Brian Michael
Brian Michael Ellis is a partner at Morris James LLP, serving clients from the firm's offices in Rehoboth Beach and Georgetown, Delaware. His practice makes a speciality of business law, real estate, and property planning. He has been certified to practice regulation in Delaware since 2005 and in New York since 1999. After earning his J.D. from Tulane University School of Law in 1998, Brian spent seven years practicing corporate and securities law in New York City. His work there primarily involved M&A transactions, joint ventures, finance, and private and public equity, serving clients in industries such as prescription drugs, media, telecommunications, coverage, and fashion.
In 2005, Brian returned to Sussex County, Delaware, to concentrate on enterprise and transactional law, real property, and property planning. He has represented businesses in any respect levels of improvement, from start-u.s.to based firms, in sectors which includes clinical and accounting professions, actual estate improvement, structure, retail, and meals offerings. Brian joined Morris James LLP in 2017 as a partner, bringing his expertise to the company's Rehoboth Beach and Georgetown workplaces. His practice areas consist of household company formation and making plans, preparation and bargaining of business agreements, business restructuring and reorganization, M&A transactions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships. He additionally provides legal guidance on new business formation, enterprise finance, and Delaware business law, which includes delivering Delaware Opinion Letters for companies and different entities. In actual property, Brian handles residential and commercial real estate settlements, 1031 like-type exchanges, preparation and bargaining of leases, purchase and sale agreements.
Other real property agreements, as well as preparation of easements and formation and record preparation for condominiums, subdivisions, and business complexes. In property planning, Brian prepares property making plans files, including wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and powers of attorney, and provides estate and tax strategy, including lifetime present planning. Brian is a member of the American Bar Association, Delaware State Bar Association, and Sussex County Bar Association. He has been acknowledged as a "Top Lawyer" in Delaware Today. He is licensed to practice in Delaware (2005) and New York (1999). Brian's offices are located at 19339 Coastal Highway, Suite 300, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971, and 107 W — Market Street, P.O.
Box 690, Georgetown, DE 19947. He can be reached at (302) 260-7290 or through email at bellis@morrisjames.com. Brian's knowledge in business and transactional regulation, real estate, and estate planning, mixed with his deep ties to Sussex County, make him a valuable resource for clients looking for comprehensive legal guidance in those regions.
