In re Ellis

The matter before us is a reinstatement petition filed by Nicholas J. Ellis. The petitioner was disbarred by this court on November 16, 2000, retroactive to July 21, 1997, the date of his temporary suspension from the practice of law.1 The temporary suspension and ultimate disbarment arose from a criminal investigation into the conduct of the law firm that bore his name as one of its partners, Ellis & Ellis, and his indictment and subsequent guilty plea to two indictments charging him with motor vehicle insurance fraud, a misdemeanor. A number of other attorneys and employees who worked at…