LAW FIRM PROFILE
Ellis & Winters
The One Where Friends Started a Law Firm PACKER, CHAMBERLIN AND WINTERS
WRITTEN BY BOB FRIEDMAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY CATHERINE DAVIS
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hat started as a creative workaround for a rainy forecast on the day of our photoshoot with litigation and commercial real estate firm Ellis & Winters, morphed into one of the story’s main themes. Recall the ’90s hit TV sitcom, Friends, and its theme song “I’ll be There for You.” “We started the firm as a group of folks who knew each other very well,” said
founding partner Mike Winters. “We’ve been good friends for many years and determined to keep our friendship a priority as we grow. We didn’t have a particular plan to grow at any certain pace but to make new hires feel like they’re part of the group who remain good friends and want to be here.” The firm was launched in 2000 by Dick Ellis, Winters, Leslie Packer, Andrew Chamberlin, Chuck Anderson, Paul Sun, Alex Hagan, Mary Dillon, Donna Blum-
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