Luke Ellis

Luke Ellis is a Partner at GJEL Accident Attorneys, with more than 48 years of legal practice since being admitted to the California State Bar in 1976.

Ellis earned his Bachelor of Arts from Antioch College in Ohio and his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is admitted to practice in California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, was named Best Lawyers' "Lawyer of the Year" for Personal Injury Litigation in 2024, has been selected to California Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America, was honored as a "Lion of Litigation" by Berkeley Law in 2014, and was named one of California's Top 10 Personal Injury Attorneys by Attorneys and Practice Magazine (2020).

Ellis is a co-author of Government Tort Liability Practice, published by the California Continuing Education of the Bar. His professional memberships include the Alameda-Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, Consumer Attorneys of California, California Trial Lawyers Association, Alameda County Bar Association, Contra Costa Bar Association, and State Bar of California.

Notable case results include a $27 million premises liability verdict, a $22 million bicycle accident verdict, a $20.45 million verdict against AC Transit, and a $13.6 million wrongful death verdict.