Steve EllisABOUT STEVE ELLIS
* Son of Mike Ellis, the Walker County sheriff from 1984-88 * Vice chairman of the Hutcheson Medical Center board * Special assistant to the attorney general for local DFCS cases * 2004: Campaign chairman for Rep. Martin Scott * 2007-09: Chairman of the Walker County Republican Party * 2009-10: Walker County chairman for U.S. Rep. Tom Graves
Local attorney Steve Ellis is now the Juvenile Court judge in Dade and Walker counties.
Four Superior Court judges in the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit agreed last week to appoint Ellis to the position instead of two other candidates. The current judge, F. Bryant Henry Jr., appointed Ellis to a part-time position on the bench on May 1, and Ellis will replace Henry full time on July 1.
Ellis takes the job after representing the Division of Family and Children Services in Juvenile Court for 21 years. He said two lawyers who worked for him, Kathleen Gibson and Matthew Bowers, will take his place on those cases.
Ellis also served as a youth director at a local church.