WASHINGTON, Ellis 1961-

(Publius Ellis)

PERSONAL:

Born September 22, 1961, in Detroit, MI; son of Ivan and Joan (maiden name, Green; later surname, Folson) Washington; divorced; children: Stone, Eden. Ethnicity: "Black." Education: DePauw University, B.A., 1983; University of Michigan, M.M.P., 1986; Harvard University Law School, postgraduate study, 1988-89; John Marshall Law School, J.D., 1994. Politics: Republican. Religion: Christian.

ADDRESSES:

Home—1428 Yorkshire, Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230. Office—Warner Norcross & Judd, 2000 Town Center, Suite 2700, Southfield, MI 48075.

CAREER:

Teacher of history, government, English, and music at public schools in Detroit, MI, 1983-85, 1987-88; Karega Law Firm, Southfield, MI, law clerk and administrative assistant, 1989-90; teacher at public schools in Detroit, 1990-91; Sixty Plus Elder-Law Clinic, Inc., Lansing, MI, Medicare and legal researcher, 1991; Rutherford Institute, Grandville, MI, law clerk, 1992; Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, GA, paralegal, 1993-94; Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, paralegal, 1994-97; Affiliates Legal Services, Atlanta, paralegal and co-counsel, 1997-98; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, litigation paralegal, 1998-2000. Ford Motor Co., attorney affiliated with Ford/Firestone tire tread separation cases, 2000-01; Warner Norcross & Judd, legal assistant, 2001—. Davenport University, adjunct professor, 2000; Ave Maria School of Law, member of board of visitors, 2002-03. Michigan Music Research Center, managing editor, 1987—. Public speaker; lecturer at Michigan-area schools and universities.

WRITINGS:

The Inseparability of Law and Morality: The Constitution, Natural Law, and the Rule of Law, University Press of America (Lanham, MD), 2002.

Beyond the Veil: Essays in the Dialectical Style of Socrates,iUniverse.com (Lincoln, NE), 2000, revised edition, Hamilton Books (Lanham, MD), 2004.

Also author of The Devil Is in the Details: Essays on Law, Race, Politics, and Religion. Work represented in anthologies, including America at the Millennium: The Best Poems and Poets of the Twentieth Century, International Library of Poetry (Owing Mills, MD), 2000. Contributing editor for Michigan Law Review. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including Loyola Law Review, Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, Valparaiso Law Review, Mercer Law Review, Children's Legal Rights Journal, Rutgers Law Record, Afro-American Music Review, and Social Critic Journal. Also writes under name Publius Ellis.

EDITOR

Black Musicians of the Colonial Period, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1976, revised edition published as Black Musicians of the American Colonial Period, 1700-1800: A Preliminary Index of Names with Supplement, 1995.

Black Musicians in Detroit, 1837-1987: A Sesquicentennial Celebration, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1987.

Sesquicentennial List of Black Musicians in the State of Michigan, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1987.

Captain Francis Johnson (1792-1844), Great American Black Bandsman; Life and Works, two volumes, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1994.

Edward Margetson, 1891-1962, and Marie Margetson, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1996.

Black Musicians of Color in England, Latin America, and America, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1996.

George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower (1778-1860): Violinist/Composer, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1996.

Basile Bares (1845-1902): Musician/Composer, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1996.

Samuel Coleridge Taylor (1875-1912): An Afro-American Musical Experience, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1996.

Edmond Dede (1827-1901): Composer of New Orleans, and Family, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1996.

One Hundred and Fifty Years with the Lambert Family of New Orleans (1792-1945), Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1996.

New Light on the Career of James Bland (1854-1911), Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1996.

Theodore Drury: Black Opera Impresario, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1996.

Julian Nicasio and Manuel Jiminez, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1996.

Albert F. Mando, 1846-1912, of the Mando Mozart Conservatory, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 1996.

300th Year Celebration, the Black Community Music and the Fine Secular Arts: The Detroit History That Nobody Knew (or Bothered to Remember), Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), volume 1, 2001, Volumes 2-3, 2002.

(With Arthur R. LaBrew) International Dictionary of Black Music and Musicians from Antiquity through the Nineteenth Century, 4 volumes, Michigan Music Research Center (Detroit, MI), 2004.

Editor of special issues, Afro-American Music Review, 1985, 1986, 1998, and Michigan Law Review, 1989.