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With offices in San Francisco, California (Mill Valley), and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Ardmore), and soon in China, the Law Offices of Alan Ellis provides a full range of sentencing and post- conviction services to lawyers and defendants throughout the United States and internationally, including California (such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, and Sacramento), New York (such as New York City), Florida (such as Miami, Tampa, and Orlando), Texas (such as Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio), Illinois (such as Chicago), Pennsylvania (such as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh), Ohio (such as Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati), Michigan (such as Detroit and Grand Rapids), Georgia (such as Atlanta and Savannah), and North Carolina (such as Charlotte and Raleigh). Regardless of your location, we are available to help you. Indeed, we have practiced in federal courts in 47 of the 50 states. We are available to assist you and your attorney in obtaining the lowest possible sentence, and if it's one of incarceration, to be served at the best place possible under terms and conditions that will you to be released from custody at the earliest possible opportunity. 

 
The Law Offices of Alan Ellis

California

495 Miller Ave.
Suite 201
Mill Valley, CA 94941

Phone 415 380 2550
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The Law Offices of Alan Ellis

Pennsylvania

50 Rittenhouse Place
Ardmore, PA 19003

Phone 610 658 2255
Fax 610 649 8362

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