Biography
Ms. Phillips is a graduate of University of California at Los Angeles and Pepperdine School of Law. During law school, Ms. Phillips worked for the Los Angeles District Attorney and the United States Attorney in the U. S. Virgin Islands in criminal prosecution where she was able to study and learn the motivations and legal strategies of criminal prosecutors. After becoming a licensed attorney, Ms. Phillips began her law career as a public defender where she had an outstanding record of 30 percent of cases dismissed after preliminary hearing.
Ms. Phillips then began working in the civil arena where she gained experience in civil litigation relating to business law and contracts, construction disputes, fraud, personal injury, and real estate related matters. Ms. Phillips has trial experience in construction disputes, criminal defense, easements, personal injury, property line disputes, real estate transactions, fraud, and breach of contract. However, she is also an advocate of trying to settle disputes without trial using mediation and arbitration which is less costly, less time consuming, and less stressful to you, the client.
State Bar Admissions: CA 2003, KS 2001 (Inactive).
Federal Bar Admission: Central District of California, United States District Court 2010.
Affilations
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Ventura County Bar Association
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
American Inns of Court
Primary Practice Areas
Adjoining Landowners, Adverse Possession, Business Disputes, Business Law, Civil Law, Civil Litigation, Consumer Fraud, Contract Disputes, Contract Law, Construction Defects, Construction Law, Credit/Collections, Criminal Law, Disputes, Easement Law, Homeowners Associations, Landlord and Tenants, Negligence, Neighbor Disputes, Real Estate Law, and Real Estate Transactions.
National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Advocate Designation - May 2019
National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) - Witness Examination Bootcamp - April 2019
Education
J.D., Pepperdine School of Law, 2001; B.A. English, UCLA, 1998
National Institute for Trial Advocacy - Intensive Professional Training in the Art of Trial Skills, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA 2013.
California Evidence Skills, Trial Advocacy Group, Los Angeles 2010
Expert Witness Seminar, Trial Advocacy Group, Los Angeles 2010
Jury Selection Workshop, Trial Advocacy Group, Los Angeles 2010
National Criminal Defense College, Mercer Law School, Macon, GA, Trial Practice Institute, 2007.
National Institute for Trial Advocacy - Intensive Professional Training Program in the Art of Deposition Skills, LA, CA 2004.
Missouri Public Defender Training, 2002.
