Honors and Awards:

• Phil has been recognized by Chambers & Partners' Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers, is regularly been listed in Southern California "Super Lawyers," and is AV Peer Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Phil currently serves on the board of directors of Public Counsel, is vice president and a member of the board of governors of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers.  He is a member of the Litigators' Liaison Committee of the Southern California Mediation Association, as well as the litigation sections of the State Bar of California and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• As the public interest Partner in Jones Day's Los Angeles Office, Phil has directed office pro bono activities since 2000, which includes significant and ongoing representation of Public Counsel and Bet Tzedek clients, among others.  Phil also serves as a voluntary settlement conference officer for the Second District Court of Appeal, working to resolve in mediation matters pending in the California appellate courts, and has been appointed as an early neutral evaluator by the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• As an adjunct professor, Phil taught a clinical course in trial practice at Pepperdine University School of Law from 1994 to 1996, and has coached Pepperdine's trial practice teams. He also regularly participates in seminars and workshops teaching deposition, advocacy, mediation, and trial techniques and has appeared on the faculty at local and national continuing legal education seminars.

Representative Clients:

• Chevron Corporation, Unocal Corporation, Lehman Brothers Inc., County of Los Angeles, West Basin Municipal Water District, Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Kaiser Cement and Gypsum Corporation, Ready Pac Foods, Inc., 3D Systems Corporation, National City Corporation, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Textron, Inc.