John H. Phillips
Phillips Law Firm, Inc.
A highly regarded litigator, John H. Phillips is the founder of the Phillips Law Firm, Inc. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, he provides representation to individual and business clients throughout the greater metropolitan area. Admitted to practice before all Ohio and Minnesota state courts, Mr. Phillips is also admitted to practice before several federal trial and appellate courts.
Mr. Phillips devotes a significant portion of his practice to business litigation. The types of cases that he has handled in this regard have included trade secret misappropriation, contract breaches, partner and shareholder actions, and purchase and sale disputes. Mr. Phillips also has extensive personal injury and wrongful death litigation experience, representing people who have been harmed by the negligence of other parties in incidents involving motor vehicle accidents, fires, and insurance denial claims. His trial experience has also encompassed landlord-tenant disputes, breach of fiduciary duties and other probate litigation, construction law, bad faith and other insurance claims, environmental issues, and legal malpractice. The high quality of his work in all of these areas has earned him a great deal of recognition from his colleagues, including an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell and a 10.0 "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo.
Mr. Phillips is frequently asked to deliver presentations on topics related to his practice area at continuing legal education seminars and before other groups. A 1982 recipient of a Bachelor of Science in nuclear engineering from the University of Cincinnati, he also holds a Master of Science in engineering from the same institution. Mr. Phillips obtained his legal education at what was then known as William Mitchell College of Law and was awarded his Juris Doctor in 1989. After he graduated, he spent several years practicing environmental law and litigation with a national law firm before founding the Phillips Law Firm.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Environmental Law
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Legal Malpractice
- White Collar Crime
- General Civil
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Contingent Fees
Depending on the type of case.
- Ohio
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- English: Spoken, Written
- President
- Phillips Law Firm, Inc.
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- I formed a litigation based law firm 25 years ago, still operating in the same location, providing exceptional legal service to clients locally, and across the United States.
- Attorney
- Taft, Stettinius & Hollister
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- Associate Attorney in the Litigation Department. Lead Associate on the BASF chemical plant explosion in Cincinnati. Assistant attorney on many complex litigation matters, mainly in the environmental law group.
- Senior Engineer
- Northern States Power Company
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- I started as a co-op student in engineering. When I left in 1990, I had been promoted to the level of Senior Engineer, which was as far as I could be promoted before being advanced into management.
- William Mitchell College of Law
- J.D. (1989) | Law
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- University of Cincinnati
- M.S. (1984) | Engineering
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- University of Cincinnati
- B.S. (1982) | Nuclear Engineering
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- Member
- Superlawyers
- 2015-2019 Recognized as a top lawyer in Ohio
- Most Improved Lodge
- Free and Accepted Masons
- Received Most Improved Lodge Award while Master of the Lodge
- Beehive Award
- Hanselmann Lodge #208
- For extraordinary efforts in promoting the work of the Masons
- Outstanding Alumnus Award
- Triangle Fraternity
- Chosen Nationally as an Outstanding Alumnus of a fraternity of Engineers, Architects, and Scientists
- Appreciation Award
- North American Metal Finishers
- For outstanding efforts on educating members about environmental law
- Ohio State Bar
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- Hamilton County General Health District
- Appellate Division
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- Activities: Serve as appellate reviewer of challenges to Board of Health Decisions
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- Syrian Shrine
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- Activities: Headed a drive that contributed $250,000 to the Shrine Burns Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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- Free and Accepted Masons
- Past Master
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- Park W. Gast, Jr. Education Foundation
- President
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- Activities: Founder of a scholarship fund for engineers, architects, and science majors at the University of Cincinnati
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- Cincinnati Bar Association
- Member
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- Activities: Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee
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- Triangle Fraternity
- Board of Trustees
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- Activities: Awarded Outstanding Alumnus Award by the National Organization
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- Hamilton County General Health District
- Board of Health Member
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- Activities: Served as President - two terms Served as Vice President - two terms Served as Board Member - six terms
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- Hazardous Substance Injury Compensation Board
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- Activities: Appointed twice by Governor Rudy Perpich to serve on this important Board while still in Law School.
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- Working Without a Net
- Cincinnati Bar Association
- Legal Alert
- Metal Finishing Magazine
- Legal Malpractice Litigation, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Northeast Lawyers Club
- Bad Faith Insurance Litigation, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Northeast Lawyers Club
- Nuclear Regulations and the Law, Environmental Law Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cincinnati Bar Association
- Ethics of the IOLTA Account, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Northeast Lawyers Club
- Ethics of Marketing Your Law Practice, Hamilton, Ohio
- Butler County Bar Association
- Preeminent
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Website
- Phillips Law Firm, Inc. website
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