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Stephen D. Phillips is the managing partner at the Phillips law Offices in Chicago. He earned his Juris Doctor from Loyola University in 1985 and his B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1981. He is an extensively published writer and sought-after lecturer on legal topics ranging from medical malpractice to tort reform. Mr. Phillips is also the recipient of a number of awards and honors from various legal and community groups. His law practice focuses on personal injury, catastrophic injury, tort law, wrongful death, nursing home and medical malpractice, drug litigation, traffic accidents, aviation, construction liability, and product liability. Mr. Phillips was the 2013 President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a member of, and has held a number of positions with, the Illinois State Bar Association and the American Trial Lawyers Association. Additionally, Mr. Phillips has served as an adjunct professor at the Loyola University School of Law.

Stephen Phillips is admitted to practice law in Illinois, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He was inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers – limited to 500 attorneys worldwide – in 2011. Stephen Phillips has been designated as an Illinois Super Lawyer for 11 successive years. The National Trial Lawyers re-elected Mr. Phillips as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Illinois each year from 2008 through 2015.

Stephen D. Phillips has obtained multi-million-dollar verdicts or settlements for a long list of clients in a considerable number of medical malpractice, product liability, and personal injury cases. His experience at resolving the toughest legal issues makes him a powerfully effective advocate for injury victims throughout Illinois. Still, Mr. Phillips finds the time to serve his community as a volunteer basketball and AYSO soccer coach.

Admission Dates & Jurisdictions

  • Illinois, 1985
  • Northern District of Illinois, United States District Court, 1985
  • United States Court of Appeals 7th Circuit

Education

Professional Experience

Honors & Awards

  • Fellow – Illinois Bar Foundation (1995)
  • Justinian Society of Lawyers – Mentor for Mentor Program
  • Justinian Society Scholarship Committee
  • John G. Phillips Scholarship Chairman
  • Loyola University – Presidents Club
  • University of Iowa Alumni Association – Lifetime Member
  • Elected to Consumer Guide Book – Leading Attorneys in Illinois 1995 –present (Determined by a state-wide survey of lawyers.) Published by American Research Corporation.
  • International Who’s Who of Professionals (1995), Published by Gilbralter Marketing
  • Strathmore’s Who’s Who Registry (1999 -2000 Edition)
  • Society of Trial Lawyers (1999 to present)
  • Illinois Network of Leading American Attorneys (2000 to present)
  • Recognized in the Chicago Lawyer Magazine as resolving the most million dollar plus cases than any other lawyer in Illinois in 1999 survey.
  • Martindale-Hubbell Rating
    AV – Legal Ability Very High to preeminent.
    Ethical Standards – Very High.
    Highest Rating for Both
  • 2005 Illinois Trial Lawyers Association President’s Award
  • 2004 – 2009 Law and Leading Attorneys Statewide Survey Lawyers.
    Advisory Board – Top 5% of Lawyers in the State of Illinois
  • 2005 – 2015 Recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer in a statewide survey of lawyers.
  • 2006 – 2008 Loyola University School of Law – Adjunct Professor – Illinois Civil Litigation Prior to Trial
  • 2009 – 2013 Loyola University School of Law – Adjunct Professor – Illinois Personal Injury Law
  • 2007 – 2015 Highest rating for Personal Injury Lawyer in Illinois by Avvo.com Also highest ratings for Trucking Lawyer, Brain Injury Lawyer and Birth Trauma Lawyer.
  • 2008 – 2015 Voted Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Illinois. American Trial Lawyers Association – Now National Trial Lawyers
  • 2010-2011 “Who’s Who in Collegiate Faculty” Montclair Publishing
  • April 2011 Inducted as a Fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Academy is limited to 500 lawyers worldwide.)
  • Included in 2012 Top Rated Lawyers Guide to Transportation Law; The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel Magazine
  • 2013 Reelected as Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Illinois by the National Trial Lawyers Association

Verdicts & Settlements

  • ___ v. McCalla, M.D., Associated Surgical Group, and Methodist Medical Center, Case number 06 L 117. Medical malpractice. $17.5 million settlement.
  • ___ v. Price Waterhouse Coopers, Case No. 03 L 11042, recovery of $10.0 million
  • ___ v. Suburban Lung Associates, et. al., Court No. 02 L 04984, recovery of $7.4 million
  • ___ v. Loyola University Hospitals, Court No. 96 L 04665, recovery of $7 million
  • ___ v. Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, et al., Court No. 90 L 6080, recovery of $5.6 million
  • ___ v. Watts, et. al., Court No. 93 L 04210, recovery of $5.1 million
  • ___ v. Frezza, M.D., et. al., Court No. 02 L 008907, recovery of $5 million
  • ___ v. St. Francis Hospital of Evanston, et al., Court No. 86 L 11283, recovery of $4.25 million
  • ___ v. FSC Paper Corp., et. al., Court No. 00 L 6154, recovery of $4.032 million
  • ___ v. Confidential Defendant. No suit filed, recovery of $4.1 million
  • ___ v. Confidential Hospital, Court No. 09L14479, recovery of $4.0 million
  • ___ v. Rush Trucking and Gary Turner et al., Court No. 97 L 5791, recovery of $4 million
  • ___ v. Pace Suburban Bus Co., et al., Court No. 96 L 2566, recovery of $3.5 million
  • ___ v. Metrick,Court No. 84 M4 273126, recovery of $3.45 million
  • ___ v. Little Company of Mary Hospital, et al., Court No. 85 L 18457, recovery of $3.4 million
  • ___ v. Confidential Defendant, Court No. 05 L 855, recovery of $3.25 million
  • ___ v. Stephen Behnke, M.D., et al., Court No. 02 L 002309, recovery of $3,052,283
  • ___ v. Columbia Michael Reese Hospital, et al., Court No. 99 L 03453, recovery of $2.8 million
  • ___ v. Circle W Tractor & Equipment, et al., Court No. 91 L 2014, recovery of $2.7 million
  • ___ v. ABK Construction, Court No. 04 L 14157 recovery of $2.7 million
  • ___ v. Pace, Court No. 01 L 012443, recovery of $2.7 million
  • ___ v. Children’s Memorial Hospital, et, al., Court No. 04 L 008717, recovery of $2.5 million
  • ___ v. Holy Cross Hospital, et. al., Court No. 96 L 13007, recovery of $2.5 million
  • ___ v. Shipley Co., Court No. 87 L 22709, recovery of $2.5 million
  • ___ v. Zadeh, et. al., Court No. 95 L 00840, recovery of $2,425,000.00
  • ___v. Confidential Hospital, Court No. 08 L 009157, recovery of $2,400,000.00
  • ___ v. Harrison, et.al., Court No. 91 L 2014, recovery of $2,000,000.00
  • ___ v. Hunter, et.al., Court No. 02 L 16138, recovery of $1,950,000.00
  • ___ v. Loyola, et al., recovery of $1,875,000.00
  • ___ v. Moore, et al., Court No. 86 L 02240, recovery of $1.8 million
  • ___ v. St. Francis, et al., Court No. 81 L 28974, Court No. 96 L 12855, recovery of $1.575 million
  • ___ v. Double D Express, et al., Court No. 09 L 53, recovery of $1,500,000
  • ___ v. Multack, et al., Court No. 08 L 004117, recovery of $1,210,000
  • ___ v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Court No. 93 L 02134, recovery of $1.35 million
  • ___ v. Abrams, et al., Court No. 01 L 05374, recovery of $1.3 million
  • ___ v. Miczuga, et al., Court No. 84 L 25597, recovery of $1.25 million
  • ___ v. Gardner, et. al., Court #99 l 141251, recovery of $1.125 million
  • ___ v. Rosi, et al., Court No. 90 L 10323, recovery of $1,085,000.00
  • ___ v.Cohen, M.D., Court No. 81 L 3025, recovery of $1.1 million
  • ___ v. Werner Troesken, et al., Court No. 91 L 2014, recovery of $1,090,000.00
  • ___ v. Roseland, et al., Court No. 01 L 14480, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. Ahmadian, Court No. 93 L 9802, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. Todd, et. al., Court No. 94 L 14442, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. St. Joseph’s Hospital, Court No. 95 L 05838, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. Clark Court, No. 98 L 02047, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. Subramanian, Court No. 97 L 02951, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. Deerbrook Medical Associates, Court #00 L 44, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. BlueSky Taxi, et al., recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. Wilson, et al., Court No. 08 L 010107, recovery of $1 million

Representative Cases

  • ___ v. McCalla, M.D., Associated Surgical Group, and Methodist Medical Center, Case number 06 L 117. Medical malpractice. $17.5 million settlement.
  • ___ v. Price Waterhouse Coopers, Case No. 03 L 11042, recovery of $10.0 million
  • ___ v. Suburban Lung Associates, et. al., Court No. 02 L 04984, recovery of $7.4 million
  • ___ v. Loyola University Hospitals, Court No. 96 L 04665, recovery of $7 million
  • ___ v. Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, et al., Court No. 90 L 6080, recovery of $5.6 million
  • ___ v. Watts, et. al., Court No. 93 L 04210, recovery of $5.1 million
  • ___ v. Frezza, M.D., et. al., Court No. 02 L 008907, recovery of $5 million
  • ___ v. St. Francis Hospital of Evanston, et al., Court No. 86 L 11283, recovery of $4.25 million
  • ___ v. FSC Paper Corp., et. al., Court No. 00 L 6154, recovery of $4.032 million
  • ___ v. Confidential Defendant. No suit filed, recovery of $4.1 million
  • ___ v. Confidential Hospital, Court No. 09L14479, recovery of $4.0 million
  • ___ v. Rush Trucking and Gary Turner et al., Court No. 97 L 5791, recovery of $4 million
  • ___ v. Pace Suburban Bus Co., et al., Court No. 96 L 2566, recovery of $3.5 million
  • ___ v. Metrick,Court No. 84 M4 273126, recovery of $3.45 million
  • ___ v. Little Company of Mary Hospital, et al., Court No. 85 L 18457, recovery of $3.4 million
  • ___ v. Confidential Defendant, Court No. 05 L 855, recovery of $3.25 million
  • ___ v. Stephen Behnke, M.D., et al., Court No. 02 L 002309, recovery of $3,052,283
  • ___ v. Columbia Michael Reese Hospital, et al., Court No. 99 L 03453, recovery of $2.8 million
  • ___ v. Circle W Tractor & Equipment, et al., Court No. 91 L 2014, recovery of $2.7 million
  • ___ v. ABK Construction, Court No. 04 L 14157 recovery of $2.7 million
  • ___ v. Pace, Court No. 01 L 012443, recovery of $2.7 million
  • ___ v. Children’s Memorial Hospital, et, al., Court No. 04 L 008717, recovery of $2.5 million
  • ___ v. Holy Cross Hospital, et. al., Court No. 96 L 13007, recovery of $2.5 million
  • ___ v. Shipley Co., Court No. 87 L 22709, recovery of $2.5 million
  • ___ v. Zadeh, et. al., Court No. 95 L 00840, recovery of $2,425,000.00
  • ___v. Confidential Hospital, Court No. 08 L 009157, recovery of $2,400,000.00
  • ___ v. Harrison, et.al., Court No. 91 L 2014, recovery of $2,000,000.00
  • ___ v. Hunter, et.al., Court No. 02 L 16138, recovery of $1,950,000.00
  • ___ v. Loyola, et al., recovery of $1,875,000.00
  • ___ v. Moore, et al., Court No. 86 L 02240, recovery of $1.8 million
  • ___ v. St. Francis, et al., Court No. 81 L 28974, Court No. 96 L 12855, recovery of $1.575 million
  • ___ v. Double D Express, et al., Court No. 09 L 53, recovery of $1,500,000
  • ___ v. Multack, et al., Court No. 08 L 004117, recovery of $1,210,000
  • ___ v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Court No. 93 L 02134, recovery of $1.35 million
  • ___ v. Abrams, et al., Court No. 01 L 05374, recovery of $1.3 million
  • ___ v. Miczuga, et al., Court No. 84 L 25597, recovery of $1.25 million
  • ___ v. Gardner, et. al., Court #99 l 141251, recovery of $1.125 million
  • ___ v. Rosi, et al., Court No. 90 L 10323, recovery of $1,085,000.00
  • ___ v.Cohen, M.D., Court No. 81 L 3025, recovery of $1.1 million
  • ___ v. Werner Troesken, et al., Court No. 91 L 2014, recovery of $1,090,000.00
  • ___ v. Roseland, et al., Court No. 01 L 14480, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. Ahmadian, Court No. 93 L 9802, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. Todd, et. al., Court No. 94 L 14442, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. St. Joseph’s Hospital, Court No. 95 L 05838, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. Clark Court, No. 98 L 02047, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. Subramanian, Court No. 97 L 02951, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. Deerbrook Medical Associates, Court #00 L 44, recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. BlueSky Taxi, et al., recovery of $1 million
  • ___ v. Wilson, et al., Court No. 08 L 010107, recovery of $1 million

Speaking Engagements

  • 05/02/92 – ITLA – Young Lawyers Seminar – “Obtaining and Presenting Expert Witnesses”
  • 09/12/92 – ITLA – Civil Practice “Update and Review Seminar” – Moderator
  • 09/11/93 – ITLA – Civil Practice “Update and Review Seminar”– “Settlement/Kotecki Update/Confidentiality Order”
  • 02/20/95 – ITLA – “The Nuts and Bolts of Handling Automobile Accident Cases”– “Preparing Your Case For Trial”
  • 12/02/95 – ITLA – Medical Malpractice Seminar – “Combating Defense Tactics”
  • 03/13/96 – CBA – Countdown to Trial – “Preparing Your Case For Trial”
  • 09/07/96 – ITLA – Update and Review Seminar –”Structural Work Act and Construction Negligence”
  • 11/11/96 – SBA – Trial Techniques Seminar – Getting a Case Ready; Getting A Verdict – “Opening Statements”
  • 2/07/96 – ITLA – Medical Malpractice Seminar – “Presenting the Plaintiff’s Expert for Deposition”
  • 2/17/97 – ITLA – Maximizing results through settlement and TRIAL – “Prosecuting the Negligence Case”– Opening Statement and Closing Argument
  • 5/3/97 – ITLA – Shot Gun Seminar – “Subsequent Remedial Measures”
  • 9/6/97 – ITLA – Issues, Answers, and Legal Trends. “Liens” 1/29/98 – Valparaiso Law School – Litigation – Plaintiff vs. Defense Practice
  • 2/16/98 – ITLA – Negotiating and Settling Personal Injury Cases – “Initial Settlement Considerations”
  • 8/14/98 – Ross and Hardies Litigation Group Lectures – “Preparing a Case for Trial”
  • 10/19/98 – John Marshall Law School – Preparation and Trial of a Product Liability Case – Plaintiff’s Perspective
  • 12/5/98 – ITLA – “Under the Microscope: The Anatomy of a Malpractice Trial” – Jury Instructions
  • 4/6/99 – IICLE – Modern Medical Malpractice Litigation – “Standard of Care”
  • 10/11/99 – ITLA – Trial Techniques Seminar – Moderator
  • 10/9/00 – ITLA – Anatomy of a Trial Seminar – Handling the Defense Experts
  • 12/9/00 – ITLA – Medical Malpractice Seminar – Investigating the Defense Witnesses
  • 11/29/01– IICLE – How to Depose a Doctor – Moderator
  • 12/8/01 – ITLA – Medical Malpractice Seminar – “Cardiac Cases”
  • 1/19/02 – ITLA – Tort Litigation: “From Intake to Verdict Seminar” – Moderator
  • 5/21/02 – Ross and Hardies Litigation Group Lectures – “Preparing a Case for Trial”
  • 1/18/03 – ITLA – Overcoming Juror Bias Seminar – Trial Story –”Presenting the Case”
  • 3/14/03 – American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine – Occupational Medicine: “Where Medicine Meets the Workplace” – How to Prepare to Testify
  • 5/22/03 – Wilmette Rotary Club, Wilmette, “Illinois Tort Reform – What it Means”
  • 12/6/03 – ITLA – Medical Malpractice Seminar – Obstetrics and Gynecology Malpractice.
  • 3/11/05 – The American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Greater Miami Chapter, Miami Teaching Institute – How to Avoid the Deposition Jitters
  • 4/7/05 – Tort Reform Debate Participant – Hellenic Bar Association
  • 5/7/05 – ITLA – Advocacy Showcase: The Art of Advocacy – A one day Trial. Cross Examination of Plaintiff’s Damage Exert Witness.
  • 12/2/06 – ITLA – Medical Malpractice Seminar – “Crunch Time 120 Days to Trial”
  • 6/27/08 – IICLE – Personal Injury Practice Update – “Top developments in motor vehicle cases, premises liability, product liability, governmental immunity, insurance coverage, etc.”
  • 12/6/08 – ITLA – Medical Malpractice Seminar. “Deposing and Cross Examining Defendants and Defense Experts”
  • 2/27/09 – ISBA – Law Education Series – “Sharpen Your Trial Skills – Opening Statement”
  • 3/28/09 – ITLA – Insurance, Liens & Settlements Seminar – “Maximizing Settlement”
  • 4/7/10 – University of Notre Dame – “Depositions of Defendants in Automobile Cases and Medical Malpractice Cases”
  • 5/7/10 – ITLA – Ethics and Professionalism in Personal Injury Practice Seminar – “Client Relationship Issues”
  • 6/23/10 – IICLE – Personal Injury Practice Update – “Emerging Issues for 2010, Jury Instruction Update”
  • 9/10 – Minnesota Lawyers Mutual – 2010 Update: Preventing Legal Malpractice Claims and Ethics Complaints in Your Law Practice-Panelist
  • 2/16/11 –ITLA –Webinar on Medical Literature
  • 2/18/11 – ITLA – Medical Malpractice Seminar Opening Statement
  • 4/6/11 –University of Notre Dame Law School (South Bend, Indiana): Deposition and Cross-examination of Defendants and Defense Experts.
  • 3/5/12 – ISBA – Foundations, Evidence, and Objections Seminar – Jury Selection
  • 3/23/12 – IICLE – Pretrial Preparation in Civil Practice Seminar – How to Chose your Case
  • 3/23/12 – IICLE – Pretrial Preparation in Civil Practice Seminar – Developing a Prosecution or Defense Plan.
  • 4/20/12 – Day in the life videos – a case study. 2012 Spring Symposium – The Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the Illinois Insurance Association
  • 4/23/12 – IICLE – Illinois Civil Practice: Opening the Case
  • 10/8/12 – ITLA – Update and Review Seminar – Evidence and Procedure
  • 12/8/12 – ITLA – Medical Malpractice Seminar – Case selection
  • 12/6/14 – ITLA – Medical Malpractice Seminar – Cross Examination of Defendants and Defense Experts

Publications

  • 1993 – Proving and Disproving Damages in Personal Injury Cases
  • 1993 – Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Chapter 1 — Physical Injuries – Plaintiff’s Perspective
  • 1993 – Illinois Structural Work Act Practice 1993 Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Chapter 5 — Trial Practice – Plaintiff
  • 1995 – Illinois Politics December 1995 – Viewpoint “Why We Don’t Need a Law Prohibiting Jury Selection Consultants”
  • 1996 – Illinois State Bar Association Bar News Volume 36, No. 14, February 1, 1996 – Jury Selection Consultants Are Needed
  • 1996 – Proving and Disproving Damages in Personal Injury Cases 1996; Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Chapter I – Supplement for Physical Injuries – Plaintiff’s Perspective
  • 1996 – Letter to the Editor, “Unethical Conduct–Allstate Insurance”. Crain’s Chicago Business, June 3 – 9, 1996, pg. 23, Vol. 19
  • 1996 – Illinois Civil Discovery Practice, 1996 Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Chapter 2. “Limitations on Discovery”
  • 1996 – Illinois State Bar Association Bar News Volume 37, No. 12, January 3, 1997 – Tort Reform Uninformed
  • 1997 – ITLA Edition of the Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook – Learned Medical Treatises
  • 1998 – Letter to the Editor, Response to “Publishers’ Prerogative” on Tort Reform. Illinois Legal Times. Vol.12, No.131. March 1998
  • 1998 – ITLA Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook — Learned Medical Treatises Supplement
  • 1998 – IICLE – Modern Medical Malpractice Litigation — “Standard of Care”
  • 1998 – ITLA Trial Journal — Lost Pension Benefits in a Wrongful Death Action – A Wrong without a Remedy
  • 1998 – ITLA Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook Supplement
  • 1999 – ITLA Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook – Learned Medical Treatises
  • 2000 – ITLA Trial Journal — The Use and Abuse of Medical Literature, Volume 2, Number 1, Winter 2000
  • 2000 – IICLE Practice Handbook — Proving and Disproving Damages in Personal Injury Cases, 2000 Edition
  • 2002 – Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education “Development of the Case on Fact and Law”
  • 2003 – Chicago Tribune – Voice of the People Letter to the Editor 2/17/03. Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums
  • 2003 – Chicago Sun Times – Letter to the Editor 7-10-03 “Medical Malpractice Premiums, Legal Malpractice Premiums and Boat Insurance Premiums.”
  • 2004 – Present Justinian Society Newsletter “From a Plaintiff’s Lawyer’s Desk” – Quarterly Columnist
  • 2006 – ITLA Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook Supplement
  • 2007 – ITLA Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook Supplement
  • 2008 – ITLA Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook Supplement
  • 2008 – IICLE – Illinois Civil Practice Vol. 1, Chapter 2, Development of the Case on Facts and Law
  • 2011 – ITLA Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook: Learned Medial Treatises and Assistant Editor
  • 2011 – Trial Journal of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association: Winter 2011 – Practice Tips: Cross Examination of the Expert Witness: Rutherford et al vs Kochell et al.
  • 2012 – IICLE – 2012 Edition, Illinois Civil Practice: Opening the Case
  • 2013 – State Journal-Register, Letter by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips: Lawsuit abuse is a myth
  • 2013 – The Southern, Letter by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips: About those lawsuits
  • 2013 – Newton Mentor Press Website, Letter by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips: Response to “Lawsuit abuse starts with you
  • 2013 – Bureau County Republican, Letter by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips: A Frivolous Defense
  • 2013 – Belleville News Democrat, Letter by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips: What’s Frivolous is the Defense
  • 2013 – Alton Telegraph, Response to “Group takes lawsuit abuse message to streets” by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips
  • 2013 – Jacksonville Journal Courier, Letter by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips: Businesses Not That Concerned About Lawsuits
  • 2013 – Rockford Register Star, Letter by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips: The Real Lawsuit Abuse
  • 2014 – Jacksonville Journal Courier, Letter by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips: Judicial Hellhole Report is the Same Old Junk in New Wrapping
  • 2014 – Chicago Tribune, Letter by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips: Workers’ Comp
  • 2014 – Journal-Gazette & Times Courier (Charleston/Mattoon), Letter by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips: I-LAW Group is Anti-Consumer
  • 2014 – State Journal-Register, Letter by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips: Dispelling Illinois’ “Judicial hellhole” Myth
  • 2014 – The Southern, Letter by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips: Civil Justice Truth Needed
  • 2014 – State Journal-Register, Letter by ITLA President Stephen D. Phillips: SB 3287 is not a ‘trial lawyer bill’