Phillip counsels corporate and financial entities on the legal and financial issues that drive complex securities cases, including securities and commodities regulatory defense and litigation, arbitrations and mediations and internal investigations and lawsuits involving liability of officers, directors, accountants and law firms. Phillip has represented JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Susquehanna International and UBS and individual financial advisors of numerous investment banks and brokerages. He also represents senior financial officers in Fortune 500 companies as well as board members.

Phillip has tried cases before state and federal courts and regulatory agencies, and he represents clients throughout the country in connection with investigations undertaken by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and FINRA. Phillip is adept at tailoring strategies to meet his clients’ needs in criminal investigations and civil litigation and as a mediator for trading and commercial-related disputes. As a court-appointed receiver in several SEC proceedings he oversaw the liquidation of three public mutual funds and a trust company.

Before joining the firm, Phillip worked for 10 years with the SEC in Chicago, the last five as Assistant Regional Administrator for Enforcement, and also served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. His deep industry experience gives Phillip invaluable knowledge of the laws and regulations impacting the securities industry.