John Phillips
John Michael Phillips (born February 4, 1975) is an American lawyer, sports agent, consumer advocate, lecturer and radio show host. He gained notoriety for handling personal injury and wrongful death cases, including taking on municipalities despite restrictive sovereign immunity laws. He also was very vocal in the 2011 NFL lockout, advocating for Player’s rights and for the NFLPA to do more to protect Players from rogue sports agents. He is licensed to practice law in Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
John started his career as a civil litigation attorney, specializing in defending cases involving serious personal injury. He worked his way up, becoming a named partner of his firm, Dore, Lanier & Phillips at age 32. He worked hand-in-hand with some of the largest insurance companies in the world exposing corruption and misrepresentation by medical professionals and defending many types of legal proceedings.
After over 8 years with his firm, he left that position and joined what is believed to be the largest personal injury firm in the world, Morgan & Morgan, and represented victims of traumatic incidents, where he secured large settlements and verdicts for clients. In 2011, John founded his own law office and made his practice a much more general practice and is c