Victoria Elizabeth Phillips

Click to edit position descriptionVictoria E. Phillips practices civil litigation with an emphasis on product liability, toxic exposures, and class actions. At Phillips & Paolicelli, LLP, she manages the firm's appellate practice, in addition to doing significant trial-level work in complex litigation in federal and state courts nationwide.

Victoria graduated magna cum laude from Williams College in 2001, and from Columbia Law School in 2004. At Columbia , Victoria was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Articles Editor for the Human Rights Law Review, and President of the Columbia Law Women’s Association. After graduating from law school, Victoria served as a law clerk to the Honorable Barry Albin of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Following her clerkship, Victoria was employed for four years at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. As an Assistant District Attorney, Victoria spent two years as a member of the Appeals Bureau, where she prepared appellate briefs and represented the District Attorney at oral arguments before the Appellate Division, First Department and the New York State Court of Appeals. Victoria subsequently was assigned to the Special Prosecutions Bureau, where she investigated and prosecuted a variety of white-collar crimes including grand larceny, forgery, and elder abuse. 

Victoria is admitted to practice law in the courts of New York and New Jersey.