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Sandy Phillips

3.8
Rating: 6.5

Licensed for 19 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Johnson City, TN
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Unknown

200 W. Unaka Ave, Johnson City, TN

About Sandy

Practice Areas

2

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense 66%

Formerly a prosecutor. Over 30 jury trials and innumerable bench trials. Very good record.

20 years | 300 cases

66%

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Licenses

Licensed in Tennessee for 18 years

State: Tennessee

Acquired: 2008

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in Florida for 19 years

State: Florida

Acquired: 2006

Membership Lapsed

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Sandy Phillips

200 W. Unaka Ave, Johnson City, TN, 37604

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Sandy Phillips's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

3.8 /5.0

6 Client Reviews

Posted by anonymous | January 25, 2025 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Don't waste your money

She had no clue of basic court proceedings and was wanting me to make decisions on what to do next in court, you're the lawyer, not me, figure it out. Made me look like a fool at my hearing, ended up firing her and hired a different attorney and eventually won my case. Had I kept her I definitely wo...uld've lost. She needs to be a public defender or something. Maybe not even that. Lousy

Posted by Michelle | August 4, 2023 | Consulted Attorney

This review is from a potential client who consulted with this attorney.

She's the one

Sandy is honest, ethical, and knows what she is doing. My case is super complicated and she did not have time to take it. She took an extra few days to consider whether she would (I prayed) but I respected her for respecting herself. Do not hesitate to hire her if she is available and you need an att...orney. I left her office feeling respected and better off. I do believe that she would have won my case had her schedule permitted.

Posted by Debbie | August 19, 2019 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Call Sandy if you have been told you can’t win!

Sandy got me custody of my grandaughter after I had been told by four other lawyers that I had no rights and couldn’t win. At our first meeting she was prepared with several ideas of what we might do. I knew then and there that she could and would win my case. She is one of the most intelligent pe...ople I have had the privilege to meet and has a vast knowledge of the law. She is tenacious and,”takes the bull by the horns”. On top of that, she is caring, considerate and fair with her clients. She kept me informed of new developments and I couldn’t have asked more of her. I was certainly glad that she was fighting for me and not against me. When you need someone who will fight for you, call Sandy Phillips first!

Posted by Miranda | April 7, 2015

Child Custody Case

My husband met with Sandy the first time in May 2012. She represented him in a custody battle regarding his daughter. Sandy got him temporary full custody of his daughter, later to full permanent custody. Sandy is a excellent lawyer. She is very knowledgable, fast thinking, ethical, courtesy, well o...rganized,wise, and most importantly she believes in doing the right thing. Thank you Sandy for all you did for our family.

Posted by anonymous | July 23, 2013

Failed to provide adequate legal representation

I hired Sandy to represent me and my daughter regarding custody of her children. At first she was great, she acted upon my daughters motherly rights to see and spend time with her own children and a court granted us temporary custody pending further court action (later, when we went to court the lega...l counsel for her ex boyfriend had several witnesses to call on their behalf and only me and my daughter were present in court so we were completely blindsided and were not even prepared or provided any advice or information regarding the fact we would even be taking the stand nor that we could have people testify in our favor) --- even after the trial, my daughter was still granted the right to see her children 4 days a week..however, her failure to provide us with information regarding another court date, which caused us to miss the court appearance, which caused the judge to issue an order stating we would be responsible for the court costs is inexcusable. It was completely unprofessional of her not to either provide us with information she was withdrawing from the case/as our lawyer/representation or..if nothing else, at least inform of us the court date.

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Experience

Rating:  6.5 (Good)

Education

2005

Stetson University College of Law

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