Paul N. Philips

Mr. Philips has zealously managed complex litigation against some of the nation's largest and most powerful corporations, including but not limited to Glaxo Wellcome, General Motors, Yamaha, Ford Motor Company, MGM, Polaris, Nike, Apple, Sony, EMI, Club Car, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Dow Chemical, Specialized Bicycles, and various insurance carriers and governmental entities.

In the mid-1990s, he was selected as a member of a team of attorneys successfully representing residents of Hinkley, California in massive litigation against utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric. Mr. Philips's work on the case contributed to his clients receiving more than $300,000, in resolution of the action. The case is now legend, having been retold in the 2000 feature film "Erin Brockovich"

In 2000, in a federal action filed against New York Life Insurance Company, Mr. Philips was again selected to assist in leading a small team of attorneys at one of California's largest insurance bad faith litigation firms. The case was filed following failed negotiations directed at obtaining life insurance policy benefits for heirs of survivors of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The action settled for more than $20,000,.

In 2001, Mr. Philips was approached by a group of policyholders to file a complex action against a major insurer following the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake. Mr. Philips's representation in that action contributed to the matter resolving for more than $7,000,.

In 2004, Mr. Philips successfully represented a celebrity client in large-scale litigation against Zsa Zsa Gabor that garnered international media attention and coverage.

From 2013 through 2015, Mr. Philips successfully represented the interests of the family of legendary songwriter, composer, and performer Marvin Gaye, in a high-profile federal copyright infringement action against music superstar personalities Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke, known widely as the "Blurred Lines Litigation." Trial of the Blurred Lines case, wherein Mr. Philips and his team proved to a federal jury that the defendants had stolen from Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give it Up,"  resulted in a verdict in favor of the Gaye family in the amount of $7.4M - believed to be the largest music copyright infringement verdict in recorded history.

In 2013, Mr. Philips filed a class action, and was appointed as class counsel, for a nationwide class of more than 1 million class members in a false advertising suit against Nike, Inc. and Apple Inc.  Mr. Philips litigated against one of the world's largest law firms, and achieved a phenomenal settlement for the class in 2015, after nearly two (2) years of battling the fitness and computer giants.  The case drew substantial national and international media attention to the plaintiffs' claims that the Nike FuelBand+ failed to live up to the defendants' advertising representations. 

Mr. Philips has also represented and advised numerous high-profile professional athletes, as well as celebrity film, television and stage performers, and has advised and represented many business owners in entity formations and transactions, in intellectual property matters, and in business and other litigation. He has been invited to speak at legal education seminars for other attorneys, and has written numerous articles for nationally distributed business publications on topics of state and federal business law.

Mr. Philips is admitted to practice before both state and federal courts throughout California. He lives and works in Los Angeles, and is a sports enthusiast and, most importantly, a proud father.