Brock David Phillips

   Brock Phillips is a founding partner of the Pacific West Law Group and Kessenick, Phillips & Gamma with almost 30 years experience as a health care attorney.  He is a 1980 graduate of the University of California Hastings College of Law and an experienced trial and appellate attorney specializing in the areas of physician credentialing and peer review, health care regulatory issues, medical malpractice, general business and tort law, and insurance bad faith and managed care liability.  He regularly represents physicians and medical groups in civil court, regulatory hearings and hospital disciplinary hearings.  Brock also frequently serves as a hearing officer in medical staff peer review hearings.

   Mr. Phillips has published articles on punitive damages, wrongful termination, medical staff peer review and malpractice issues.  His treatise on medical staff disciplinary hearings is updated and republished annually in the California Physician's Legal Handbook, a publication of the California Medical Association. He is a frequent speaker on medical- legal topics, including all aspects of physician peer review and credentialing, managed care liability and loss prevention.  Mr. Phillips is a past president of the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys and an active member of the California Academy of Attorneys for Healthcare Professionals.

   Prior to attending law school, Mr. Phillips served as a naval officer on sea duty for four years.  He graduated from Whitman College in 1973.