Ms. Phillips is an associate with the firm who concentrates on the defense of medical malpractice claims.  She represents hospitals, physicians, nurses, and health care facilities at the trial and appellate level in cases alleging medical negligence in personal injury and wrongful death claims.  Ms. Phillips’ litigation experience includes all phases of fact and expert discovery, motions practice, defending and deposing expert witnesses, bench and jury trials as well as litigating insurance coverage disputes.  For several years before joining WLEK, Ms. Phillips primarily defended Montgomery General Hospital in Olney, Maryland.  In addition to defending the hospital on medical malpractice claims, Ms. Phillips handled physician corrective action proceedings, conducted in-service trainings, acted as in-house counsel regarding physician agreements, contract disputes, emergency guardianships, living wills and employment disputes. 

Ms. Phillips received her B.S. from Boston College in 1995 and her J.D. from Catholic University Columbus School of Law in Washington D.C., in 1999.  Ms. Phillips performed a two-year clerkship for the Honorable Paul H. Weinstein, Chief Administrative Judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County from 1999-2001.

Ms. Phillips is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia bars as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Montgomery County Bar Association Montgomery County Women’s Bar Associations Health Law Section of the Maryland State Bar

Education:Catholic University Columbus School of Law, 1999 J.D. Law Journal: CommLaw Conspectus, Staff Editor, 1998-1999
Boston College, 1995 B.S. Major: Environmental Geology

Bar Admissions: Maryland, 1999 District of Columbia, 2005 U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 2001 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2007