DALLAS – JUNE 30, 2011
Wick Phillips, a full-service business law firm announces that K. Todd Phillips has been named to D Magazine’s “Best Lawyers” in Dallas for 2011.
Best Lawyers is a peer-review nomination process. To achieve recognition, D Magazine polls more than 8,800 attorneys within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, asking them to vote for lawyers that best represent the legal profession during the past year. Honorees are selected by fellow attorneys based on the nominee’s quality of work and integrity in the profession. This year, 1,427 lawyers voted, and the finalists were narrowed down to 372 attorneys in 18 specialties as voted by their peers. Todd Phillips was named a Best Lawyer in litigation.
“Law is and has always been my passion,” said Todd Phillips, partner and co-founder of Wick Phillips. “At Wick Phillips, we have built the firm around the concept of driving quality and service with our clients. Whether it’s litigation, counseling, training, negotiating contracts, or assisting with a corporate transaction, the formula behind our success is to stay focused on the needs of the client. And we are also committed to building long-term relationships with our clients, which mean we approach every customer as a partner, not as a transaction.”
Phillips has been practicing complex commercial litigation for more than 13 years, and has worked on numerous high-profile cases. He specializes in contract and business tort issues, partnership disputes, landlord/tenant and real estate questions, lender liability matters, construction law, health care litigation and various bankruptcy-related matters. Phillips handles cases for a broad spectrum of clients ranging from local individuals and small companies to Fortune 500 corporations.
Prior to co-founding Wick Phillips, he worked in the litigation department of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Phillips began his career in the business litigation section at Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. He is admitted to practice in the State of Texas, and has litigated disputes in Texas and throughout the country.
In addition to being named one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas for 2011, Phillips has also been named by D Magazine as a Best Lawyer in Dallas Under 40 for 2004 and 2006. He has also been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star by Texas Monthly. Phillips was previously an editor for The International Lawyer, and was named the Best Oral Advocate in the Advanced Moot Court Competition. Phillips received a J.D. from Southern Methodist University in 1997, and graduated with honors with a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1993.
About Wick Phillips: Serving the legal needs of businesses in a broad range of industries, Wick Phillips practices law with purpose. Specialty areas include commercial litigation, bankruptcy, creditor’s rights, civil appeals, corporate, corporate advisory, labor and employment, and securities. For more information visit www.wickphillips.com.
