Background
Phillips, John Bomar was born on January 28, 1947 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Bomar Senior and Betty Blanche (Primm) Phillips.
Phillips, John Bomar was born on January 28, 1947 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Bomar Senior and Betty Blanche (Primm) Phillips.
David Lipscomb College (Bachelor of Science, 1969). University of Tennessee (Juris Doctor, 1974). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta.
Order of the Coif.
Staff Member, Tennessee Law Review, 1972- 1974. Member, National Moot Court Team. Editor, The Tennessee Employment Law Update, since 1986.
Associate, Stophel, Caldwell & Heggie, Chattanooga, 1974-1979; partner, Caldwell, Heggie & Helton, Chattanooga, 1979-1991; partner, Miller & Martin, Chattanooga, since 1991.
President Chattanooga State college Foundation, 1992-1994, Boys Club of Chattanooga, 1983-1984. Secretary Tennessee Aquarium, since 1989. Chairman Chattanooga Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1996-1997.
Board directors Volunteer Comty. School, Chattanooga, 1980-1985, Council for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Chattanooga, 1981-1983, CreativeDiscovery Museum, 1994-1999, Girls Preparatory School, since 1997, Allied Arts of Gtr. Chattahooga, since 1997.
Member Hamilton County Juvenile Court Commission, since 1995. Fellow Tennessee Bar Foundation, Chattanooga Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (labor law section), Tennessee Bar Association (chair labor law section 1992-1993, Justice Joseph W. Henry award 1986-1987), Chattanooga Bar Association (Board of Governors 1978-1979), Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce, Order of Coif, Fairyland Country Club (LookoutMountain, Tennessee), Walden Club (Board of Governors 1992-1995), Mountain City Club, Kiwanis (president Chattanooga 1986-1987).
Married Ellen Elizabeth Ellis, August 9, 1969. Children: John Bomar III, Anna Carroll, Ellis Elizabeth.