Background
Phillips, John R. was born on April 28, 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
Phillips, John R. was born on April 28, 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
University of Missouri at Columbia (Bachelor of Science, cum laude, 1968. Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1971).
Worked at Blackwell Sanders Matheny Weary & Lombardi LLP (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust, Franchise and Distributorship Law, Architectural, Engineering and Construction Law, Banking Law, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Business and Commercial Litigation, Copyright, Trademark and Intellectual Property, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Education Law, Employee Benefits, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate, Health Law, Immigration Law, Insurance Defense, International Law, Labor and Employment, Medical Device Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipality Law, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Public Utilities, Real Estate, Securities Law, Tax, Workers' Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Missouri. 1976, United States. Supreme Court.
Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Missouri Law Review, 1970-1971. State Council Legislative Affairs Director for Society of Human Resource Management, 1988. Advisory Director of Center for Alternative Dispute Regulation and Private Adjudication Center, Inc., 1987.
Honorary Member, Order of the Barristers. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Member, Labor and Antitrust Committees) and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law. Antitrust) Bar Associations.
Missouri Bar; Lawyers Association of Kansas City. Blackwell Sanders Matheny Weary & Lombardi was established in 1916 and has grown to over 200 lawyers with fully staffed offices in Kansas City, Missouri. Springfield, Missouri, Overland Park, Kansas, Omaha, Nebraska, and London, England.
Member American Bar Association (member labor and employment law sections, member antitrust section), Missouri Bar, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association ( member labor and antitrust committees), Lawyers Association Kansas City, Order of Coif.