Background
Phillips, Walter Ray was born on March 19, 1932 in Democrat, North Carolina, United States. Son of Walter Yancey and Bonnie (Wilson) Phillips.
Phillips, Walter Ray was born on March 19, 1932 in Democrat, North Carolina, United States. Son of Walter Yancey and Bonnie (Wilson) Phillips.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity North Carolina, 1954; Bachelor of Laws, Emory University, 1957; Master of Laws, Emory University, 1962; Juris Doctor, Emory University, 1970; postgraduate, Yale University, 1965-1966.
With firm, Jones, Adams, Paine & Foster, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1957-1958;
law clerk to chief judge, United States District Court, Atlanta, 1958-1959;
with firm, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, 1959-1960;
bankruptcy judge, United States Court Justices, Atlanta, 1960-1964;
professor of law, University North Dakota, 1964-1965;
teaching fellow, Yale University, 1965-1966;
professor of law, Florida State University, 1966-1968;
professor of law, Texas Technology U., Lubbock, 1968-1971;
Distinguished visiting professor law, Baylor University, 1971;
attorney, Commision on Bankruptcy Laws of the United States, Washington, 1971-1972;
deputy director, administrative officer, 1972-1973;
professor, School Law, U. Georgia, since 1973;
associate dean, School Law, U. Georgia, 1975-1983;
acting dean, School Law, U. Georgia, 1976;
Joseph Henry Lumpkin professor, School Law, U. Georgia, 1977-1994;
also director university's self. study, School Law, U. Georgia, 1978;
Herman E. Talmadge professor, School Law, U. Georgia, since 1994. Chapman distinguished visiting professor law U. Oklahoma, 1985-1986. Visiting professor law U. Oklahoma, 1990, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1993, 94.
Reporter Governor's Legislation for Georgia, 1973. Vice-president, director Killearn Estates, Inc. Member Conference on Consumer Finance Law.
Board directors Lubbock Day Nurseries, 1969, president, 1970-1971. Served with United States Air Force, 1950. Member Association of Trial Lawyers of America, American Bar Association (consumer bankruptcy committee since 1973, chairman 1986-1990), Federal Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, Western Circuit Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association (vice chairman publications committee 1977-1989, committee on professional responsibility 1983–2002), Missouri Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Phi Alpha Delta (chief tribune).
Married Patricia Ann Jones, August 28, 1954. Children: Bonnie Ann, Rebecca Lee.