PHILLIPSLAWOFFICES - Key Persons


John G. Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Scholarship Chairman

Stephen D. Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Attorney
  • Managing Partner at Phillips Law Offices in Chicago
Stephen D. Phillips is the managing partner at Phillips Law Offices in Chicago. He earned his Juris Doctor from Loyola University in 1985 and his B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1981. He is an extensively published writer and sought-after lecturer on legal topics ranging from personal injury to medical malpractice to tort reform. Mr. Phillips is also the recipient of a number of awards and honors from various legal and community groups. His law practice focuses on personal injury, catastrophic injury, traffic accidents, tort law, wrongful death, nursing home and medical malpractice, aviation, construction liability, and product liability. Mr. Phillips was the 2013 President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the largest association for trial lawyers in the state of Illinois. He is also a member of, and has held a number of positions with, the Illinois State Bar Association. Additionally, Mr. Phillips has served as an adjunct professor at the Loyola University School of Law. Stephen D. Phillips has achieved the most settlements in Illinois above $1 million in a single year in a statewide survey of lawyers. Stephen D. Phillips was inducted as a Fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Academy is limited to 500 lawyers worldwide.)-April 2011 Stephen D. Phillips has been AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest rating as voted by peers in the legal community. Avvo.com, an independent rating service of United States lawyers, has bestowed onto Stephen D. Phillips their highest rating of 10/10, Superb for Personal Injury Lawyers in Illinois. Mr. Phillips also received Avvo.com's highest rating of 10/10, Superb for Birth Injury Lawyer, Brain Injury Lawyer, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death and Trucking Accident Lawyer in Illinois. Stephen D. Phillips was an adjunct professor at Law at Loyola University School of Law in Chicago where he taught personal injury law.

Stephen J. Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Attorney
  • Partner at Phillips Law Offices in Chicago
Stephen J. Phillips is a partner at Phillips Law Offices in Chicago. He earned his undergraduate degree (a B.A. in political science) from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (with honors) and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Dean's List). Stephen began his legal career at Phillips Law Offices in 2014 as a law clerk during his summer breaks as an undergraduate. While he was in law school at Loyola, Stephen continued his clerkship with us, often assisting in complex medical malpractice and product liability trials. Attorney Stephen J. Phillips has tried numerous cases to verdict throughout our state and is often tasked with preparing and perfecting the courtroom technology as well as witness examination. Stephen J. Phillips is admitted to practice law in Illinois state courts as well as the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Associations and the American Association for Justice. He currently serves as Co-Chairperson of the Young Lawyers Committee of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Attorney Stephen J. Phillips is dedicated to these principles. He is personally committed to continuing our important work and to helping the injured victims of negligence win justice in the Chicago area and throughout the state of Illinois.

Stephen Phillips

Stephen Phillips is admitted to practice law in Illinois, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and in the United States Supreme Court. He was inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers - limited to 500 attorneys worldwide - in 2011. Stephen Phillips has been designated as an Illinois Super Lawyer for 11 successive years. The National Trial Lawyers re-elected Mr. Phillips as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Illinois each year from 2008 through 2020. Personal injury attorney Stephen D. Phillips has obtained multi-million-dollar verdicts or settlements for a long list of clients in a considerable number of automobile, medical malpractice, product liability, and personal injury cases. His experience at resolving the toughest legal issues makes him a powerfully effective advocate for injury victims throughout Illinois. Still, Mr. Phillips finds the time to serve his community as a volunteer baseball and AYSO soccer coach.

Terrence M. Quinn

Job Titles:
  • Partner at Phillips Law Offices
Terrence M. Quinn is a partner at Phillips Law Offices who dedicates himself to fighting for his clients' rights to fair compensation for serious and catastrophic injuries caused by another's fault.