Episode 11 - Phil Phillips talks growing up the youngest of nine kids, labor & employment, and life in Big law as a Black equity partner

The Path & The Practice · Sep 8, 2020 · 48m

This episode features a discussion with Phil Phillips. Phil is Managing Partner of Foley’s Detroit office and a member of the Labor & Employment group. Phil shares about life growing-up as the youngest of nine kids in Saginaw, Michigan, and the incredible role models he had in his older, very high achieving, siblings. Phil also shares about his labor & employment practice and how, as a former prosecutor, it’s the only practice that captured his interest. Phil also provides insight in to his experience as a Black man in Big Law and how large law firms can work to promote attorneys of color.