Education
  • University of Texas, J.D., with honors, 1977
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., with honors, 1974, Order of the Golden Fleece; Order of the Holy Grail
Bar & Court Admissions
  • North Carolina
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

Reid L. Phillips

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2000 Renaissance Plaza
230 North Elm Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
T: (336) 271-3116
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Reid Phillips represents clients in commercial litigation in federal and state courts, with experience in contracts, securities, antitrust, unfair competition, copyright and trademark infringement, covenants not to compete, professional malpractice, wrongful death and personal injury cases. He has tried lawsuits in all of the largest North Carolina cities and in many smaller ones as well.

Honors & Awards

  • Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White) in Commercial Litigation
  • Named by his peers as one of North Carolina's "Super Lawyers" in Business Litigation, Law & Politics magazine
  • Recognized as member of the "Legal Elite" in Litigation by Business North Carolina magazine

Professional & Community Activities

  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Master, Joseph Branch Inn of Court
  • Member, National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
  • Chair, Strategic Planning and Emerging Trends Committee, North Carolina Bar Association, 2006--2008 and Member, Board of Governors and Executive Committee, North Carolina Bar Association, 1985-86
  • President and President-Elect, 18th Judicial District Bar, 1994-96
  • Director, American Judicature Society, 1986-89
  • Delegate, House of Delegates, American Bar Association, 1986-88
  • Advisory Member, North Carolina State Bar Ethics Committee, 1983-86
  • Director, Young Lawyers Division, American Bar Association, 1986-88
  • Chair, ABA/YLD Coordinating Council on Professionalism, 1987-88; Editor, The Affiliate, ABA/YLD Publication, 1985-86; Chair, ABA/YLD Award of Achievement Committee, 1984-85
  • Chair, Young Lawyers Division, North Carolina Bar Association, 1985-86
  • Director, Greensboro Bar Association, 1992-93, 2004--
  • President, Young Lawyers Division, Greensboro Bar Association, 1982-83
  • Chair and Chief Volunteer Officer, Greensboro Metropolitan YMCA, 2005-07, Chair, 2003-04, Vice Chair, 2002-03, Secretary, 2001-02, and Member, 1999-2003, Kathleen Price Bryan Family YMCA Board of Management
  • Chair, 2003-05, and Member, 2002-03, Greensboro Community Resource Board
  • President, 1997-98, President-Elect, 1996-97, Treasurer, 1994-96, and Member, Board of Directors, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, 1991-2001
  • Chair, Greensboro Public Library Centennial Committee, 2001-02
  • Member, Triad Leadership Network Steering Committee, 1994-97, Nominating Committee Chair, 1995-96; Member, Triad Leadership Network, 1994
  • Member, Greensboro Human Relations Council, 1989-91
  • Member, Leadership Greensboro, 1988-89

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