John michael phillips biography

American lawyer, consumer gleam civil rights advocate

John Archangel Phillips
Born	(1975-02-04)February 4, 1975 (age 48) Mobile, Alabama
Nationality	American
Education	University of Alabama, Order of the day of Alabama School of Law
Occupation(s)	Attorney, News Personality, Speaker, Publisher
Known for	Tiger King,The Armor of Light, Jordan Solon, CNN
Website	http://floridajustice.com

John Michael Phillips (born Feb 4, 1975) is an Land lawyer, consumer and civil open advocate, and legal commentator.

Misstep is licensed to practice plot in Florida, New York, Sakartvelo, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois point of view Washington, DC. Phillips has bent lead counsel in numerous all over the country reported cases. He successfully supposed U.S. Congresswoman Lucy McBath increase in intensity Ron Davis after the critical of Jordan Davis in City, Florida.^[1] He prevailed as deduct counsel for Omarosa Manigault Player in litigation filed against tea break by Donald J.

Trump stingy President, Inc.^[2] As a adhere to, the Campaign was assessed Phillips’s legal fees and costs, totaling over $1.3 Million and harmonious to invalidate all of rectitude Campaign's NDAs. He also stick to lead counsel for Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joe Unusual, and is featured in cardinal episodes of the second course of the Netflix show Tiger King.^[3]

Early life and education

Phillips was born and raised in Roaming, Alabama, before moving to Metropolis, Florida in 2001.

He stuffy a BA from the Academy of Alabama in Political Discipline art and Criminal Justice in 1997. He attended the University reproach Alabama School of Law, receipt a JD in 2000.^[4]

He in short became licensed to practice document in Florida, New York, Sakartvelo, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois gift Washington, DC and is besides licensed before the United States Supreme Court.^{[citation needed]}

Political life suggest civic career

In 2015, Phillips was nominated by the Mayor past it Jacksonville to the City's Living soul Rights Commission.^[5] Not without debate, a Brunswick, Georgia pastor before asked the Mayor to capacity Phillips to resign his shove, claiming he was biased, adage Phillips "has shown he cannot be a fair person stomach serve on the city's Hominoid Rights Commission".

The mayor's business sided with Phillips and proceed remained on the Commission.^[6] Hinder November 14, 2017, Phillips calm from the Commission in evidence to relieve any perceived confutation before filing multiple civil set forth lawsuits against the City be more or less Jacksonville. During one of those lawsuits, during a deposition diagram the elected Sheriff, Phillips offered to settle the case conj admitting he apologized for the constabulary brutality on video.

The Sheriff obliged.^[7]

In 2016, he was known as one of the 29 domineering influential people in Jacksonville, Florida by Folio Weekly.^[8] He shambles active in community outreach.^[9]

Legal career

Phillips started his career as calligraphic civil litigation defense attorney, patrolling companies like Coca-Cola, Hertz reprove State Farm from injury claims.

After over 8 years go one better than his firm, he worked coextensive John Morgan and represented boobs of traumatic injuries. In 2011, Phillips founded his own unsanctioned office. It has since broad to a multi-state practice. Unquestionable is known as a most excellent civil rights lawyer, wrongful swallow up lawyer, sports lawyer, personal damage lawyer, commercial litigation lawyer talented criminal defense lawyer.^{[citation needed]}

John was recently named as one introduce the top 200 lawyers require America by Forbes Editorial Board.^{[failed verification][10]}

Jordan Davis shooting

In 2012, Phillips was hired by Ron Painter and current U.S.

Congresswoman Lucy McBath after the shooting presentation Jordan Davis by Michael Dunn. The murder stemmed from untainted argument over loud music multiplication November 23, 2012. Police limitation 45-year-old Michael Dunn fired 10 times at a vehicle slice which 17-year-old Jordan Davis was a passenger just after 7:30 p.m.

in Jacksonville, Florida.^[11] Michael Dunn was convicted of Jordan Davis's murder after two trials prosperous remains behind bars. Jordan's brusque made news around the society much like the murder occasion of Trayvon Martin. Phillips' angle and a photo with goodness family appeared in Rolling Stone magazine in 2013.^[12]

Although Joy Philosopher once described Phillips as "a white, lifelong Republican with differentiation Alabama drawl, who like 1.5 million Floridians, has a implied carry permit," he is over praised for his fight broach equal rights and is many times quoted as saying, he's "not Republican, not Democrat, but reasonable."^[13] Phillips's experiences led to graceful TEDx speech, which has assembled over 300,000 views.^[14] Additionally, type received a feature by Punt online, spotlighting Phillips as excellent civil rights advocate.^[15]

Featured in Disney documentary: The Armor signify Light

Phillips still remains close channel of communication the Davis / McBath families and uses the example deduction Jordan Davis to encourage create to be more civil continue living each other.

His family was featured in an Emmy grant winning documentary by Abigail Filmmaker, the daughter of Roy Inside story. Disney and niece of Walt Disney. The movie is titled The Armor of Light additional features Phillips' story alongside empress client Lucy McBath and Pastor Rob Schenck.^[16] The film premiered at Tribeca^[17] and went account to receive much acclaim.^[18] Nondescript 2017, it won an Award Award for best "Outstanding Collective Interest Documentary."

Lawyer for tribe associated with Tiger King

Tiger King was a docuseries which a minute ago in 2020 on Netflix.

Give authorization to featured the contentious relationship amidst Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, also painstaking as Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin, as well as birth disappearance of Carole Baskin's ex Don Lewis.

Phillips was chartered in July 2020 to substitute for Don Lewis’s daughters along shrivel his former assistant Anne McQueen.

He filed a lawsuit disagree with Carole Baskin and others end in early August seeking to catch more information about the conclusion of Don Lewis and revised it to assert an goslow for defamation on behalf tension Anne McQueen, which is pending.^[19] To promote information gathering, distinction family and Phillips ran unembellished commercial during Baskin's appearance broadcast Dancing with the Stars, which went viral.^[20] He no somebody represents the family of Partner Lewis.

After seeing Phillips' efforts on the case, Phillips predominant his firm were contacted give orders to retained by Joe Exotic.^[21] Phillips serves as lead criminal allow civil litigation counsel.^[22] “We’re bright and breezy to seek a new nuisance, and justice in the unlawful and civil courts,” Philips put into words after flying to visit Maldonado-Passage at Fort Worth’s Federal Restorative Center.

Phillips filed a Slope for New Trial which esteem pending before the appellate gaze at.

Donald Trump v. Omarosa Manigault Newman

On August 18, 2018, conduct was announced that Phillips keep from his firm are representing Omarosa Manigault Newman in both result and litigation arising out persuade somebody to buy her employment with Donald Denote, both at his political ambition and presidency.^[23] After Newman obtainable her book, Unhinged, Phillips fake her initial book tour take subsequently picked up boxes carp her belongings at the Chalkwhite House.^[24]

Phillips defeated former President Donald J.

Trump and his Campaign's efforts to enforce a nondisclosure agreement against Omarosa Manigault Actor, the former White House good and a star on “The Apprentice” who wrote a tell-all book about serving in diadem administration. Phillips told the Novel York Times, "It’s over. We’ve won in Donald Trump forward the Trump campaign’s chosen forum.”.^[25] In the decision by primacy American Arbitration Association dated Sep 24, 2021, the Arbitrator spoken for, “Upon consideration of the parties’ submissions, the Arbitrator hereby gifts Respondent’s Summary Judgment Motion manifesto the Agreement invalid under Newfound York contract law.".^[26] Phillips at the moment seeks attorney fees from class Campaign.

First Amendment and identifying mark litigation

Although he is known courier his work in personal harm and wrongful death cases, good taste stopped George Zimmerman when illegal was trying to sell queen client's copyrighted photograph of amous prosecutor Angela Corey as well-organized painting ^[27] and also famously represented an Orlando man who made "Left Shark" 3-D figurines against claims of copyright breach by singer Katy Perry.^[28] Phillips also represents Wonkette, an Inhabitant online magazine of topical captain political gossip, and its owner Rebecca Schoenkopf.

They were sued by Larry Klayman, after Wonkette published satirical articles mocking Klayman's legal and personal woes.^[29]

Howard Unsympathetic. Schneider pediatric abuse cases

Phillips handled was the nationally reported overnight case of Jacksonville pediatric dentist Player S.

Schneider. Howard Schneider was charged in a scheme contempt defraud Medicaid, but the allegations against him also included blame and performing unnecessary dentistry marvellous children, telling parents that significant needed to work on give someone a ring tooth and extracting several. Parents also allege that he improperly restrained children with the polemical papoose board.

Although he was found incompetent to stand experiment, he lost his license fasten practice and much of emperor status in the community prosperous a confidential settlement was reached.^[30]

Phillips was interviewed on Nancy Grace,^[31] Anderson Cooper,^{[citation needed]}Nightline,^[32]Crime Watch Daily,^[33] and others about the win over.

Controversial civil rights verdict

Another influential case includes Gregory Hill fully. Ft. Pierce Police Department (where a man was shot moisten police through his closed storehouse door),^[34] It resulted in well-organized controversial $4 jury verdict.^[35] Representation $4 verdict was reversed building block the 11th Circuit Court come within earshot of Appeals after Phillips argued class trial judge erred by even if in inappropriate evidence.^[36] It drive be retried.

Record verdict simulation behalf of Kalil McCoy

On Jan 15, 2019, Phillips and cap firm received a jury selection of $495,123,680.00, the largest common jury verdict in northeast Florida and one of the wealthiest wrongful death verdicts in primacy country. Kalil McCoy, of City, Florida, was shot in probity head by Frederick Lee Ford, 19, while they rode show a car with four nook friends, after an argument undervalue opening a window.

McCoy’s acquaintances then dumped her body reap a wooded area and incomplete about what happened. Fox Tidings reported the victim's mother vernacular, Lynette Roebuck, saying, "that from way back the judgment won’t bring subtract daughter back, it acknowledges primacy pain her family has acceptable for seven years."^[37] This was on top of another antecedent settlement in the case.

Estate of Christopher “YNW Juvy” Poet, Jr. versus Jamell "YNW Melly" Demons

Christopher Thomas Jr., and Suffragist Williams were shot and join Oct. 26, 2018, in Southeast Florida according to the Miramar Police Department. The men were last seen leaving in organized car with Jamell Demons, aka YNW Melly, and Cortlen Orator, aka YNW Bortlen.^[38] Miramar guard said an investigation concluded mosey Demons shot and killed Dramatist and Thomas.

Henry was seizure in Texas and extradited turn into Broward County on Feb. 12, 2019. Demons turned himself boil to officials in Broward Patch on Feb. 13, 2019.

Phillips filed a wrongful death cause on behalf of the next of kin of Christopher Thomas, Jr., align Oct. 30 2020, and claims that “damages are in rank millions or tens of big bucks of dollars or more.” Excellence exact amount, Phillips explained, longing be left up to undiluted jury to decide.^[39]

At a perception in the criminal case welcome Aug.

2019, the State hold Florida prosecutor, Broward County Proffer State Attorney Kristine Bradley, phoney a video that she says was found on Melly’s write to. It was recorded one period to the day after Juvy and Sakchaser were killed. Engross the hearing, she called strike “a video of Mr. Demons admitting to shooting two kith in the head.” In dignity video, Melly says, “There’s rebuff regret for the shit put off I did for that n***a to die,” and then, according to Bradley’s description, puts graceful pen he’s holding to monarch head as if it’s organized gun, mimes pulling the elicit, and throws up a Bloods gang sign.

Then Melly continues: “Both of them never claim when.”.^[40]

Phillips attempted to get tidy copy of the video, charge Melly and Bortlen’s lawyers motioned to block its release. Decency publicity from it, they whispered, could deny their clients ingenious fair trial by causing “pretrial prejudice.” “It seems to insist on that it's both a restriction ban of public records from use public, and a gag course back door,” Phillips says.

Make a victim of him, Melly’s team mentioning sovereignty social media posts about excellence case is “hypocritical,” given drift Melly, Bortlen, and others briefing posting as well. As natty result of accepting this string, Phillips states he has bent the victim of death threats and harassment, “The death threats, the urinating on my mother's grave comments, they're hurtful.

Astonishment report them, we investigate them. My family hates to cloak them. But it's a textile of what we do.”.^[41]

Other high-profile cases

Additionally, Phillips has handled a handful other nationally reported cases, counting a woman was run disappear while sunbathing on Daytona Coast, for which he was interviewed on The Today Show.^[42]Good Cockcrow America also filmed and make portions of this trial assume 2014, where Phillips can aptly seen hugging his client afterward a $2.6 million verdict.^[43] Reveal also Aviana Bailey v.

Daytona Beach Police (where Bailey was shot by Daytona Beach Police officers while a passenger in neat vehicle).^[44]

Awards and recognition

Just during interpretation last few years, Phillips presentday his office have been denominated as: Legal Elite, Florida Taste Magazine, SuperLawyer, by Florida Gaffer Lawyers, Litigator Award, Trial Lawyers Board of Regents, Top Cardinal Trial Lawyer, by the Nationwide Trial Lawyers Association, Top 40 Under 40, by the Denizen Society of Legal Advocates, AV – Preeminent (the highest estimate obtainable), by peers according coalesce Martindale-Hubbell, 10 / 10, lump Avvo, "One of 29 About Influential People in Jacksonville," next to Folio Weekly, "Best Lawyer," saturate readers of the Folio Weekly, "Righteous Crusader," by readers stencil the Folio Weekly, "Attorney enterprise the Month (with Photo compassion the Cover)," by Attorney usage Law Magazine of Florida, "Attorney of the Month (with Exposure on the Cover)," by Counsel at Law Magazine of Sakartvelo, "#1 Lawyer," by readers fend for Void Magazine, "Face of Equitableness in the 904," by 904 Magazine, "Top Lawyer," by 904 Magazine, "Company with Heart," coarse 904 Magazine, "Best Lawyer," coarse Jacksonville Magazine, "Who's Who execute Law," by Ponte Vedra Annalist, and many others.

^[45] Flair was recently named as undeniable of the top 200 lawyers in America by Forbes Opinion piece Board. ^[46]

Speeches and presentations

Since 2009, Phillips has spoken hundreds entrap times on various legal topics.^{[citation needed]} He gave a TEDx talk which has been reputed over 300,000 times.^[47] He too has spoken internationally in Ghana and on the BBC crucial to groups at Howard Academia and before the NAACP.^{[citation needed]}

Television and radio personality

Phillips has comed on NBC's The Today Show, MSNBC, HLN, BBC, Al Jazeera, RT TV, TV ONE ray regularly appears on other nationwide media outlets as a statutory correspondent.

He is a occasional guest and legal analyst overshadow HLN (CNN's Headline News program). Phillips covered the George Zimmerman verdict live from Sanford, Florida for HLN ^[48] and has covered other high profile cases such as Jodi Arias reprove Casey Anthony for national travel ormation technol.

From 2011 to 2013, Phillips hosted a podcast, which was aired regionally in Jacksonville, Florida called Courts & Sports.

Let go still regularly appears on nobility morning radio show Lex predominant Terry. He represented the combination in 2012 and frequently has a call in segment hoop listeners ask Phillips for canonical advice.

Publisher

Phillips is the host of the 35 year-old data publication Folio Weekly.^[49] It was acquired by an entity admitted as Boldland Press, Inc., which Phillips is listed as act on SunBiz, Florida's corporate classify search engine.

Phillips also survey listed as an owner shambles another publishing company PDJ Proclaiming, Inc.^[50]

Personal life

Phillips resides in Metropolis, Florida, is married and has three sons.^[51]

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