Mike Phillips is a partner in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller.  He joined the firm in 2009 and practices in the litigation group.  Mr. Phillips maintains a diverse trial practice, representing local, regional and multinational corporate clients in the numerous areas of litigation, including energy and petrochemical, oil field legacy sites, complex commercial agreements, antitrust, trade regulation and consumer protection, construction and public works, as well as complex litigation and class action.

To meet the needs of today’s corporate clients, Mr. Phillips also emphasizes the creative use of technology in the management of complex litigation and trials. 

Representative Experience:

• Representation of a major international oil and gas company in first ever trial and proceeding under Louisiana Act 312 dealing with oil field contamination sites.
• Representation of the water heater industry in defense of multi state civil and criminal litigation relating to product failure as well as trial counsel against supplier of defective component part.
• Representation of gasoline refiner against civil and criminal antitrust violations and below cost sales. 
• Representation of marine survey company in class action and individual lawsuits alleging damage to oyster beds.
• Representation of clients in a variety of state and federal antitrust matters dealing with alleged conspiracies, tying, monopolization, and price discounting, including seminars to major retail sales department on Robinson-Patman Act compliance.
• Representation of client in petroleum dealer termination cases in various states. 
• Representation of client in major construction litigation involving damage by a public entity. 
• Representation of major waste disposal company in mass toxic tort exposure case involving over 2,000 plaintiffs.
  

Education:

Mike earned his B.S. from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1988 and his J.D. from the LSU Law Center in 1991, where he was a member of the Louisiana Law Review. 

Admissions:

Admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana.  Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana.  Admitted to practice before the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Memberships:

Louisiana and American Bar Associations.  Officer in Louisiana Bar Association, Section of Antitrust and Trade Regulation

Articles, Publications and Presentations:

• Act 312 Update, 57th Annual Louisiana Mineral Law Institute, LSU Law Center, March 26, 2010.
  
• Co-Author, Louisiana Chapter of American Bar Association, Antitrust Practices and Statutes, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Ed.
• Organization Sans Binders, Law Technology News, December 2006
• Featured in Forbes Magazine, May 2008
• Louisiana Superlawyer 2007
• Antitrust Ethics (CLE seminar materials)
• Robinson-Patman Act Compliance (Seminar Materials)