Practice areas: Personal Injury
Licensed in California since: 2015
Education: University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2023 - 2025 Altair Law
465 California Street5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: 415-988-9828 Email: Noah A. Phillips Visit website
Noah Phillips represents individuals injured in vehicle, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, and in products liability and medical negligence actions, both in state and federal courts throughout California.
Noah’s dexterity in applying his legal knowledge and experience has produced exceptional results in challenging personal injury, wrongful death, and wage and hour cases against corporations, and governmental entities including county jails, law enforcement and fire departments.
Fluent in Spanish, Noah was raised in Peru. He enjoys representing monolingual Spanish speakers throughout the Bay Area and he prides himself in keeping his clients well-informed as their case develops. Noah enjoys collaborating and developing strong relationships with his clients to better provide them with excellent representation. In addition to his strong verbal communication skills, Noah excels in his ability to write complex legal briefs and argue motions in court.
First Admitted: 2015, California
Professional Webpage: https://altairlaw.com/noah-a-phillips
Bar / Professional Activity
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Member San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Member American Association for Justice, Member Bar Association of San Francisco, Member Business Networking International, Civic Center Chapter, Member San Francisco Lawyers Network, Member
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- SETTLEMENT In this Alameda County case, the defendant was a horse ranch located in the hills of Castro Valley, which provided equestrian training and stabling services. Our client was an employee who lived on the premises and took care of the approximately 60 horses stabled there by feeding and cleaning their stalls. On the day of the incident, as he was feeding one of the horses, which required him to enter the horse’s stall, the horse startled and kicked him in the face, causing fractures to his facial bones and teeth, and brain injuries. Our client had been a full-time and loyal employee for 12 years and lived on the premises, but his employer did not maintain workers compensation insurance for him or any other employee. The defendant denied any liability on grounds that our client was not an employee and was not in the course and scope of his employment at the time of the incident. The only recourse for our client was to bring suit against the defendant employer under Labor Code § 3706, which allows an employee who was injured in the course of his employment to bring suit against an employer who failed to secure workers’ compensation coverage. After extensive litigation, the defendant agreed to resolve the case and fund the settlement with personal funds as the insurer for defendant refused to cover the damages. Central to achieving this result was effectively applying the “bunkhouse rule” to the facts of the case. This 100-year-old rule holds that a plaintiff is within the course of his employment at the time of the incident if his employment contract or the nature of his employment requires him to reside on the employer’s premises, and he was engaged in a reasonable and anticipated use of the premises at the time of injury., 2024
Educational Background
- University of California, Los Angeles, BA, History California State University, Master’s degree, English Language and Literature, General UC Hastings College of the Law
Office location for Noah A. Phillips
465 California Street
5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2026
- Rising Stars: 2023 - 2025