Practice areas: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Insurance Coverage; view more
Licensed in Georgia since: 1993
Education: William & Mary Law School
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Paul G. Phillips is a medical malpractice attorney representing clients from all walks of life through the Georgia-based firm Phillips Law in Albany. He has tried and won numerous cases for his clients in the state of Georgia since 1993 and provides his assistance to those who are critically injured by medical negligence, nursing negligence, and trucking and motor vehicle accidents. He also represents clients whose family members lost their lives due to someone else’s carelessness.
Earning his bachelor’s degree in philosophy and physics from Middlebury College, Mr. Phillips graduated cum laude and received honors from his university’s physics department. Before pursuing law, he gained experience as a product liability underwriter at an insurance company. He joined the William & Mary Law School and obtained his Juris Doctor in 1993.
Before shifting his focus completely to representing critically injured people, Mr. Phillips worked at a renowned law firm, where he handled matters involving product liability and property issues. He represents his clients in various federal, trial and appellate courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia. He has successfully tried several cases in these courts and has obtained numerous million-dollar and multimillion-dollar settlements as verdicts.
Mr. Phillips is rated AV Preeminent* rating through Martindale-Hubbell and is held in high regards by his peers for his ethical standards and knowledge. The National Trial Lawyers ranked him as one of the Top 25 attorneys in medical practice and Avvo rated him “Superb”. He is also an esteemed member of the Dougherty Circuit Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Insurance CoverageFocus areas
Bad Faith Insurance, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Informed Consent, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 60% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 30% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 10% Insurance Coverage
First Admitted: 1993, Georgia
Professional Webpage: https://www.pgp.law/attorney/phillips-paul-g/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Georgia, 1993
- Dougherty Circuit Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- $20.5 million Jury VerdictMedical Malpractice, Pharmaceutical Injury – $20.5 million jury verdict in Houston County. Pope v. Akorn, Inc. Medical Malpractice, Pharmaceutical Injury – Our client, Ann Pope, suffered Serotonin Syndrome, a serious central-nervous system reaction caused by the combination of Defendant Akorn, Inc’s drug, Methylene Blue, and a prescription medicine Ann was taking. The drug company, Akorn failed to include a warning that its Methylene Blue had this dangerous side effect.Click to see related stories:– Houston County jury orders drug company to pay school teacher $20.5 million – 2017 WMAZ-TV– Jury awards $20M in Georgia couple case’s against Lake Forest drug maker Akorn – 2017, Chicago Tribune, 2018
- $6,450,000 SettlementMedical Malpractice of attending OB/GN, residents, and nurses for failing to treat eclamptic patient, resulting in Wrongful death: $6,450,000 settlement, 2020
- $3,000,000 SettlementClient injured by dangerous farm equipment on defendant’s property: $3,000,000 settlement, 2019
- $2,500,000 SettlementClient sexually assaulted in major national university dormitory: $2,500,000 settlement, 2019
- $1,500,000 Jury VerdictWrongful death of college student struck by a vehicle: $1,500,000 jury verdict, 2012
- $1,350,000Hospital and Physician Malpractice – Wrongful death, failure to diagnose, treat, and transfer three year-old in sickle cell crisis:$1,350,000 settlement, 2017
- $1,325,000 SettlementHospital and ER physician’s Medical Malpractice for failing to diagnose sickle-cell crisis resulting in Wrongful death: $1,325,000 settlement., 2019
- $1,000,000 Jury VerdictMedical Malpractice of surgeon for injuring patient’s bile ducts and liver vasculature, resulting in loss of portion of liver and bile ducts: $1,000,000 trial verdict – Carmen v Aho, MD, Colquitt Regional Surgery, LLC., 2019
- $900,000 SettlementHospital Malpractice – Nurse improperly inflated a Foley catheter causing severe urethra and bladder injuries:$900,000 settlement, 2020
- $850,000 SettlementFailure to timely diagnose lung cancer in 57 year-old patient: $850,000 settlement., 2016
- $675,000 SettlementMedical Malpractice of ER doctor and hospital resulting in Wrongful death: $675,000 settlement, 2018
- $650,000 SettlementMedical Malpractice of Internist who ordered antibiotic to which patient had a known allergy, resulting in Stevens-Johnson syndrome: $650,000 settlement, 2018
- $500,000 SettlementMedical Malpractice – Plastic surgeon applied incorrect chemical cautery to patient’s eyelid, causing severe scarring and vision: $500,000 settlement, 2020
Representative Clients
- Paul Phillips represents people seriously injured or killed by the negligence of medical providers, hospitals, and manufacturers of medical products., 2022
- Paul Phillips represents people seriously injured or killed by the negligence of trucking companies., 2022
Special Licenses / Certifications
- Paul is a Georgia SuperLawyer®, an AV Preeminent® rated attorney, and holds National Trial Lawyers Top 100, and Top 25 Medical Malpractice rankings., 2022
- Paul Phillips holds a National Trial Lawyers Top 25 Medical Malpractice ranking., 2022
- Paul Phillips holds a National Trial Lawyers Top 100 ranking., 2022
Honors
- Paul Phillips holds a Martindale AV Preeminent® rating, the highest peer rating standard. This is given to attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers., Martindale AV Preeminent® rating., Martindale, 2022
- Paul holds National Trial Lawyers Top 100, and Top 25 Medical Malpractice rankings., National Trial Lawyers Medical Malpractice Top 25, National Trial Lawyers, 2022
Educational Background
- Middlebury College, B.A., Honors: cum laude, Honors: Departmental honors in Philosophy, Minor: Physics - 1987
White Papers
- Before 2005, Georgia followed the time-tested common-law rule of joint and several liability, and its many corollaries, such as contribution among joint tortfeasors, and set-off from judgments of amounts paid by settling co-defendants. In most personal injury actions with multiple joint tortfeasor defendants, any money paid to a plaintiff in a settlement with a defendant would be set-off, or subtracted by law from any verdict amount ultimately returned against the remaining defendants. In 2005, Georgia’s apportionment statute changed all this. The apportionment statute creates difficult issues in discovery when parties and their witnesses must commit to positions about who failed to exercise reasonable care or breached a professional standard of care, and whose acts or omissions proximately caused the plaintiff’s damages. This paper discusses Georgia apportionment opinions published in 2017, and highlights some of the issues which arise from Georgia’s apportionment law in multi-defendant litigation., Simplifying Your Case: Cutting Loose Defendants and Apportionment, Georgia Civil Litigation, 2018
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Paul Phillips has tried and won cases in Georgia State and Federal courts since 1993. He has successfully litigated a wide variety of cases, representing clients catastrophically injured or killed by medical malpractice, vehicular and trucking negligence. Paul's verdicts include a Houston County jury award of over $20 million, and multiple seven-figure verdicts and settlements in other Georgia trial courts., 2022
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2023 - 2025
