J. Benedict (“Ben”) Phillips was born in Orange County and presently resides with his wife and their two children in North Tustin, California.

Mr. Phillips graduated from the University of California, Davis (B.A., 2002) and from Chapman University School of Law (J.D., 2005). During law school, Mr. Phillips was a member of the executive committee of the Moot Court Honors Board. He competed in several national competitions, receiving awards for both oral advocacy and brief writing.

Prior to law school, Mr. Phillips worked in software and management consulting, where he assisted Fortune 500 companies including Sony Corporation and Amgen with the design and implementation of custom software applications to streamline business processes. Such corporate consulting experience has proven invaluable in his Family Law practice, where Mr. Phillips deals regularly with complex business valuation and cash flow issues.

Mr. Phillips is a member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA), the Robert Banyard Inn of Court, the Celtic Bar Association, and the OCBA Education Committee. Mr. Phillips practices exclusively Family Law, primarily at the trial court level. He has also participated in two successful appellate cases, including the seminal case on marital separation, In Re Marriage of Manfer (2006) 144 Cal.App.4th 925.