Meet South Carolina Injury Attorney Robert V. Phillips

Attorney Robert V. Phillips, the managing partner at one of the most successful plaintiff firms in the region, has become one of the most successful attorneys in South Carolina. Innovative and record-breaking are words often used to describe Robert. His unique background as a former professional athlete, his willingness to outwork his opponents and his use of technology in the courtroom allow Robert to take on and win complex cases against some of the biggest and most powerful defendants in the country. Whether billion-dollar corporations or the Federal government, Robert has no fear of any opponent.

Robert’s extremely competitive nature in the courtroom derives from his unique background, having competed professionally in four separate sports.  After playing six years on the ATP Tour against some of the top tennis players in the world, including several world #1 players, Robert achieved a top-300 world ranking. Since then, Robert has competed professionally and was world-ranked in three other sports: racquetball, platform tennis, and now senior professional pickleball. Robert is currently one of the top “Over-50” professional pickleball players in the country.

The same tenacity and work ethic that allowed Robert to be world-ranked in four different professional sports, Robert now takes to the courtroom. That, combined with his firm's financial strength, allows Robert to retain the best experts in their field and give you an unmatchable combination.

While Robert’s clients have usually suffered catastrophic injuries resulting from medical malpractice, reckless 18-wheeler trucks and defective products, if there has been a truly unjust result, Robert has been known to take certain cases based on principle alone. In fact, in a recent high-speed police crash that only allowed for a nominal recovery, Robert took the case all the way to the United States Supreme Court and created a new civil rights claim that previously did not exist. Only a handful of attorneys in the State have ever taken a case to the Supreme Court. This ground-breaking result changed the law nationwide, allowing countless victims and their families to obtain justice.

Robert’s reputation for taking cases that have been turned down by other attorneys and turning them into multi-million-dollar successes means that he is often asked to teach other lawyers around the country. Robert has presented at major legal conferences across the country from Los Angeles to Miami and New Orleans to New York.