With over 25 years of defense experience, Phil Hayes has a wide range of experience in the areas of products liability, catastrophic personal injury, public entity defense, commercial disputes, civil rights and police liability, toxic and mass tort, construction law (contract disputes, injuries, and defects), products liability, complex business and pharmaceutical litigation, and a diverse variety of other defense-oriented litigation, in both state and federal courts. Mr. Hayes has taken three cases through trial to verdict, resulting in two defense verdicts. He has sat as second chair at trial in several multi-million-dollar lawsuits and has participated in over 25 arbitrations and 100 mediations.
Phillip M. Hayes
phayes@lynberg.com213.624.8700
When not working, Mr. Hayes enjoys hiking, mountain biking, and writing.
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General
Position at L&W
- – Senior Associate
Practice Areas
- – Appellate Practice
- – Business and Commercial
- – Civil Rights
- – Construction Law
- – General Torts
- – Intellectual Property
- – Mold Liability Defense
- – Police Liability Defense
- – Premises Liability
- – Product Liability Defense
- – Public Entity Defense
- – Toxic Substance Exposure Defense
Education
Legal
- – Juris Doctor
- – Southwestern University
- – 1991
Undergraduate
- – B.S., Major in Biology and B.A., Major in Philosophy (Cum Laude)
- – University of Notre Dame
- – 1980
Professional
Bar Affiliations
- – State Bar of California, 1991
- – State Bar of Nevada 2001
- – State Bar of Missouri 2003
- – State Bar of Pennsylvania 2007
- – State Bar of New Jersey 2008
- – U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- – U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- – US District Court, District of Nevada
Professional Affiliations
- – Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
- – Business Law Section of the California State Bar
- – Los Angeles County Bar Association
