Layn Phillips

Mediator
Phillips ADR Enterprises

At age 34, he again was nominated by President Reagan to serve as a United
States District Judge in Oklahoma City. During his tenure on the bench, he
presided over more than 140 federal trials in Oklahoma, New Mexico, and
Texas. He also sat by designation on the United States Court of Appeals for the
Tenth Circuit in Denver, Colorado, where he participated in numerous panel
decisions and published multiple opinions.
In 1991, he resigned from the federal bench and joined Irell & Manella, where
for 23 years he specialized in complex civil litigation, internal investigations,
and alternative dispute resolution. For his years of commitment to public service, he
was named as one of the 10 Outstanding Young Americans by the U.S. Junior Chamber
of Commerce. As a result of his trial work, Judge Phillips was elected into the American
College of Trial Lawyers. He has the dual honor of being named by LawDragon as one
of the “Leading Judges in America” and as one of the “Leading Litigation Attorneys in
America.” In August 2016, Judge Phillips was named as one of the top seven mediators
in the United States of American by Chambers and Partners (http://
www.chambersandpartners.com/12788/79/editorial/5/1).
Judge Phillips received both his B.S. and J.D. from the University of Tulsa. He also
completed two years of an LLM program at Georget