David Phillips

Of Counsel, VF-Law, Lake Oswego
Mr. Phillips practices in all areas related to real estate, land use, construction, environmental and HOA law. He has over 20 years of broad professional experience. He spent 10 running a boutique land use firm in Vancouver, Washington, and a year at a large insurance defense litigation firm in Portland before coming to VF-Law in 2012. Prior to 2001, he worked as an environmental engineer consulting with companies and landowners in environmental compliance, remediation and land use matters. This background proves valuable in evaluating evidence, working with experts in litigation, and working quickly toward solutions in a collaborative approach to complicated cases. Recent accomplishments include successful defense and settlement of public interest group stormwater compliance claims against a port industrial user along the Columbia River, acquisition of land use approval for west coast headquarters in the City of Portland for a national engineering firm, defense and resolution of complex recession suit for sale of an illegal lot by reversing previous County determination and settlement of a longstanding coverage and construction claim suit against multiple contractor and expert parties. Mr. Phillips earned his B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering in 1999 from Utah State University and his J.D. degree from Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College in 2003.