Experience

Philip graduated from the University of Michigan in 2005 and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2008. While in law school, Philip was a member of the Equine Law Society and the Trial Advocacy Board.  Prior to joining Woodworth Snow, Philip was an attorney with a boutique construction litigation firm in Kansas City, Missouri and a regional law firm in Leawood, Kansas. His practice is focused primarily on real estate and construction law, and he regularly advises developers, contractors, property owners and material suppliers in contract negotiations and disputes, real estate sale, purchase, and lease agreements, mechanic’s liens and construction defect claims in both Missouri and Kansas

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Real Estate Transactions
• Residential Real Estate Development
• Construction Law
• Corporate and General Business Law
• Renewable Energy

Activities and Memberships

• Kansas Bar Association
• Missouri Bar Association
• Johnson County Bar Association
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, former co-chair, Construction Law Committee

Publications and Presentations

• Co-Author, Cumulative Supplement (Kansas Law Chapter), State-By-State Guide to Design and Construction Contracts and Claims, 2017-2022
• Co-Author, Thompson Reuters Practical Law:  Kansas Construction Law and Customs, 2019-2022

Bar Admission

State of Kansas
State of Missouri 
State of Arizona (Inactive)
United States District Court for the District of Kansas
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Education

• University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky
  • J.D., 2008
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • B.A., 2005