Carson Phillips is a litigator who represents clients in a wide range of matters, including contract disputes, business torts, general commercial litigation, and class actions. His work has covered a broad spectrum of substantive law, including product liability, breach of contract, employment, real estate, and healthcare. He has handled a variety of cases in both federal and state courts and has experience in all stages of litigation.

In addition, Carson has experience as a member of national trial and MDL counsel teams, including the National Prescription Opiate proceedings. As a member of those teams, Carson has been involved with all stages of discovery, including company document discovery, fact and expert depositions, and drafting key motions and briefs.

While he specializes in representing clients in state and federal court, another focus of his practice is political law, where he advises clients on state and federal lobbying, ethics, campaign finance, and pay-to-play laws. Carson frequently advises clients on how to develop effective internal programs to comply with lobbying, ethics, and campaign finance laws.

Carson earned his J.D. (summa cum laude) from the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he was an executive articles editor for the Mississippi Law Journal and a member of the Moot Court Board.  He also chaired the Negotiation Board (alternative dispute resolution) and worked with the MacArthur Justice Clinic, where he aided in the representation of ICE detainees in Mississippi and Louisiana.

Bar Admissions

• Alabama, 2020
• South Carolina, 2021

• United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama
• United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama
• United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama

Education

• University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 2020, summa cum laude
• Auburn University, B.A., Political Science, 2016, cum laude