Meet the Phillips Law Group Legal Team
Arizona's Largest Consumer Law Firm
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 Jules Grandjean Attorney Personal Injury Litigation |
 Jeff Grayson Attorney Personal Injury Litigation |
 Ruth Ann James Attorney Personal Injury Litigation |
At the Arizona Law firm of Phillips Law Group, our experienced and highly talented team of attorneys represent those in need of legal representation.
Many of our bankruptcy, personal injury and criminal defense attorneys are Board Certified Specialists. Whether your case is a personal injury or bankruptcy, or if you are in need of criminal defense, our attorneys serving Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Scottsdale, and communities throughout Arizona can help you.
Click on any of our attorneys to learn more about them. To schedule a free consultation with our personal injury, criminal defense, or bankruptcy attorneys in Phoenix or at one of our many other Arizona locations, please contact us. We can help you.
Phoenix Attorneys - Learn About Our Lawyers
Jeffrey L. Phillips
Jeffrey Phillips graduated from Arizona State University in 1990 where he earned a Juris Doctorate in Law and started along the road to a successful legal career. Before law school, Mr. Phillips received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1986 from Arizona State University. Additionally, Mr. Phillips has developed a wide background of experience in business, real estate and finance.
Jeffrey Phillips is licensed to practice law in Arizona. As a part of our Phoenix, Arizona firm, he has served as a personal injury lawyer representing those injured in vehicle accidents, defective products, pharmaceutical litigation, social security disability, and slip and fall. He has represented clients in felony charges throughout Arizona in Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Gila, Mojave, Navajo and Yavapai Counties.
Jeffrey Phillips has received considerable recognition for his volunteer work. In April 1994, he received the Volunteer Attorney of the Month Award from Community Legal Service. In 1996, he was presented with the William T. Burmingham Award in recognition for the volunteer work he performed throughout the year. In 2002, his work in assisting low income bankruptcy clients contributed to Phillips and Associates being honored with the Volunteer Lawyer Program Bankruptcy Service award.
Mr. Phillips works with attorneys throughout the United States, helping seriously injured clients.
R. Glenn Phillips
R. Glenn Phillips believes in fighting for justice for real people. He has been practicing since 1984 and has tried more than 100 civil jury trials. In addition, he has settled numerous million and multimillion dollar cases.
Glenn understands that corporate America and the insurance companies have tried, and continued to try to deny real people access to justice. He believes strongly in the principle that all citizens have the right of access to the courts.
Mr.Phillips is also the owner of several law firms. He owns Phillips Webster which operates in Washington and nationally handling serious personal injury, product liability, workman's compensation, social security disability, medical malpractice, and defective drug and device. Phillips Webster also maintains one of Washington's largest consumer bankruptcy law firms.
Mr. Phillips also owns the Phillips Law Group which is situated with 5 offices in Arizona. The Phillips Law Group operates in the areas of serious personal injury, medical malpractice, social security disability, and defective drug and device litigation.
Mr. Phillips is actively involved in his firm's defective drug and devices practice. Our mass tort practice has an inventory of over 2,000 cases, covering such products as Accutane, Yaz/Yasmin/Ocella, Fosamax, Avandia and defective devices such as shoulder pain pumps and DePuy hip implants.
Mr. Phillips and his firm are recognized as leaders in pharmaceutical litigation and have been appointed to positions of leadership on various steering committees and science/ discovery committees.
Glenn is a member of the Washington and Arizona state bars. He is also a member of the American Association of Justice, and a Eagle member of the Washington Associate for Justice, the non-profit organization of Public Justice. He is also an invited member of the TAOS group which is comprised of outstanding trial lawyers from across America.
“Trey” A.R. Dayes III
“Trey” A.R. Dayes is a trial attorney in the Personal Injury and Wrongful Death division of the Firm. Mr. Dayes has litigated cases involving catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, and various commercial issues. He has represented the City of Phoenix, 21st Century, Western Agricultural Insurance, and AIG Insurance Companies, National Propane Company, and CRST Trucking, as well as many individual clients.
Mr. Dayes received his Juris Doctor from the Brigham Young University J. Rueben Clark Law School in 1996, where he was chosen to be an Editor and Note and Comment Editor for the BYU Journal of Public Law. He also authored "Drafting a Limited Liability Clause that will Pass the Scrutiny of Utah Courts." He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. Trey has attended the AAJ Advanced Medical Trial Skills College. Mr. Dayes is licensed to practice law in Arizona and Utah.
While in Utah he represented several municipalities including the cities of Lindon, Pleasant Glove, and American Fork. He also represented several corporate clients including Utah Community Credit Union and the Bank of American Fork.
In his spare time, Trey values his time as a boy-scout leader, and playing sports, such as soccer and baseball. He enjoys spending time with friends and family.
Timothy Tonkin
Timothy Tonkin fell in love with Arizona when he followed his parents here from New Jersey and attended Northern Arizona University. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from N.A.U. in 1994. After a brief stint working in New York City, he returned to Arizona to attend the Arizona State University College of Law.
Soon after beginning law school, Timothy began working in the area of personal injury and began advocating for the rights of individuals against insurance companies. In his over six years in the legal field, he has concentrated exclusively on helping injured people and has represented numerous clients in all aspects of personal injury claims including trials, arbitrations and mediation.
In his spare time, Tim values his time as a big brother for the Valley Big Brother/Big Sisters and has worked as a Volunteer Attorney. He enjoys traveling, playing golf and spending time with friends and family.
Dee McEntire Hansberry
Dee attended undergrad at Wake Forest University. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law in 1991. While in law school, Dee interned at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in New York City and at the United States Justice Department Civil Rights Division's Honors Program in Washington, D.C. After graduation, she moved to Biloxi, MS and began in the practice area of Social Security Disability Law in 1992. She moved to Phoenix, AZ and was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona in 1994. Dee is licensed to practice nationally before the Social Security Administration in all states.
She has also worked as a Staff Attorney for the Arizona State Bar Association, and has worked in the legal department for the Arizona Diamondbacks Professional Baseball Organization. "My greatest privilege; however, is advocating and fighting for the rights of the disabled and the injured and for the disadvantaged, poor, and displaced. " She volunteers for several non-profit organizations whose missions are to protect those rights.
Personal tidbit: Dee travels extensively worldwide and is a music and Arts afficionado. She also follows college basketball, hailing from two schools in the ACC.
Dee is a member of NOSSCR- the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives.
Danny Adams
R. Daniel Adams is an attorney in the Social Security Disability Department at the Phillips Law Group. During his career, Mr. Adams has capably represented hundreds of disabled Americans before administrativelaw judges at the Social Security Administration’s Office of Disability Adjudication and Review. Mr. Adams is licensed to practice nationally before the Social Security Administration and has traveled extensively throughout theUnited States to assist the disabled in obtaining their benefits.
Mr. Adams is passionate about helping the disabled to obtainthe help that they need. He has successfully represented clients with both physical and psychological disabilities such as depression, anxiety and other mood disorders.
Mr. Adams received a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Brigham Young University after which he returned to his hometown to receive a Juris Doctorate at the University Of San Diego School Of Law. Mr. Adams enjoys college football, the great outdoors and spending time with his family and friends.
Neil Clark
In Neil’s words “The injured victim needs a modern day gladiator in a suit to stand up for them and secure justice”. Neil champions the injured victim and vigorously prosecutes their claim to an effective and speedy resolution.
Neil started his legal career atthe City of Tucson Attorney’s office, completing numerous jury trials, writing appeals in the legal research and writing division and teaching at the legal section on impaired driving for the Tucson Police Department. Neil then took that experience and applied it in private practice defending the accused. In 2005 Neil became partner at his private practice firm and applied his aggressive defense tactics to the representation of those who through no fault of their own had been injured at the hand of another. Quickly Neil learned that the insurance industry’s standard practice appeared to be deny, delay and defend claims rather than timely and properly compensate those who had been injured andrightly deserved it.
Neil seeks victory for everyone of his clients and in every one of his cases. For Neil, “Securing Real Justice for Real People” is not just asaying. “I believe that injured victims deserve to be properly compensated”. Neil considers himself fortunate to be at Phillips Law Group where he gets to be a modern day “gladiator in a suit” every day.
Peter Davis
Peter is an attorney in the Social Security Disability department at Phillips Law Group. He received his Bachelors Degree from the University of Kansas in 2001. After several years in the workforce, he chose to go to law school and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston. Upon graduation he moved to Arizona to be closer to his wife’s family and enjoy the wonderful outdoor activities available here. He chose to work in the Social Security Department to help people who are disabled, in need of governmental assistance,and who cannot help themselves.
In his spare time, Peter enjoys activities with his family such as hiking, camping, fishing, playing golf, and watching competitive sports of all kinds.
Jules Grandjean
Jules Grandjean is an attorney in the personal injury department. As a youth, Jules developed a love of law by watching his father litigate civil and criminal cases throughout the state of Arizona. Jules followed his passion for law to Arizona State University, where he earned a degree in Criminal Justice & Criminology with the school's highest honors. While living in Jacksonville, Florida, Jules completed his legal studies at Florida Coastal School of Law and was awarded his Juris Doctor degree. Though he enjoyed living on the Atlantic coast, Jules never forgot his roots in Arizona and returned to the state to intern, and then to live permanently in 2009.
Jules values the use of the justice system to resolve problems in professional and civilized manner. In his free time, he enjoys hiking the many beautiful locations in the state, playing ragtime music on the piano, and reading the literary works of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Jeff Grayson
Jeffrey L. Grayson is an attorney in the personal injury litigation division of the firm. He grew up in Phoenix but moved to Tucson to pursue his undergraduate studies in Psychology. After college, he attended law school in Auburn Hills, Michigan at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where he excelled at civil procedure and oral advocacy. In 2009, He returned to Arizona to complete an internship with the Pima County Public Defender’s office in Tucson.
After graduating from law school and passing the bar, Jeff began his career as a personal injury litigation associate in Tucson. He also assisted in the creation development of his firm’s workers’ compensation division. In 2012, he joined Phillips Law Group where he was excited to return to the Phoenix area and personal injury litigation. He has spent years helping injured people and enjoys fighting for the rights of accident victims and injured workers.
Beyond the court room, Jeff enjoys outdoor activities like hiking, swimming, running and off-roading and he takes great joy in volunteering in his community. Also, he likes to spend time with family and friends.
RuthAnn James
RuthAnn James was born and raised in New Jersey. She received her undergraduate degree in Literature and Communications from Pace University, Pleasantville, NY. She earned her Juris Doctorate at Pace University School of Law, White Plains, NY.
RuthAnn moved to the Phoenix area in 1993 and was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona the same year. In 1994 she joined the law firm of Goldberg & Osborne where she practiced plaintiff's personal injury, wrongful death and negligence law. RuthAnn remained with Goldberg & Osborne as Managing Attorney until 2006. RuthAnn eventually opened her own practice and where she continued to represent plaintiffs in actions involving personal injury, wrongful death and general civil litigation.
On June 1, 2009 RuthAnn joined the firm of Phillips Law Group where she continues to pursue justice for victims hurt as a result of another's negligence.
RuthAnn is admitted to practice before the Arizona Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court in Arizona. She is a member of the Arizona State Bar, Maricopa County Bar Association and Arizona Trial Lawyers Association.
