- Public-Private Partnerships
- Government Contracts
- Claims
- Construction
- Cost Recovery and Accounting
- Litigation
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Business Disputes / Commercial
- Construction Litigation
- Fraud, False Claims and Qui Tam
- J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law, 1997
- B.A., University of California, San Diego, 1993
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- Spanish
- San Diego County Bar Association
- J. Clifford Wallace Inn of Court
- Federal Bar Association
LAURENCE R. PHILLIPS
Partner, San Diego
750 B Street
Suite 3300, Symphony Towers
San Diego, CA 92101-8105
TEL: 619.595.8004
FAX: 619.595.5450
EMAIL: lphillips@mckennalong.com
PROFILE
Laurence Phillips is a partner in McKenna Long & Aldridge's San Diego office.
Laurence's significant litigation experience includes the representation of contractors, public entities, real estate developers, manufacturers and other clients and their sureties and insurers in the mediation, arbitration, trial and appeal of complex matters concerning government and private contract disputes, commercial disputes, lease disputes, real estate/land-use disputes and construction disputes; including payment and performance bond claims, changed conditions claims, delay and disruption claims, prompt payment issues, stop notice and mechanic's lien claims, latent and patent defects in construction and design, products liability and professional liability.
Laurence has in-depth knowledge of government contracting law and competitive bidding requirements. His range of experience in those fields includes bid protests, subcontractor listing issues, termination issues, Miller Act claims and actions under the California and Federal False Claims Acts. Laurence has been instrumental in successfully defending clients against alleged false claims in excess of $50 million.
Laurence also has significant experience negotiating and drafting public and private works construction contracts, joint venture agreements, commercial leases, work letters, real estate purchase and sale agreements, escrow instructions and related loan documents.
Laurence lectures on issues of contract formation/negotiation and is a contributing author to Aspen Publishers' Construction Law Update, which is published annually and distributed nationally.
Laurence received a Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego. Prior to starting law school, Laurence traveled and worked extensively in Caracas, Venezuela and Lima, Peru. Laurence is fluent in Spanish.