Lea Phillips

Practice Areas

Lea A. Phillips focuses her practice on serving the renewable energy, manufacturing, and waste/recycling industries and has particular expertise in battery energy storage systems (BESS). Lea regularly provides legal counsel on project development and obtains and defends challenges to environmental and land use permits on behalf of her clients. Lea also advises clients on environmental risks and liabilities in business and real estate transactions and routinely negotiates environmental indemnity agreements, prospective purchaser agreements, and transition services agreements.

Career

Admissions:

Arizona

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Professional Memberships

Child Crisis Arizona, Board of Directors, External Affairs Committee Chair

Personal

Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, with Law Science and Technology Certificate)

Associate Editor, Arizona State Law Journal

Order of the Coif

Recipient, Merit Scholarship

Recipient, Willard H. Pedrick Scholar Award for academic achievement

Recipient, Highest Pro Bono Distinction

Arizona State University, Barrett, The Honors College (B.A., magna cum laude)