Curriculum Vitae Mr. F. Peter Phillips
F. Peter Phillips is Vice President of CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, in New York City. He is responsible for devising protocols and tools for the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures in specific industries and practice areas.
Mr. Phillips has assisted in the creation and administration of ADR programs in the property casualty insurance industry, employment disputes, anticipated Year 2000 commercial disputes, and other areas.
Mr. Phillips is a frequent speaker at ADR conferences and seminars throughout the United States. He has appeared as a faculty member with the Practicing Law Institute and Georgetown Law Center, and on programs offered by the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section, Fulcrum Information Services, the Society of Human Resource Managers, and numerous corporations and law firms. He is the author of several articles on business applications of ADR in such contexts as insurance coverage disputes, employment disputes, electronic commerce and potential Year 2000 problems. He has also written law review articles on various topics in labor and employment law.
He was associated with the law firms of Cahill Gordon & Reindel and Schulte Roth & Zabel, both of New York City. While in private practice he was engaged in a wide scope of litigation matters, including employment, securities, commercial contract, corporate governance and insurance insolvency disputes. He is a member of the bars of the states of New York, New Jersey and California, as well as of the United States Supreme Court. He is also a member of the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association and past member of the ADR Committee of the Association of the Bar and of the City of New York.
Mr. Phillips is a cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College and a magna cum laude graduate of New York Law School.