Attorney & Counselor at Law
ROBERT M PHILLIPS
ROBERT M. PHILLIPS, Esq.
Robert Phillips received his undergraduate degree from Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia. After studying clinical psychology for several years in graduate school, Mr. Phillips spent the next fifteen years working in the computer industry, where he was the founder and owner of a successful and industry-leading international software company. After negotiating and completing the sale of his company, Mr. Phillips returned to school and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Colorado Law School in 1993 where he graduated fourth in his class and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. While in law school, he received numerous awards and recognitions, including the William O. DeSouchet Award and the Don W. Sears Award, and was a published member of Law Review.
Following graduation, Mr. Phillips completed a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Steve C. Briggs on the Colorado Court of Appeals. He began his legal practice as a sole practitioner, focusing on estate and trust planning, real estate and business law. From 1995 through 2008, Mr. Phillips was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado School of Law, teaching Wills and Trusts and Estate Planning. He has published dozens of articles on estate planning, estate administration, trusts and taxes, and has been an instructor and speaker in numerous professional and public education classes and seminars. Mr. Phillips is also the co-author of Estate Planning: Principles and Problems, Second Edition, a comprehensive law school textbook used by lawschools throughout the United States to teach estate planning.
After practicing nearly a decade in Boulder, Colorado, he relocated his office in 2002 to Louisville, Colorado, a town just east of Boulder, where his practice remains focused on estate and trust planning, estate administration (probate and trust), asset protection strategies, business law and commercial real estate.
Mr. Phillips is married and lives in Louisville with his wife, Kelly. They have four grown children and a dog named Jax.
After practicing nearly a decade in Boulder, Colorado, he relocated his office in 2002 to Louisville, Colorado, a town just east of Boulder, where his practice remains focused on estate and trust planning, estate administration (probate and trust), asset protection strategies, business law and commercial real estate.
Mr. Phillips is married and lives in Louisville with his wife, Kelly. They have four grown children and a dog named Jax.
