http://www.phillipslawoffices.com Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:08:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stephen Phillips was nominated for another term as a manager of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. This organization is comprised of over 2200 lawyers dedicated to the representation of victims of negligence, the pursuit of justice for injured people, lobbying for laws which protect victims, and the right to trial ... http://www.phillipslawoffices.com/stephen-phillips-nominated-for-illinois-trial-lawyers-board-of-managers/ Avvo.com, an independent rating service of all United States attorneys, has recently rated Stephen D. Phillips the top Personal Injury Attorney in Illinois with a rating of 10.0 of 10.0, Superb. Steve Phillips is the Managing Partner of Phillips Law Offices in Chicago. Mr. Phillips was also ranked by Avvo.com as ... http://www.phillipslawoffices.com/stephen-d-phillips-top-rated-personal-injury-attorney-in-illinois-and-chicago-on-avvo/ Study says FDA allowed risky tests of blood substitutes | Crain's (AP) — Experimental blood substitutes raised the risk of heart attack and death, yet U.S. regulators allowed human testing to continue despite warning signs, says a scathing new report.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration fell short, the report ... http://www.phillipslawoffices.com/study-says-fda-allowed-risky-tests-of-blood-substitutes-crains/ Doctors and Lawyers: Witness intimidation? : Chicago Lawyer Stephen Phillips, who co-chairs the Illinois Trial Lawyers’s Medical Negligence Committee was featured in a recent edition of Chicago Lawyer magazine discussing how Doctors are often intimidated by their peers if they testify in a legal case. http://www.phillipslawoffices.com/stephen-phillips-featured-in-chicago-lawyer-magazine-article/ The American Trial Lawyers Association has selected Phillips Law Offices managing partner Stephen D. Phillips as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers from the state of Illinois. Membership into The American Trial Lawyers Association is limited to the Top 100 Trial Lawyers from each state based on superior qualifications, ... http://www.phillipslawoffices.com/atla-names-stephen-d-phillips-as-a-top-100-trial-lawyer/ Heparin death reports triple | Crain's (AP) — Some 62 deaths are now associated with contaminated batches of the blood thinner heparin, triple the previous estimate, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. That doesn't mean people are still dying — the latest deaths the FDA knows of occurred in February, the ... http://www.phillipslawoffices.com/heparin-death-reports-triple/ Phillips Law Offices is proud to report that All Attorneys from our firm have been honored in the 2008 Edition of Illinois Super Lawyers & Rising Stars. Super Lawyers annually publishes a list of the top 5% of Attorneys from each state. The criteria for ... http://www.phillipslawoffices.com/all-attorneys-at-phillips-law-offices-honored-in-2008-super-lawyers-publication/ Pain of Dental Malpractice -- chicagotribune.com Jill Webb, a partner at Phillips Law Office in the Loop, has handled many dental malpractice cases. She agrees with Baxter's assessment and believes that more patients would file malpractice claims if they knew how. "I don't think consumers are aware they have the ability and ... http://www.phillipslawoffices.com/phillips-law-offices-partner-jill-webb-featured-in-chicago-tribune-article/ In a truly scary development, independent laboratory testing for the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has found tremolite - a deadly form of asbestos - in the toy fingerprint powder in the "CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationTM Fingerprint Examination Kit" being sold at toy stores nationwide. ADAO publicly announced the test ... http://www.phillipslawoffices.com/csi-crime-scene-investigationtm-fingerprint-examination-kit-contains-tremolite-a-deadly-form-of-asbestos/ Merck & Co. has recalled nearly a million doses of the HIB vaccine after tests showed contamination in its manufacturing plant. It is not known if there has been any medical problems with children due to this vaccine, but the company is recalling it to be on the safe side.  HIB ... http://www.phillipslawoffices.com/childs-vaccine-recalled/