Meet Carlin J. Phillips, Esq.

Carlin J. Phillips Plaintiff’s trial lawyer and founding partner in the firm of Phillips & Garcia, LLP.

He graduated from Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biology and a minor in English. In 1992, Carlin graduated from New England School of Law in Boston, with his Juris Doctor Degree.

He is admitted to practice law in the Massachusetts District and Superior Courts, Court of Appeals and Supreme Judicial Court. Also, Carlin is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

He is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Bristol County Bar Association.

He is a graduate of Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College, a Plaintiff's trial college run by nationally renowned lawyer of the people, Gerry Spence.

Our Focus

We focus on challenging predatory corporate and governmental practices that injure consumers and small businesses.

Our mission is to help people recover damages suffered when unfettered greed, power and neglect overrun corporations and government; when people are taken advantage of, contracts are breached and confidences are betrayed.

Here are examples of the types of cases we handle:

• Credit Card Overcharges/Rip-offs
• Insurance Bad Faith
• Prescription Drug Overpayments
• Overtime Wage Violations
• Managed Care Contract Abuse
• Violation of Truth in Lending Act
• Deceptive Business Practices of all Kinds
• Breaches of Contracts, including leases, loans, franchise agreements, employment contracts, non-compete agreements, etc.

We also handle personal injury cases, such as:

Meet Andrew J. Garcia, Esq.

Andrew J. Garcia Plaintiff’s trial lawyer and founding partner in the firm of Phillips & Garcia, LLP.

He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth, MA, in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History. In 1991, Andrew received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.

He is admitted to practice law in the Massachusetts District and Superior Courts, Court of Appeals and Supreme Judicial Court. Andrew is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

He is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Bristol County Bar Association and the New Bedford Bar Association. Andrew is also a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and a proud "card-carrying member" of the American Civil Liberties Union.

We Operate as a Boutique
Civil Litigation Firm

We work the exact reverse of the high volume firms. We select a relatively small number of cases and put a great deal of time and effort into them.

We often investigate what seem like small complaints from consumers and small businessmen and discover systematic wrongdoing by various corporate defendants. Many of our successful class action cases started out just this way.

Our low volume practice allows us to spend a great deal of time on our clients' cases. We involve our clients in their cases and prepare the case with their goals in mind.

Our goal is to treat every client as if they were a member of our family.

We File Cases in the Most Advantageous Courts and Jurisdictions

We file many of our cases in federal court all over the country, because we believe it's often a better forum for consumer and small business protection cases. We carefully research the best jurisdiction for filing our cases, and have established a network of qualified co-counsel in numerous states who work with us.

We are only licensed in Massachusetts and cannot practice in other jurisdictions without first gaining permission from the applicable court.

Why We Do What We Do

Too many people get taken advantage of by corporations and government. By taking on Big Business and Big Government, we try to implement a system of checks and balances for people that is vital to achieving true freedom in our Democracy.