Featured Speaker on 07.31.2024

Phillip C. Hamilton is the Managing Partner of Hamilton Clarke, LLP and an experienced trial attorney and litigator whose practice includes a broad range of high-stakes white collar, criminal defense, and regulatory matters throughout the nation’s state and federal courts.

 

Over the course of his career, Phillip has successfully tried dozens of cases to verdict, and his clients have included high-net-worth individuals, licensed attorneys, professional athletes, public and private institutions, including Fortune 100 companies, public officials, small businesses, civil rights organizations, and insurance providers.

 

His successes include a full acquittal for a client charged with Conspiracy in the Southern District of New York, a full acquittal for an executive-level financial analyst charged with attempted murder in New York State Supreme Court, and thousands of favorably resolved matters, including dismissals, for clients with a professional background who have never been in trouble before.

 

Outside of the courtroom, Phillip is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and regularly guest lectures trial advocacy and negotiation seminars in law schools around the New York City metropolitan area. Phillip serves on the Board of Directors for the New York Metropolitan Black Bar Association where he has developed strong relationships with the Black legal and political elite of New York. In 2021, Phillip served on the transition committee for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and in 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Phillip to a four-year term as a Member of the State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct. Phillip currently sits on the Attorney Grievance Committee of the First Judicial Department, as appointed by the Hon. Justice Dianne T. Renwick.

 

Phillip has advised political campaigns on issues of race and criminal justice reform, and regularly appears as a legal analyst across cable platforms, including BBC World News, ABC World News, CBS News, CourtTV, and the Law and Crime Network.

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