Phillip E. Lapointe

Phil practices in the area of personal injury and has experience in matters regarding wrongful death, premises liability, car crashes, products liability, medical malpractice, civil rights, dog bites, and insurance bad faith, among others. He has jury trial experience in both state and federal court.

Phil started his legal career representing plaintiffs in personal injury matters but during the four years prior to joining O’Steen MacLeod Combs primarily represented insurers and defended personal injury and insurance bad faith actions.

He received his undergraduate degree from Luther College and law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law. During college he played on the baseball team and was a mathematics major inducted into the Pi Mu Epsilon National Honorary Mathematics Society. During law school he competed on the arbitration team and had a student note published in the Journal of Gender, Race & Justice.

Phil worked as an extern for the Honorable Judge Stephen B. Jackson, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa and the Honorable Judge Susan M. Brnovich of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. He worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Judge Paul J. McMurdie of the Arizona Court of Appeals.

He served as President of the Maricopa County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division and member of Maricopa County Bar Association Board of Directors in 2023. He co-authored a publication titled Guide to Arizona Statutes of Limitation (Phillip Lapointe et al., 2024). He also authored several articles published in the Maricopa Lawyer magazine.

He has been recognized by Super Lawyers® as a “Rising Star” each year since 2023. He was recognized by Best Lawyers in America® as a “One to Watch” in Insurance Law (2023–26); Personal Injury Litigation (2024–26); and Commercial Litigation (2024–26). He was recognized by Phoenix Magazine as a “Top Lawyer” in Personal Injury in 2024.

Phil is licensed in the State of Arizona and the United States District for the District of Arizona.