Phillip Walters

Associate

  • Phillip Walters
  • Phone: +1 619 744 2292

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    750 B Street, Suite 2900
    San Diego, CA 92101-4681
    USA

Phillip N. Walters practices in the area of employment law, representing employers in defending wage and hour class action, Private Attorneys General Act, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination and other employment lawsuits. He also advises and counsels clients on issues pertaining to compliance with California employment law.

Prior to joining Duane Morris, Mr. Walters was a Staff Attorney at the California Labor Commissioner’s Office, representing the Labor Commissioner in matters involving the California Labor Code anti-retaliation and prevailing wage statutes.

Mr. Walters previously served in the United States Marine Corps as a Criminal Prosecutor, including a one-year assignment as the Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Marine Corps located in the Southern District of California.

Mr. Walters is a 2017 graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law and a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles.

Admissions

  • California
  • Washington, D.C.
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Education

  • Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., 2017
  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 2014

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Associate, 2024-present
  • Akerman LLP
    - Associate, 2024
  • State of California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
    - Staff Attorney to the California Labor Commissioner, 2023-2024
  • U.S. Marine Corps
    - Special Assistant United States Attorney, 2022-2023
    - Criminal Prosecutor, 2021-2022
    - Victims’ Legal Counsel, 2020-2021
    - Criminal Prosecutor, 2019-2020
    - Basic Officer’s Training, 2018-2019
  • Ryan Alexander, Chtd.
    - Law Clerk, 2017-2018

Professional Activities

  • San Diego County Bar Association
  • The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association
  • Tom Homann LGBTQ+ Law Association – San Diego

Honors and Awards

  • Awarded Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, July 2023
  • Awarded Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, June 2021

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker, National Crime Victim Law Institute’s Military & Civilian Victims’ Rights 101 Symposium, Portland, Oregon, July 2021