Crystal Phillips - Tampa, FL

I have an extensive background in psychology and social work that has paved the way for my legal career. As I worked toward my Bachelor degrees from the University of South Florida, I interned for the Spring of Tampa Bay, an organization that seeks to prevent domestic violence and provide services to survivors and their children.

After graduating, I worked full-time there and saw the need for good attorneys to help victims. Volunteer attorneys helped victims with a variety matters such as filing domestic violence injunctions and assisted in child custody and divorce matters. My admiration for those attorneys led me to practicing family law.

I went on to earn my law degree from Marquette University Law School attending the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison while continuing to be committed to volunteerism and community involvement. My life’s work is to always aggressively help my clients reach a more positive life. It became a mission for me to help empower not only women but also men who may be suffering in a domestic situation where there are power and control abuses occurring. Domestic violence is gender neutral, so its something both men and women can experience. The perception is domestic violence is just physical but it can also be emotional and financial.

I am very compassionate in identifying how divorce and child custtody issues affect a family and help my clients work toward a path to resolution. I too have been through a divorce and have seen many others in helping clients throughout my career. It gives me a deep understanding of what people are going through. I am certainly very assertive. I am my clients’ champion, fighting for their rights.

My life has always been centered around volunteerism. I have served on numerous boards and chaired large fundraisers for various non-profits. Promoting social justice, especially empowering women, is truly a passion.