Mr. Philip T. Simpson | Attorney
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About Philip
Philip T. Simpson is a partner in the Firm's Litigation and Real Estate Departments. His practice is focused on commercial litigation, with emphasis on real estate, business relations, fraudulent practices, and unfair competition. Mr. Simpson litigates cases in State and Federal Courts at the trial and appellate level and before the American Arbitration Association and private arbitration panels.
Mr. Simpson regularly advocates for clients in disputes concerning real estate transactions, commercial landlord/tenant matters, and real estate owning partnerships, partnership and closely-held corporate disputes, and commercial disputes where allegations of fraud or other wrongdoing are claimed. He also has considerable experience representing clients in litigation over secured and asset-based loans, and representing clients in coop and condominium disputes. Drawing on his experience in revising New York's guardianship statutes, Mr. Simpson represents family members in proceedings to appoint guardians for adults.
Mr. Simpson serves as a panelist on Surrogate Decision-Making panels under the New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled. He served on the New York City Bar Association's committee on Legal Problems of the Mentally Ill, where he chaired the subcommittee that prepared the City Bar's comments on New Yorks adult guardianship law. He has taught at Benjamin Cardozo School of Law Intensive Trial Advocacy Program. He is a member and past secretary of Century Road Club Association, a New York City-based competitive cycling club.
Mr. Simpson received his J.D., magna cum laude from Indiana University in 1977, a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University in 1984, and a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University in 1973. Before joining Robinson Brog, he was a trial assistant in the Queens County District Attorney's Office, and a Policy Analyst with the New York City Human Resources Administration. Before coming to New York, he was in private practice in Indiana. He is admitted to practice in the States of New York and Indiana, the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Southern District of Indiana as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Admission
Indiana
2001
New York
1985
Education
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law