Biography

Harry Phillips is an associate in the Litigation and Crisis Management Practice Groups in the Houston office of Haynes Boone. His practice spans from representing clients in a wide variety of commercial, energy, and employment disputes in state and federal courts to aiding the Crisis Management team when clients face routine emergencies and unprecedented incidents. 

In aiding the Crisis Management team, he leverages his eight years of military service in the Army National Guard. As a Guardsman he deployed as an infantry platoon leader in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in 2018 and coordinated disaster recovery operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in 2021. 

Harry completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Mississippi and attended Tulane University Law School. He served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jay C. Zainey, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and he is an accredited Veterans Affairs attorney. He devotes significant time to providing pro bono legal assistance to veterans and routinely assists veterans in the law school application process as a Service to School ambassador. 

Harry is admitted to practice in Texas and Louisiana. 
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  • Member, Institute for Energy Law
  • Member, Association of International Energy Negotiators
  • Member, The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies
  • Student Veterans of America
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars

Education

J.D., Tulane University Law School, 2023, cum laude

B.A., University of Mississippi, 2016

Clerkships

Law Clerk to the Honorable Jay C. Zainey, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, September 2024-September 2025

Admissions

Texas

Louisiana

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