Philip R. Green

Philip Green is a trial lawyer. He has had a speaking role in more than 40 jury trials — a volume of courtroom experience that distinguishes him from many lawyers of his generation. At King & Spalding, he represents major corporations in high-stakes product liability, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death matters, serving as first- or second-chair trial counsel in jurisdictions where corporate defendants face the steepest odds. His practice spans the consumer products, medical device, tobacco, real estate, transportation, and technology sectors, with a record of results in the venues plaintiff firms deliberately select.

Philip's trial work is defined by the cases other lawyers try to settle. He has tried wrongful death and personal injury cases to verdict in Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, and Massachusetts. In 2026, he first-chaired a damages-only personal injury case in Massachusetts Superior Court with a $300 million jury demand and a products liability action in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. He has secured multiple defense verdicts in cases involving punitive damages claims with eight-figure demands, and where liability was found, has driven outcomes well below plaintiff demands through a sophisticated anchoring strategy — including a $50 million wrongful death case in Hawaii that resulted in zero damages after apportionment.

Philip manages each engagement from early case assessment through post-trial motions, developing strategies calibrated to venue risk, causation complexity, and the client's business objectives. His familiarity with plaintiff strategies — built through hundreds of trial days against the most experienced plaintiff firms in the country — allows him to anticipate opposing arguments, expose weaknesses in expert testimony, and construct themes that resonate with juries in difficult venues. He brings particular depth in complex medical and scientific causation, regulatory compliance, and punitive damages exposure.

Beyond individual trials, Philip advises companies managing large litigation portfolios and multi-jurisdictional exposure, coordinating defense teams, providing candid risk assessments, and helping clients decide when to resolve a matter and when to take it to verdict. His clients value his directness, his availability, and the fact that the lawyer advising on strategy is the same lawyer who will stand before the jury — an alignment increasingly rare at major firms.