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Hon. Tom Phillips
Tom Phillips is the Spurgeon E. Bell Distinguished Visiting Professor at South Texas College of Law in Houston. Phillips was first appointed to the Texas Supreme Court as Chief Justice in 1988, and was subsequently elected and served until 2004. Phillips worked as an attorney with Baker Botts from 1974-1981. From 1981-87, he was a district judge for Harris County. He was elected President of the National Conference of Chief Justices (1997-98), and was a member of the Committee on Federal-State Relations of the Judicial Conference of the United States. Phillips attained his J.D. from Harvard Law in 1974. He served an elected term as President of the National Conference of Chief Justices (1997-8) and seven years as a member of the Committee on Federal-State Relations of the Judicial Conference of the United States. In addition to his views opposing judicial partisanship, Justice Phillips announced in the 2002 election that he would not accept any campaign contributions, acknowledging public concerns that contributions might undermine the courts' impartiality.
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