Biography

Phil Hosp sat as a judge pro tem of the LA Superior Court from 1980 to 1983. He currently serves on the LA Superior Court Judicial Arbitration/Mediation panel. Since 1985, he has arbitrated and mediated more than 300 matters. Since 1994, he has served as a settlement officer for the Pasadena and Glendale branches of the LA Superior Court and was recently appointed to the LA Superior Court Neutral Evaluation panel. In addition, Phil has been appointed to IVAMS Arbitration and Mediation Services panel as an arbitrator/mediator specializing in complex personal injury and construction cases. He received advanced mediation training at the Pepperdine Law School’s  Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.

In 2009, Phil was selected by his peers as one of the area’s “Top Attorneys” in the insurance field. He has worked with select insurance brokerage firms to develop specialized insurance programs, risk retention and purchasing groups as well as captives and risk management products. He has extensive experience in insurance defense litigation, including auto, common carrier, construction defect, general negligence and products liability litigation. Phil has provided corporate, business and banking legal services to a broad range of companies. He has been general counsel for three California banks as well as on the board of directors of a major foreign owned bank. Phil has been a lecturer and consultant on numerous occasions with respect to issues affecting the insurance and business industries.

From 1972-1978, Phil was chief trial counsel for a major auto common carrier for the western United States. He has significant expertise in building and construction law, specializing in construction disputes and construction defect cases. He has served as legal counsel for the Southern California Museum of Science and Industry, the Southern California Professional Golfers Association, the YMCA, and Oakmont Country Club where he was president in 1986.

Phil is admitted to the California Bar, the US District Court for the Central District of California, the US Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit, and the US Supreme Court. He is a member of the LA, Pasadena, and American Bar Associations, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, Defense Research Institute and National Arbitration Forum.
Phil was born in Wichita Falls, Texas. After graduating from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor’s Degree in 1966, he received his JD from Loyola in 1969. Phil has completed graduate courses in civil litigation, bankruptcy, corporate, insurance and real property law at the University of Southern California School of Law.