Phil Woog is the manager of the firm’s largest litigation team, which defends clients in a wide variety of losses, including construction defect, professional malpractice, premises liability, and mobile home habitability litigation.  Mr. Woog's defense team has eight attorneys in the Orange County office. 

In addition to defending clients in litigation, Mr. Woog also handles complex insurance coverage matters for a number of insurance carriers.  He regularly lectures to insurance companies and bar associations on coverage issues, particularly in the area of claims handling and construction law. He has participated in numerous appeals, the most notable of which is Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles v. Aetna, (1996) 50 Cal.App.4th 329. 

Mr. Woog was born in Merced, California on August 3, 1957.   He attended the University of Nebraska and, in 1984, received a Bachelor of Political Science degree from California State Fullerton.  In 1987, he received his degree of Juris Doctor from Western State University College of Law.   He joined the firm in 1985 as a law clerk and progressed through the firm to become a partner in 1995.