Phillips Law Firm

I hired Phillips Law Firm in Feb 2013 to «fight for me» in navigating the Washington St. Worker’s compensation maze and to get a wage order from L&I, commensurate with the Washington Administrative Codes. In the WAC a wage order should apply former W-​2, especially in terms of seasonal workers such as myself! I not only did not get the wage order I deserved, but after the fact, I found out I rarely spoke to an attorney. This led to a significant financial and emotional loss. Phillips totally mishandled my case because they did not know how to apply the administrative codes.
1. In March 2013 my doctor reported to my employer (not to me) and L & I that I could resume light duty work. Not only did Phillips not tell me about this, but when I was made aware of this it was I that notified Phillips law firm. I was instructed by Phillips not to return to work until my employer provided my doctor with a detailed description of my light duty work. This advice cost me my job, and also cost me to repay L & I for the wages I received during this period. Not only this, but because of the instructions (of what I thought was an attorney and later found out was not) by Phillips to not return to work I had to negotiate with California Employment Development Department over several months to become eligible for unemployment, leaving me from March 2013-​June 2013 without any income. Phillips advised me to go on welfare!!!
Wage order: I supplied Phillips law firm with 5 years of historic W-​2s to establish a fair wage as per Washington administrative code. My legal representative, as I found out later, did not even know the WAC to apply. He was neither a lawyer or competent to address the issue of a wage order. I suffered immensely. In my life I have never been so poor. All the while Phillips received 15% of my weekly claim.
My case was supposedly closed in April 2013. PHillips firm received 25% of my settlement. However, I received a warrant/​lein in Nov 2014 stating I had been over paid. Again, I called Phillips and was not allowed to speak to an attorney. Instead, I was promised it would all go away. Ha! I myself notified Joel Sacks the Department Director of Washington State L & I. While L & I will not accept the blame, they now say as a result of MY communication that the debt has been satisfied. The debt was never due and Phillips law firm was incompetent to handle this easy case.