Phillip Lewis

PHILLIP LEWIS

Phillip Lewis is an experienced trial attorney with a focus on civil rights, wrongful convictions, and constitutional law. He has more than two decades of experience handling a wide array of litigation matters in state and federal court. Phillip also takes on select appellate cases and has authored numerous winning appellate briefs.

Prior to joining Rudolf Widenhouse, Phillip was a litigator with the law firm Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes, P.A., in Charlotte. While at Horack Talley, Lewis’ research acumen and dogged attention to detail earned him a sterling reputation for resolving complex title disputes involving centuries-old ownership issues. In law school, Lewis served as Editor in Chief of the Campbell Law Review and worked as a research assistant to Richard A. Lord, author of Williston on Contracts (4th edition).

Lewis has been a part of major civil rights litigation at the firm, and most recently worked with the team in obtaining a settlement of $9.5-million in the case of Charles Ray Finch v. Woodard et al. Mr. Finch was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1976 and spent forty-three years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He was exonerated in 2019 and was awarded a Pardon of Innocence in 2021.