Stacy D. Phillips

Stacy D. Phillips is one of the country’s most well-known and respected family law practitioners, specializing in high-net-worth and high-profile divorce and custody cases. She has guided clients through matrimonial transitions for four decades, including:

• Divorces with highly complex financial matters
• Challenging custody disputes
• Domestic violence matters
• Same-sex dissolutions
• Paternity cases
• Pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements.

Her clients include prominent celebrities, musicians, religious figures, business executives and athletes. She is adept at navigating her teams of professionals through what sometimes turns into high-profile public discourse in the media and courtrooms.

Legal Practice and Leadership

As founder of the Los Angeles office of Blank Rome’s Matrimonial and Family Law Practice, Stacy helped build the practice by recruiting Kristina Royce (now Co-Chair), Ashley Silberfeld, and their team. A Certified Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, Stacy is known for her skilled persuasion, negotiation, advocacy, and compassion in representing her clients, whether in litigation, mediation, or collaborative divorce. Her trusted team features a “who’s who” of top experts in psychology and counseling, forensic accounting, wealth management, and addiction, to name a few.

Legislative Impact

Stacy assisted in drafting Senate Bill 924, a bill to extend the limitations period within which domestic violence victims can sue their abusers in California.

Stacy served as Immediate Past Chair of Public Counsel, the nation’s largest nonprofit law firm, a group which she has helped lead since 2018, having served as Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice Chair.

Community Impact

Stacy is also nationally known for giving back to the community through mentorship. Almost three decades ago, Stacy founded the “Adopt-A-Center Program,” which Blank Rome later co-opted. Each year the firm adopts a Los Angeles-based charity, providing exposure, financial support and career mentoring for its constituents. She also had a women’s networking and mentoring idea, which later became the firm’s Women’s Leadership Summit, an event now in its 9th year.

In the News

More than a divorce lawyer, Stacy is a philanthropist, thought leader, speaker, panel host, a trusted advisor, a published author (Divorce: It’s All About Control), a podcast host (Stacy Phillips & Friends) and a highly networked community leader.

She is a sought-after commentator on family law and other issues in the news, having been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, Law.com and Bloomberg, among others.

Stacy also pens a monthly "Ask Stacy" matrimonial advice column, providing readers and social media followers with sage experience, and professional and personal anecdotes.

She has written extensively about her experiences married to an alcoholic and dedicates significant time to advocacy for spouses of addicts.

Personally, Stacy is a renowned connector, having planned hundreds of professional and personal networking events in Beverly Hills, the greater Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C., areas. Her events—some exclusively for women leaders—regularly bring together thought leaders with high-net-worth individuals, clients, prospects, and even celebrity glitterati.

A comprehensive summary of Stacy’s information, activities, and community involvement is available in a printable PDF format that you can download here.