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Lea Phillips

Lea Phillips

USA 2026

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Ballard Spahr LLP
 Ballard Spahr LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Environment

Arizona

4 years ranked

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Practice Areas

Lea A. Phillips focuses her practice on serving the renewable energy, manufacturing, and waste/recycling industries and has particular expertise in battery energy storage systems (BESS). Lea regularly provides legal counsel on project development and obtains and defends challenges to environmental and land use permits on behalf of her clients. Lea also advises clients on environmental risks and liabilities in business and real estate transactions and routinely negotiates environmental indemnity agreements, prospective purchaser agreements, and transition services agreements.

Career

Admissions:

Arizona

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Professional Memberships

Child Crisis Arizona, Board of Directors, External Affairs Committee Chair

Personal

Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, with Law Science and Technology Certificate)

Associate Editor, Arizona State Law Journal

Order of the Coif

Recipient, Merit Scholarship

Recipient, Willard H. Pedrick Scholar Award for academic achievement

Recipient, Highest Pro Bono Distinction

Arizona State University, Barrett, The Honors College (B.A., magna cum laude)

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Environment - Arizona

Band 3
Individual Editorial

Lea Phillips has a strong focus on renewable energy, battery storage and issues in the waste and recycling industries, with considerable expertise across a host of regulatory compliance and permitting matters.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Lea Phillips has a great approach. We’ve given her some huge problems and thrown some really hard questions her way, and she has always had a good attitude. She has a real love for what she does.

    EnvironmentChambers Guide to the USA

  • Lea Phillips is personable, easy to work with, consistently professional and courteous and truly valued. She is a trusted partner to our in‑house environmental lawyers and engineering team, highly responsive, and always willing to jump in on whatever we send her way.

    EnvironmentChambers Guide to the USA

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