Philip Segal was born in Flushing, New York on July 10, 1962. He was admitted to the California and Florida State bars in 1988.  He was admitted to the Texas bar in 2006.  In 2008, Phil became a member of  the American Board of Trial Advocates.  He has completed over 50 jury trials, and hundreds of mediations and arbitrations.  He has settled hundreds of dog bite cases in California, Florida and Texas. 

        He graduated from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana where he received a B.S. in 1984. He obtained his juris doctorate from University of Miami School of Law in 1987. 

        Mr. Segal is specially appointed as a mediator, arbitrator and settlement conference panelist for various Bay area Superior Courts including San Francisco, Marin County, Contra Costa, and Alameda Counties. He has served on a variety of legal training panels for the National Business Institute.  He is a member of both the Northern and Southern California Fraud Investigators Associations and is Program Committee Co-Chairperson for the 1997 NCFIA Annual Conference. 

        Mr. Segal specializes in dog bite, veterinarian malpractice, construction defect, product liability, automobile accidents, premises liability, contract disputes, Special Investigation Unit and Minimal Impact Unit type cases (insurance fraud). President of Northern California Fraud Investigators Association 2002/2003 (ncfia.org)