Andrew Garner Phillips

• Counsel for a leading global beverage manufacturer in class actions and personal injury litigation, including lawsuits challenging “ultra-processed foods” and alleged PFAS contamination.
• National labeling litigation counsel for one of North America’s largest food companies, defending all aspects of consumer class action labeling and false advertising cases.
• Lead counsel for restaurant chains defending putative false advertising class actions challenging restaurant menu boards, in-store and digital advertising, and mobile ordering platforms.
• Counseling and defending restaurants, retailers, and food manufacturers in consumer class action labeling cases throughout the United States, with experience winning dispositive motions, defeating class certification, and obtaining summary judgment.
• Counsel to growers, food manufacturers, and restaurants related to food borne pathogen outbreaks, products recalls, and related litigation.
• Argued and won a case before the Georgia Supreme Court on behalf of a large financial institution. The court unanimously reversed a Georgia Court of Appeals opinion that threatened to greatly expand litigation against banks and other lenders.
• Tried and won a jury trial defending manufacturer in a serious product liability lawsuit. After three weeks of evidence, including multiple fact and expert witnesses on both sides, the 12-person jury returned a verdict for the defense.

Drew Phillips helps food and beverage clients navigate complicated, multi-faceted class-action, consumer protection, and product defect litigation. Top manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, retailers, and restaurants look to Drew for vigorous defense and informed counsel on a range of issues, including class action defense, product recalls, food borne pathogens, food safety, and regulatory compliance.

Drew’s extensive experience covers every facet of litigation: prelitigation negotiations, dispositive motions, class certification hearings, trials, and appeals. He has been repeatedly recognized as a leading attorney by The Best Lawyers in America^® for Food and Beverage Law.

Before joining Alston & Bird, Drew led the in-house litigation department of a large retailer, where he was directly responsible for an extensive and diverse litigation docket.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Washington and Lee University (J.D., 2003)
• University of North Alabama (B.S., 1999)

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