Amethyst is an associate in the Litigation department at Goodwin. She joined Goodwin in 2024.
Experience
Before joining Goodwin as a law clerk, Amethyst was a law clerk for Perkins Coie in 2023 and Goodwin in 2022. Prior to law school, Phillips had a fourteen year career as an educator. In 2007 she joined Teach For America (TFA) Chicago as a high school Chemistry teacher. After completing her two-year commitment with TFA, Phillips continued as an educator for twelve more years, adding a physics credential, speaking at multiple national teacher conferences, and holding various leadership positions.
While in law school Amethyst served as a Special Graduate Assistant in Torts, Research Assistant in Trademark law, and served on numerous committees and panels related to improving culture and innovation at the law school.
Areas of Practice
Professional Activities
She is member of the Langston Bar Association and the Black Women Lawyers of Los Angeles and she currently holds a Professional Educator’s License in the state of Illinois for Grades 9-12 in Physics and Chemistry.
Credentials
Education
JDTechnology and Critical Race Studies2024
UCLA School of Law
MATeaching, Secondary Education Physical Science2009
National Louis University
BSPhysics2007
California State University Bakersfield
BSPolitical Science2007
California State University Bakersfield
Admissions
Bars
- California
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Courts
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Recognition & Awards
Black Women Lawyers of Los Angeles Award (2024)
Skye Donald Spirit of the Community Award, UCLA School of Law (2024)
Langston Bar Association Award (2024)
Langston Bar Association Karen Nobumoto Award (2023)
Womxn of Color Collective, UCLA School of Law (2023)
Achievement Fellowship, UCLA School of Law (2021)