Philip H. Schaeffer has been General Counsel of White & Case LLP for over ten years and was formerly a senior partner in the Firm's litigation department. During his more than 50 years as a practicing lawyer in New York, he argued appeals before the highest appellate courts of New York, Connecticut and Delaware and was a lead counsel in numerous trials involving constitutional, real estate investment, intellectual property and commercial matters.

Mr. Schaeffer is a member of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility and its liaison to the ABA's 20/20 Commission. He is co-chair of the Commission’s Working Group on Alternative Litigation Financing. He also serves as a member of the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct (COSAC).

He is a past member of the Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Citibar) and a past and present member of its Committee on Professional Responsibility. He is also a past and present member of the Professional Ethics Committee of New York Lawyers' Association (NYCLA) and its Ethics Institute. He also serves on the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct (COSAC).

Mr. Schaeffer has participated in numerous programs dealing with the professional responsibility of lawyers, including those sponsored or held by the Practising Law Institute, Citibar, NYCLA and ABA.

As General Counsel of White & Case, Mr. Schaeffer acts as supervisor of the Firm's professional responsibility training, advice and representation, involving over 2,000 lawyers and more than 20 countries.

Bars and Courts
New York State Bar, 1960
District of Columbia Bar, 1982
Connecticut State Bar, 1983
US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Education
LLB, Harvard Law School, 1959
BS, University of Wisconsin, Phi Beta Kappa, 1956

Professional Associations and Memberships
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
        Past Chairperson, Committees on Tort Litigation and Matrimonial Law
        Member, Committee on Judicial and Professional Ethics
New York County Lawyers Association, Committee on Professional Responsibility

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States