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 almost fifty 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 also serves as a member of the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct ("COSAC").

He is a past and present member of the Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York ("Citibar") and 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 was recently appointed to the ABA's Standing Committee on Professional Ethics and to 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 Practicing 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.