Phil is a nationally recognized firearm law attorney, former prosecutor, tenured college professor of law, and author. Phil is a regular guest on national television programs discussing firearm law issues and is the author of Legal Heat: 50 State Guide to Firearm Laws that is available in both mobile app and traditional book formats. He has been featured in Forbes, and serves as outside legal counsel for some of America’s largest firearm manufacturers and retailers.
In addition to handling guns all of his life, Phil is also an NRA certified instructor in multiple disciplines, certified armed security instructor, Illinois CCL instructor, Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security Certified Handgun Instructor, Utah BCI Concealed Firearm Permit Instructor, Minnesota BCA Instructor, and one of the co-founders of Legal Heat. In the last decade, Phil has personally instructed over 20,000 students in his in-person concealed carry courses, and thousands more in his online courses. While obtaining his undergraduate degree Phil worked as a professional hunting guide in Utah and Idaho, where he solo guided over 100 successful elk, deer, moose, and buffalo hunts. He currently lives in Northern Utah with his wife and children.