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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

A Germantown man who was a former staffer for Sen. Ted Stevens was among the
passengers who died in the Alaska plane crash. His 13-year-old son survived.
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William "Bill" Phillips Sr., was an attorney and lobbyist at Utrecht and
Phillips, a District-based firm that specializes in legislative and
administrative representation and counsels clients on campaign finance and
election law. From 1981 to 1986, he was Stevens's legislative director and
chief of staff.

William "Willy" Phillips Jr., 13, was traveling with his father.

"Out of respect for the family we are not inclined to comment," said Kim
Patterson, who works at Georgetown Prep, which Willy's older brothers
attended. "We are taking it bit by bit."

Phillips's specialty was legislative law and congressional procedure and he
had experience in several public policy areas, including economic
regulation, transportation, energy and national defense.
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A message left for Lyn Utrecht, Phillip's business partner, was not
returned.

Patricia A. Fiori, a colleague, said: "I don't have information at this
point."

According to the firm's Web site, Phillips was a guest lecturer on
legislation and congressional procedures at his alma mater, Georgetown
University Law Center, and the Brookings Institution.

He was a member of the Board of Regents for Georgetown University and was on
numerous other boards.

Like his sons, who play collegiate football, Phillips played football at the
University of Evansville in the early to mid-1970s. He and his wife, Janet,
had four sons.

Another survivor of the crash who has Washington connections is Jim Morhard,
who founded Morhard & Associates, a D.C. law and lobbying firm, five years
ago after a career on Capitol Hill and in the executive branch.

Morhard's most prominent role was as chief of staff of the powerful Senate
Appropriations Committee under Stevens.

In remarks published in the Congressional Record, Stevens praised him for
tact, fairness and bipartisan spirit, as well as for creativity and an
ability to forge vital compromises.

Morhard, now 53, of Northern Virginia, joined the appropriations staff in
1991, and became chief of staff in 2003.


Eric D. Schwerin
eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com

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