Chambers Telephone No.: 646-386-4398
Part Telephone No.: 646-386-3852
IAS Part: 2
Regular Motion Day: Thursday
Conferences: Thursday - Friday.
Principal Court Attorney: Sally Maiolo, Esq.
Asst. Court Attorney: Shivangi Kumar-Joshi, Esq.
Justice Phillip Hom was elected to the Queens Civil Court in 2017 and to the New York State Supreme Court in 2019. He is a native New Yorker and a proud product of New York’s public schools, graduating from the Bronx High School of Science and SUNY-Binghamton with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Justice Hom received a JD, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School. While in law school, he worked as a law clerk at the Hennepin County Public Defender’s office.
After returning to his hometown, Justice Hom has worked in private practice and the public sector in all three branches of government. He started his legal career at a New York law firm specializing in commercial litigation. In 1997, he began in government service as an agency attorney for the New York City Department of Social Services, where he prosecuted civil claims for the recovery of public assistance and Medicaid.
In 2002, Justice Hom became the Chief of Staff for the first Asian American elected to the New York City Council, supervising the Council Member’s staff and managing the office budget. He was also the liaison to other elected officials’ offices and advised the Council Member and staff on legal matters. In 2003, he became counsel to the New York City Council’s Transportation Committee where he wrote local laws and policy reports related to transportation, mass transit and for-hire vehicles. He also helped conduct oversight hearings of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Department of Transportation and Taxi and Limousine Commission. In 2010, he was promoted to assistant director of the Council’s legislative unit, where he supervised staff preparing legislation, policy reports and conducting oversight hearings.
After the City Council, Justice Hom worked as Deputy General Counsel in the New York City Comptroller’s office. At the Comptroller’s office, he drafted the Comptroller’s opinions/orders on labor law cases, conducted ethics training, served as records access officer and advised the Comptroller and staff on legal issues.
Before becoming a judge, Justice Hom returned to private practice, working at a law firm advising transportation, technology, banking, municipal and other clients on regulatory, legislative, employment and other matters. At the firm, he also represented clients in adjudications before the New York State Department of Labor, New York State Department of Transportation, the New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings and the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission Administrative Tribunal.