Bachelor of Science degree, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1968 
Doctor of Jurisprudence degree, Marquette University, 1972
Training as a family law mediator, Ericson Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, approximately 1990
Training as a matrimonial arbiter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Arbitration Training Institute, 1993

Love, Brown, Love, Phillips & Davis, 1974-85 

Phillips & Davis, 1985-90

Law Offices of Charles I. Phillips, 1990-1993

Phillips & Gemignani, 1994 to present 

Instructor - General Practice Skills Course - University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin, February 27, 1995, through March 3, 1995, "Divorce Proceedings"

Volunteer - The Women's Center, Inc. Advocacy Program to Sister House

AAML, March, 1990, "Directions for a Psychological Evaluation" 

University of Wisconsin-Waukesha, October, 1990, "The Divorce Experience"

State of Wisconsin Judicial College, Family Law Seminar, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 5, 1990, "Adopt an Appraisal Rule for Real and Personal Property Issues" 

State Bar of Wisconsin, Midwinter Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 18, 1991, "Use of Spreadsheets in a Family Law Practice" 

Milwaukee County Bar Association, Family Law Section, March 25, 1991, "Computer-Generated Tax Calculations" 

State Bar of Wisconsin, Tenth Annual Family Law Workshop, Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, "Evidentiary Number Crunching:  Financial Disclosure, Summaries, Attorneys Fees" 

State Bar of Wisconsin Annual Convention, LaCrosse, Wisconsin,  June 19, 1992, "Attorney's Fees" 

Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company/State Bar of Wisconsin Convention, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, June 19, 1993, "Coping with the Environment of Law" 

State Bar of Wisconsin, Annual Family Law Update, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 28, 1994, and Madison, Wisconsin, September 29, 1994, "ADR and Divorce" 

Divorce - Wisconsin Style, AAML Thirteenth Annual Midwinter Seminar, March 17, 1995, "Hot Tips from the Experts" 

State Bar of Wisconsin, Annual Convention, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin,June 16, 1995, "Divorce Research in the 90's and the Information Highway" 

State Bar of Wisconsin, Fourteenth Annual Family Law Workshop,  Door County, Wisconsin, August 11, 1995, "How to bring Home the Bacon without being Porked" 

Tax Aspects of Divorce seminar, National Business Institute, Inc., September 14, 1995, "Ethical Considerations in Family Law Matters - Advocacy" 

State Bar of Wisconsin, Annual Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,January 23, 1997, "Simplifying your Practice with the Use of Flow Charts"

Divorce - Wisconsin Style, AAML Sixteenth Annual Midwinter Seminar, March 26, 1998, "Taxability of Interest on Property Division Payments"

Divorce - Wisconsin Style, AAML Eighteenth Annual Midwinter
Seminar, March 23, 2000, "Hot Internet Sites to Use to Help Your Client"

Divorce - Wisconsin Style, AAML Nineteenth Annual Midwinter Seminar, March 22, 2001, Division of Premarital/Marital Retirement Benefits: Coverture Fraction Theory Application"

Divorce - Wisconsin Style, AAML Twenty-first Annual Midwinter Seminar, March 20, 2003. "Use of Declaratory Judgments In Divorce"

State Bar of Wisconsin, Annual Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 9, 2003, "Preparation of Clients and Attorneys for Mediation"

 "The Redemption Trap", November, 1994 

Speech presented on September 4, 1996, "One Lawyer's Approach to Olski v. Olski"

"A Quantitative Approach to the 'Olson' Retirement Problem", December 1, 1998

Recognitions:

Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America"
American Jurisprudence Prize in Constitutional Law 1972