Get to Know Attorney Phil Kuljurgis

Philip (“Phil”) Kuljurgis has joined Bulman Dunie as an “of counsel” attorney supporting our personal injury and litigation practices. Phil has over 15 years of experience in private practice and as claims counsel for a national automobile insurer.

You can learn all about Phil’s professional bona fides by visiting our webpage and reading his biography or checking Phil out on LinkedIn.

But Phil is more than just a terrific attorney! As is Bulman Dunie custom when new attorneys join our practice, we asked Phil five rapid-fire questions that have little to nothing to do with law.

Without further adieu, get to know Phil Kuljurgis!

1. Where are you from originally and how’d you end up in the DMV?

I was born and raised in West Bloomfield, Michigan (16 Mile Road), a suburb of Detroit. After graduating law school in Wisconsin, I happily began practicing without ever having to take a bar exam, due to a quirk of Wisconsin law. My wife got her master’s degree in international public affairs, however, and we decided that one can lawyer anywhere, but one cannot easily attend to international public affairs from Milwaukee. We therefore moved to the D.C. area in 2007 and have now found ourselves deeply rooted in Rockville, Maryland.

2. What is your favorite professional or college sports team and why?

University of Michigan Football, and whatever team is playing against Ohio State. Because GO BLUE!!!

3. Give us 2 or 3 television shows you recommend we binge.

Band of Brothers and The Pacific.  Because both those shows are mini-series and are about WWII, they only count as one show combined. The other two shows I recommend are The Americans and Lupin.

4. What is your funniest or favorite parenting story?

It is hard to pick just one or two. One time I found myself running after my kids, loudly yelling, “No, your sister is NOT a comfy chair!” Another time, one of my kids’ friends walked up to me and declared, apropos of nothing, “My dad is better than you.” My daughter asked me once, “Daddy, why do all kids love their mommies so much more than their daddies?” There was also the time my daughter was accused of pulling the fire alarm in pre-school. Notwithstanding her earlier question, I acted as her counsel. I argued that while the statements of her classmates did tend to incriminate, they were all based on hearsay, even if one were to assume their competence to testify as a threshold matter.

5. It’s a beautiful spring Saturday. Where are we likely going to find you?

If it’s the first weekend in May, then naturally I can be found touring the Civil War battlefield of The Wilderness, which was fought around that time and so the foliage would be similar. Otherwise, one might find me camping with the Scouts, belaying my son as he climbs at the gym, or driving my daughter and her friends someplace under strict orders to talk as little as possible.