Contact information for interviews, story collaborations, and speaking requests.

About Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips is a journalist, father, and founder of Fatherand.Co — reporting on family justice systems, ADA violations, due-process failures, and the hidden consequences inside child welfare, military discipline, and family courts. He leads the Military Family Justice Project, a national investigation exposing how the Department of Defense’s Family Advocacy Program can be weaponized in custody disputes and destroy the lives of parents who serve. He also leads The UNSEEN Project, a national investigation advocating for and exposing issues with recognizing and accommodating those with invisible disabilities.

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Media Contact

📧 press@fatherand.co
(ProtonMail encrypted — safest for sensitive communications)
📞 By request only
🎯 Available for interviews, podcasts, testimony briefings, and expert quotes.

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Topics & Expertise

Michael is available to provide commentary, data, and background on:

🎖 Military Family Justice

• FAP/IDC determinations & due-process failures
• Impact on national security, readiness & suicide risk
• Custody injustice affecting servicemembers

⚖️ Family Court & Parental Rights

• Modern parent-child separation patterns
• Unequal protection for fathers
• ADA failures in judicial environments

🛡 Child Welfare & CPS

• Agency overreach & lack of accountability
• Missing children, improper removals
• Legislative reform movements

📊 Systemic Abuse of Power

• Government weaponization of accusations
• Wrongful prosecution & institutional betrayal
• Invisible disabilities in justice systems

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Availability

📍 In-person: Maryland, Washington D.C., Northern Virginia
🌐 Remote: Zoom, Teams, Signal, Phone
⏱ Most interviews can be scheduled within 24–72 hours

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Press Resources

📌 One-pager: The Military Family Justice Project
📌 Data Library on family separation & suicide risk
📌 Active investigation briefs
📌 Source protection infrastructure
📌 Fact-checked citations upon request

(Will link these as they are rolled out)

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Editorial Position

Michael Phillips is a non-partisan investigator.
Stories are driven by:

• Verified evidence
• First-person documentation
• Public-records data
• Ground-level impact on children and families

No spin. Just facts that institutions prefer to keep buried.

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Speaking Engagements

Available for:

• Policy briefings
• Legal conferences
• Veteran and family advocacy events
• University and journalism programs
• Podcasts and documentary interviews

Topics always center on:

Protecting the parent-child bond as a fundamental human right.

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Support the Work

Investigative reporting into powerful systems requires sustained resources.

Coming soon:
✅ Nonprofit fiscal sponsorship
✅ Investigations fund donation portal
✅ Sponsorship deck for longform journalism

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📌 Press & Media Contact:
press@fatherand.co
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