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Mr. Collins is a partner at Carrington Coleman in litigation with primary emphasis on securities litigation. He also handles a variety of other business litigation matters. Mr. Collins handles a variety of major securities matters, including class action lawsuits, shareholder derivative lawsuits, insider trading actions, and securities fraud actions. Mr. Collins has also represented companies and directors and officers sued in class actions brought in connection with mergers or company failures, including recent high profile company failures. He represented Ken Lay in the civil and criminal litigation following Enron's failure, and was a lead trial counsel in his criminal trial. Mr. Collins also has significant experience representing Special Litigation Committees. As a result of his regular representation of securities firms and brokers, Mr. Collins has developed significant expertise in securities arbitration. He routinely represents firms and brokers in arbitration brought by customers of the firm and in arbitration between brokerage firms and employees. He has also handled a variety of regulatory matters ranging from insider trading investigations to major regulatory actions brought against broker dealers and their supervisory personnel. Mr. Collins' litigation practice also involves a variety of business disputes, including corporate governance and partnership disputes, real estate litigation, contract cases, non-compete suits, employment disputes, construction litigation, and oil and gas litigation. Among the significant matters he has handled are two complex court battles over governance and taxation involving the Las Colinas development; a high profile non-compete case in the reinsurance industry; and a case closely followed in the oil and gas industry due to its impact on oil and gas recovery in Texas. Mr. Collins has also handled significant arbitration in the real estate, health care, and consumer product fields and has successfully litigated enforcement of international arbitration agreements. Mr. Collins has been recognized by Texas Monthly magazine as a "Super Lawyer" in business litigation each year since that award began in 2003. Mr. Collins was admitted to practice in Texas in 1978. | 