Brendan K. Collins

Litigation, Climate Change and Sustainability, Communications, Corporate and Government Investigations and White Collar Defense, Environmental, Higher Education, Product Liability and Mass Tort

Brendan K. Collins is a partner in the Litigation Department and a member of the Environmental, Communications, Product Liability and Mass Tort, Corporate and Government Investigations and White Collar Defense, and Higher Education Groups, as well as the Climate Change and Sustainability Initiative. Mr. Collins also coordinates the firm's petroleum products practice, integrating litigation, environmental, real estate, and other disciplines to serve clients operating in this sector.

Mr. Collins represents clients in environmental litigation involving permit appeals, enforcement actions, citizen suits, and toxic torts. He has represented clients in civil, criminal, and administrative matters at all levels of the state and federal judicial systems, including the U.S. Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
Past Chair, Section on Environment, Energy and Resources, Environmental Litigation and Toxic Tort Committee

Philadelphia Bar Association
past Co-Chair, Environmental Law Committee

Recognition & Accomplishments

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, environmental law, 2003-2010

The Best Lawyers in America, environmental law, 2006-2010

Publications

Frequent writer and speaker on such environmental law topics as toxic torts, underground storage tank litigation, industrial site redevelopment, and lender liability

Author of articles in Journal of Environmental Regulation, Temple Environmental Law and Technology Journal, Villanova Law Review, and Natural Resources & Environment

Contributing author, forthcoming ABA Toxic Tort Practitioner’s Handbook

Contributing author, Guidebook on Complying with Pennsylvania Environmental Laws and Regulations, published by Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, 2005/2006

Contributing author, 11-volume treatise on environmental law, Environmental Regulation Essentials, published by John Wiley & Sons

"Practical Guidance for Complying with Environmental Regulations," from presentation made to Annual Conference of the National Association of College and University Lawyers (NACUA), included in NACUA Handbook for Lawyers New to Higher Education (second edition)

Speaking Engagements

Planner of or participant in programs sponsored by:

American Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Institute
Montgomery Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
Institute of Business Law of the California State University, Los Angeles
Villanova University

Board Memberships

St. Joseph's University (Philadelphia), member, Advisory Board of Environmental Science Program

Saint Thomas More Society of Philadelphia, past President; current member, Board of Governors

Villanova University School of Law (J.D. 1988, magna cum laude)
Editor, Villanova Law Review; Member, Order of the Coif

St. Joseph's University (B.S. 1985)

Languages

French

Pennsylvania