David Collins
Associate
Judicial Externships
Hon Gary L. Taylor, U.S. District Court, Central District, Santa Ana, CA, Fall 2000
Hon Thomas F. Crosby, California Court of Appeals, 4th District, Santa Ana, CA, Spring 2000
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Real Estate & Land Use
- Business & Corporate
- Intellectual Property & Entertainment
- Contracts
- Business Litigation
Litigation Percentage
- 75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- California, 2001
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2001
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2001
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2001
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2001
Education
- Chapman University School of Law, Orange, California
- J.D. (Cum Laude) - 2001
- Honors: National Law School Dean's List
- Law Review: Chapman Law Review, Senior Articles Editor, 1999 - 2001
- Chapman University, Orange, California
- B.A. - 1989
- Honors: Dean's List
- Major: Finance & Economics
Published Works
- Internet Ambush, 4 Chapman L. Rev. 232, Spring 4, 2001
- Effective Urban Fringe Planning: 2007 Wild Fires, S.D. Transcript, 2008
Honors and Awards
- Super Lawyers Rising Star - Los Angeles Magazine, 2007
- Burton Award (Excellence in Legal Writing), 2001
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Orange County Bar, Member
- California Bar, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Associate, 2008 - 2009
- Bingham McCutchen, Associate, 2006 - 2008
- Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Associate, 2003 - 2006