The Collins Law Firm, P.C.
(630) 527-1595 x 221 smc@collinslaw.com |
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| Shawn M. Collins |
An outstanding trial attorney and litigator, Shawn Collins is at his best in a courtroom. Since 1986, Shawn Collins has
combined his powerful communication skills with an unrelenting commitment to his clients’ causes to win trials and
secure favorable settlements in courts across America. Shawn Collins has significant experience handling “high stakes”
litigation in the following areas:
- Environmental contamination
- Toxic chemical exposure
- Business fraud
- Breach of contract
- Partnership/ownership disputes
- Trademark/trade secret infringement
- Unfair business practices
- Injunctions
Shawn was named one of the top 100 trial lawyers from The American Trial Lawyers Association for 2008. This is a
national organization composed of The Top 100 Trial Lawyers from each state. Membership is obtained through special
invitation and is extended only to those attorneys who exemplify superior qualifications of leadership, reputation,
influence, stature, and profile as civil plaintiff or criminal defense trial lawyers.
Shawn has also been selected as an Illinois "Super Lawyer" for 2005, 2007, and 2008. Considered among the best in their
profession, Super Lawyers represent the top 5% of the practicing attorneys in Illinois. The Illinois Super Lawyers were
selected by their peers in an extensive nomination and polling process.
After graduating Summa Cum Laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1980, Shawn Collins worked as an auditor
for the Chicago office of Peat, Marwick & Mitchell (now KPMG Peat Marwick Main). Shawn received his law degree from
The University of Chicago Law School in 1986. Shawn is also a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois.
Since founding The Collins Law Firm in 1992, Shawn has been a frequent lecturer to bar associations, civic organizations
and business groups on topics such as environmental contamination, business disputes and effective communication.
Shawn is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Illinois, Chicago and DuPage Bar
Associations. Recently, Shawn was honored as a finalist for the Daily Herald newspaper’s “person of the year” award for
his work on behalf of the families in Lisle, Illinois to secure a safe source of drinking water after learning their
groundwater had been contaminated with trichloretheylene (TCE) from a local manufacturing plant. The two lawsuits
filed on behalf of these families resulted in a $10 million settlement in May of 2002, and a second settlement of $16.9 million
in 2004.
| Shawn was named one of the top 100 trial lawyers from The American Trial Lawyers Association for 2008. |
| Video of Shawn arguing before the Illinois Supreme Court in the case of Stern v. Wheaton-Warrenville Community Unit School District 200 on March 17, 2009 |