Kevin D. Collins
USA Guide 2023
Band 5 : Environment
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
512.494.3640Share profile
Band 5
About
Provided by Kevin D. Collins
Practice Areas
Helps clients during their most significant events—criminal allegations, government investigations, employee fatalities, chemical leaks, and facility explosions. Listens first and then advises clients based upon his experience both as a prosecutor and as the first lawyer to enter a facility after a catastrophic event.
Helps clients define success after the triggering event, and then works tirelessly toward that goal. Strong understanding of how to protect the attorney-client privilege the work-product doctrine. Advises clients on process safety best practices including the US EPA’s Risk Management Plan (RMP) program and OSHA’s process safety management (PSM) standard.
Career
Former Assistant US Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas; Adjunct Professor, The University of Texas School of Law
Professional Memberships
Texas Bar Association, American Bar Association, Section of Environmental Enforcement and Crimes, and Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
Personal
The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 2005, with honors; The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1993