Kevin B. Collins Named to the American College of Trial Lawyers
March 4, 2024
WASHINGTON—Covington partner Kevin B. Collins has been named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America. Kevin is the ninth Covington lawyer among the current fellows, joining Lanny Breuer, Robert Haslam, Phyllis Jones, Carolyn Kubota, John Nields, George Pappas, C. William Phillips, and Paul Schmidt.
A member of Covington’s Intellectual Property and Commercial Litigation Groups, Kevin is a seasoned trial lawyer with more than sixty trials. He has represented clients in a wide variety of patent, trademark, trade secret, and commercial matters. In addition, Kevin maintains an active pro bono trial practice representing indigent defendants in criminal proceedings. He has served as lead counsel in more than forty criminal jury trials. Appointed and reappointed by governors of both political parties, Kevin has served for more than a decade on the Board of Trustees of the Office of the Maryland Public Defender.
Founded in 1950, the College is composed of the best of the trial bar from the United States and Canada. Fellowship in the College is extended by invitation only, and only after careful investigation, to those experienced trial lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility, and collegiality. Lawyers must have a minimum of fifteen years trial experience before they can be considered for Fellowship.
Membership in the College cannot exceed one percent of the total lawyer population of any state or province. The College strives to improve and elevate the standards of trial practice, the administration of justice, and the ethics of the trial profession. Qualified lawyers are called to Fellowship in the College from all branches of trial practice. They are carefully selected from among those who customarily represent plaintiffs in civil cases and those who customarily represent defendants, those who prosecute individuals accused of crime and those who defend them. The College is thus able to speak with a balanced voice on important issues affecting the legal profession and the administration of justice.
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