Atty. Steven M. "Steve" Collins

• Steve Collins is a partner practicing in the firm’s Litigation & Trial Practice and Securities Litigation Groups
• His practice focuses on (1) securities litigation, investigations and enforcement proceedings
• (2) financial services litigation
• and (3) transaction-based litigation, as the principal components of a commercial litigation practice
• Securities Litigation and Investigations: Mr. Collins represents clients in SEC, stock exchange and state securities investigations and enforcement proceedings, as well as internal investigations arising primarily from allegations of accounting fraud and insider trading
• He also represents clients in defense of shareholder class actions under the federal securities laws

Financial Services Litigation

• Mr. Collins represents financial institutions in a wide range of disputes, including letters of credit/international transactions, embezzlement, check kiting, mergers and acquisitions, governmental investigations, shareholder class actions, lender liability, checks/bank deposits and collections, consumer class actions and fraud
• Mr. Collins also serves as general counsel to Alston & Bird
• He lectures on a variety of subjects, including SEC investigations, insider trading, lender liability, strategies for resolving transaction-based disputes and the responsibilities of officers, directors, lawyers and bankers in the post-Enron environment