P. Clarkson Collins Jr.

Clark Collins, Jr. has more than 40 years of litigation experience in complex corporate, commercial, and fiduciary matters in both jury and non-jury trials. Clark is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He represents corporations, directors and officers, and alternative entities and their managers and members in class, derivative, and individual actions involving governance, breach of fiduciary duty, appraisal, dissolution, summary proceedings, and claims for indemnification and advancement. He also represents clients in a wide variety of business tort, trust, fiduciary, and contract actions, including trade secret, unfair competition, lender liability, joint venture disputes, and professional liability claims.

• Defense of telecommunications company at trial defeating challenge to its consummation of an industry merger
• Representation of global chemical manufacturing company to remedy misappropriation of its industry leading proprietary trade secret technology
• Defense of directors of petroleum company in shareholder class action trial challenging entire fairness of merger and successful appeal upholding defense judgment
• Defense of officer of global insurer in shareholder derivative action claiming breach of fiduciary duty
• Representation of chemical manufacturing company in joint venture dispute, successfully enforcing contract and fiduciary claims against co-venturer
• Representation of biotechnology company in expedited suit to enjoin interference with contractual licensing rights
• Defense of telecommunication equipment manufacturer in contract action seeking royalties claimed under IP settlement agreement
• Defense of bank against lender liability claims at trial and successful appeal upholding verdict
• Representation of software technology company at trial and successful appeal upholding damages judgment and rejecting fraud defense
• Defense of university against breach of trust in connection with management of an endowed research institute and successful appeal upholding dismissa
• Representation of hedge funds owner in litigation against co-owner for breaches of fiduciary duty and winding up the funds

Practice areas:
• Business Torts
• Contract Litigation
• Corporate Advice
• Corporate and Fiduciary Litigation
• Corporate Governance Counseling
• Distressed Entity, Insolvency Counseling
• Energy Industry
• Legal Opinions
• LLC, LP, Partnership Litigation
• Non-Compete and Trade Secret Protection
• Special Committee Representation