Attorney Profile
John A. Collins, III

John A. Collins, III

John Collins, III

Suisman Shapiro, PC
2 Union Plaza, Suite 200, PO Box 1591
New London, CT 06320
Contact Contact John A. Collins, III
T: 860-442-4416
F: 860-442-0495

Visit: www.sswbgg.com
Practice areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (80%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products (10%), Criminal Defense (10%)

Profile

John A. Collins, III, is a Director who concentrates in the areas of Personal Injury Law and Criminal Law. He is a member of the Connecticut bar. Mr. Collins received his B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross and his J.D. from Case Western Reserve University where he was a member and Notes Editor of the Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law. He is a member of the American, Connecticut and New London County Bar Associations. He is also a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Connecticut Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Mr. Collins has successfully obtained verdicts or public settlements on behalf of clients ranging from a $10 Million settlement for a young girl badly burned in a school fire, a 2008 verdict of $379,000 (including interest and costs) for a 22 year old woman injured in an automobile accident, a recent $225,000 settlement for an individual wrongfully deprived of 401k funds and a $1 million judgment for a victim of sexual abuse.  Disclaimer: Of course, past results are no indication as to the value or results likely to be obtained in any present and future claims.

Selected to:

Connecticut Super Lawyers 2010
Connecticut Super Lawyers 2007
Connecticut Super Lawyers 2006

About John Collins, III

Admitted: 1981, Connecticut

Professional Webpage: www.sswbgg.com/Bio/JohnCollins.asp

Honors and Awards: "Selection as a Fellow requires demonstrated superior legal ability and devotion to the welfare of the community, state and nation, as well as to the advancement of the legal foundation".  Source: Connecticut Bar Foundation      , Life Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation, 2005
Bar/Professional Activity: Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association: Budget Committee, 2009
Pro bono/Community Service: Lyme-Old Lyme Lions Club, 2009, Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library:  President , 2008, Old Lyme Ethics Formation Committee: Chair, 2006, New London Main Street: President, 2005, Lymes' Youth Service Bureau: chair, 2000
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: PURSUING NEGLIGENCE ACTIONS ARISING FROM CONSTRUCTION SITE INJURIES: GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR LIABILITY, Seminar Faculty Presenter, CTLA, 2004, Author, Self Determination in International Law, Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 1981
Verdicts and Settlements: Crespo v. Wood  KNL-CV-07-5003413S Verdict, interest & Costs:  $379,290, 2008, Martic v. Tunstall, CV 05 4001869S, Verdict: $129,070, 2005, Hayes v. Johnson, CV-01-0560480S, Verdict: $259,173, 2003, Shelby v. Munro Muffler, CV-97-0543736S, Verdict: $475,000, 2000, Dumont v. UBC, CV-97-0542600S, Verdict of $300,000 reduced by comparative negligence to $150,000, 2000, Parsons v. Town of Salem, defendant's verdict, 2000, John Doe1 v. David Zaharie CV-99-0552498S, Judgment: $1 million, 1999, Mattos v. Morris  CV-970544744S, Verdict: $71,657, 1999, Russ v. Allstate No. CV-96-0539136,No. CV-95-0536638, Verdict: $203,498, 1997, Disclaimer: Of course, past results are no indication as to the value or results likely to be obtained in any present and future claims.
Educational Background: College of the Holy Cross, BA, 1978
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White Papers

PURSUING NEGLIGENCE ACTIONS ARISING FROM CONSTRUCTION SITE INJURIES: (2004)

Paper presented at a seminar in February 2004 addressing legal issues involving contractor and subcontractor liability for construction site injuries.  The paper addresses the historical underpinnings of such liability up to 2004.  Copies are available upon request:  jcollins@sswbgg.com

Industry Group(s): Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association

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