Tim L. Collins

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Tim L. Collins: Attorney with Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan A Legal Professional Association
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  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
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Biography

Tim has been actively engaged in litigation practice for more than 30 years in a wide variety of industries common to the State of Ohio. He has been first chair in numerous jury trials to conclusion, bench trials and arbitration proceedings in a wide variety of commercial and business law cases. He has represented class representatives and opt out plaintiffs in major federal antitrust class action cases in Ohio and California. He has served as receiver and counsel to a receiver in more than 50 state court cases in recent years, where he managed and sold and/or acted as counsel for a national wholesale lumber business, a regional airport fixed base operation, downtown Cleveland office towers and store fronts, and dozens of commercial and residential structures. He is designated under loan documents to serve as the operator of a Northeast Ohio marijuana grower upon specified events. While a trial lawyer by trade, Tim enjoys blending his legal skills with business issues to achieve efficient solutions for clients, or for courts requiring a receiver or a liquidating trustee.

Life Member, Eighth Appellate District Judicial Conference. Life Member, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference.
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Areas of Practice (11)

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Business Law
  • Class Actions
  • Commercial Law
  • Computer Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Franchise Law
  • Litigation
  • Receivership
  • Intellectual Property
  • Commercial Real Estate

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Baldwin-Wallace College, B.A., 1981; University of Massachusetts
Law School Attended:
Cleveland Marshall College of Law, J.D., 1985
Year of First Admission:
1986
Admission:
1986, Ohio; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court; 1994, Pennsylvania; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan
Memberships:
Member, Ohio Supreme Court Board of Professional Conduct (2015 - ) Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (Member and Past Chair, Litigation Section) and Ohio State Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section; Past Chair, Computer Law Committee); Past Member, Counsel of Delegates and Federal Bar Association (Member 1998- , and President, Board of Northern District of Ohio Chapter 2015-); Irish American Law Society of Cleveland (Co-Founder).
Reported Cases:
Eaton Corporation v. Allstate Insurance Company, et al. 2014 Ohio 101654; Northpoint Properties Inc. v. Charter One Bank, 2011 Ohio 68; Huntington National Bank v. Motel 4 Baps, Inc., 2010 Ohio 5792; Henderson v. Lawyers Title Ins. Corp., 108 Ohio St.3d 265; Drozeck v. Lawyers Title Ins. Corp., 140 Ohio App.3d 816; Deegan & McGarry v. Med-Cor, 125 Ohio App.3d 449; Records Deposition Service, Inc. v. Henderson & Goldberg, P.C., 100 Ohio App.3d 495; LaPlaca v. Brunswick Ambassador Lanes, 61 Ohio App.3d 598.
ISLN:
908265075
Hobbies & interests:
Golf, Fitness, Reading and book collecting.

Payment Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
$175 - $375/hr
Credit Cards Accepted
American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Other - Cash, Check, Visa

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216-424-3153  Phone

www.tddlaw.com

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