MICHAEL H. COLLINS
Partner
O: 570.326.6555 Ext. 238
F: 570.326.3170
Email: mcollins@mpvhlaw.com
Michael H. Collins is a graduate of the University of Scranton and the Duquesne University School of Law. After law school, Mike served as a law clerk to The Honorable Thomas C. Raup of the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas.
Mike primarily focuses his practice on civil litigation in both state and federal courts, adoptions, social security, workers’ compensation matters and real estate transactions. Mike serves as Solicitor for the Williamsport Redevelopment Authority, the Williamsport Municipal Water Authority and the Williamsport Sanitary Authority.
As a licensed title agent since 1982, Mike has written title insurance for thousands of homeowners. Mike is a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Justice, American Association of Justice, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
RELATED SERVICES
Civil Litigation
Adoption
Social Security Disability
Workers’ Compensation
Real Estate Transactions
Title Insurance
EXPERIENCE
Operated as chief local counsel for global multi-industry company in complex Federal multi-state and multi-nation contractual liability litigation.
Represented clients for forty years of real estate purchases totaling in excess of five hundred million dollars worth of transactions.
Obtained the then second highest Lycoming County verdict in a personal injury matter.
Represented parents in over five hundred adoption cases.
Represented hundreds of Social Security Disability claimants before Administrative Law Judges.
CREDENTIALS
Admissions
Pennsylvania, 1974
Recognitions
1988 Equal Access to Justice/Pro Bono Award of the Pennsylvania Bar Association
Hope Enterprises Board Member (former President) for over 35 years
Former President of Lycoming Law Association
Education
University of Scranton
Duquesne University, J.D.
Memberships
Pennsylvania Association of Justice
American Association of Justice
Pennsylvania Bar Association
American Bar Association