Steve Collins

Experience

1. Attorney at Law

   Spicer Rudstrom, Pllc

   Mar 2016 — Present · Knoxville, TN, US

   Steve’s practice has involved defending and representing parties in the grocery, financial, manufacturing, not-for-profit and trucking industries, as well as providing counsel on government compliance, hiring agreements and severance packages for employers. He has also handled numerous wills contests. Practice Areas:Alternative Dispute Resolution (Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed Mediator General Civil and Domestic)Insurance LawBusiness and Corporate LawEmployment LawFamily and Domestic LawRetail and HospitalityProducts LiabilityTrucking and TransportationWills and Probate ProceedingsBar Admissions:U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (1993)U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee (1988)Tennessee (1986)Practice Privileges:Tennessee Human Rights CommissionTennessee Court of Workers’ Compensation ClaimsTennessee Trial and Appellate CourtsTennessee Supreme CourtEqual Employment Opportunity CommissionUnited States District Court, Eastern District of TennesseeUnited States Court of AppealsAwards and Accomplishments:AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-HubbellTop Rated Lawyer, Labor and Employment, Martindale-HubbellLeadership KnoxvilleMaster of the Bench, American Inns of CourtCityView Top Attorneys, Auto Accidents, Employment Law, Workers’ CompensationMemberships:Knoxville Bar Association (General Counsel, 20••••13; President, 2006; Treasurer, 2004; Secretary, 2003; Member, Board of Governors, – 2007; Co-Chair, Professionalism Committee, – 2005; Membership Services Committee, 1996; CLE Committee Chair, 1994 – 1995)Tennessee Bar Association (Special Committee on Workers’ Compensation, 2004; Statewide Chair of the Litigation Section, 2001)American Bar Association (Employment Law and Litigation Sections)American Institute for Property and Casualty Underwriters

Education

• University of Tennessee College of Law 1986, with Highest Honors

  Doctor of Law (J.D.)

  1983 — 1986

Skills

• Criminal Defense
• Personal Injury
• Wills
• Mediation
• Wrongful Death
• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Depositions
• Legal Advice
• Appeals
• Family Law
• Domestic Relations
• Product Liability
• Dispute
• Torts
• Dispute Resolution
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Courts
• Medical Malpractice
• Automobile Accidents
• Employment Discrimination
• Trials
• Construction Law
• Corporate Law
• Class Actions
• Civil Litigation
• Breach of Contract
• Public Liability
• Employment Law
• Hearings
• Arbitration
• Litigation