Experience

Sven C. Collins is a partner in the firm's Denver office. His practice emphasizes litigation and risk management guidance in areas of employment and labor, health care litigation, trade secrets and unfair competition, real property tax challenges, securities litigation, and other commercial litigation.

Mr. Collins has represented management in court, and before the EEOC and the NLRB in a variety of employment- and labor-related matters, including employment discrimination, restrictive covenants, unfair competition, trade secrets, unfair labor practices, employee benefits, employment contracts, and public accommodations discrimination. He has counseled employers in connection with hiring, discipline and discharge; reductions-in-force and reorganizations; plant closings and mass layoffs; employee benefits; and development of employment policies.  Mr. Collins has also participated in union avoidance campaigns and collective bargaining negotiations.

Mr. Collins has experience representing health care providers in various litigation matters including reimbursement appeals and taxation classification matters.  His securities litigation experience includes representing broker-dealers before FINRA/NASD in disputes with customers, registered representatives and other broker-dealers, and representing individuals in SEC investigations and civil prosecution actions.  Additionally, Mr. Collins represents landowners in property tax challenge matters as well as local and national companies in real estate, construction, breach of contract, and other commercial disputes.

Professional & Community Affiliations

Law Clerk, U.S. District Court of the District of Colorado, 1996-1997

University of Colorado Law Review, Associate Editor