Background
Collins, Brendan Kennedy was born on April 10, 1964 in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Donald Michael and Madeleine Mary (Murray) Collins.
Collins, Brendan Kennedy was born on April 10, 1964 in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Donald Michael and Madeleine Mary (Murray) Collins.
Saint Joseph"s University (Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, 1985). Villanova University School of Law (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1988). Spoken languages: French.
Worked at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in Environmental Law, Litigation, Natural Resources. Admitted to the bar, 1988, Pennsylvania. 1993, United States. Supreme Court.
Order of the Coif.
Staff, 1986-1987, Board of Editors and Case and Comment Editor, 1987-1988, Villanova Law Review. Symposium Moderator: "Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Laws," Villanova University School of Law, 1993. Course Planner and Lecturer: "Recycling Old Industrial Sites," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1995.
"Storage Tank Litigation," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1995.
Company-Course Planner and Lecturer: "Recent Developments in Environmental Law," Philadelphia Bar Education Center, 1994 and 1995. "Underground Storage Tanks," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1993.
Lecturer, "Lender Liability," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1991. Author: "Examining New Lender Liability Laws: Safe Harbors and Dangerous Shoals," The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, (April 2, 1997).
"Practical Implications of Pennsylvania"s New "Greenfields" Legislation," The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, (August 14, 1995).
"Pleading Practice Before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board," 11 Temple Environmental Law and Technology Journal 1 (1992). "Guide to Liability for Reporting and Cleanup of Underground Storage Tanks," 1 Journal of Environmental Regulation 151 (Winter, 1991-1992). "Lenders and the Environmental Laws: An Ounce of Prevention," 43 Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report 66 (Spring 1989).
"Products Liability-The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Acting.Cipollone v.
Liggett Group, Incorporated.," 32 Villanova Law Review 874 (1987). Member, West Norristown Township Planning Commission, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1992.
Member: Philadelphia (Company-Chair, Environmental Law Committee, 1996), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.
Member West Norriton Township Planning Commission, Pennsylvania, since 1992. Member advisory board Environmental Science Program, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia. Member American Bar Association (chairman Environmental Litigation & Toxic Tort committee 2004-2005), Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association (co-chairman Environmental Law committee 1996).
St. Thomas More Society Philadelphia (president 2000-2001, member board governor). Order of Coif.
Married Annmarie Godlewski, January 12, 1985. Children: Aileen Morgan, Xavier Michael, Anastasia Marie, Cecelia Anne, Peter Emmanuel.