Background
Collins, Wayne Dale was born on December 23, 1951 in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Son of Wayne D. Senior and Mary. L. (Higdon) Collins.
Collins, Wayne Dale was born on December 23, 1951 in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Son of Wayne D. Senior and Mary. L. (Higdon) Collins.
Bachelor of Science with honors, California Institute Technology, 1973; Master of Science, California Institute Technology, 1974; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1978; postgraduate, University of Minnesota, 1979.
Worked at Shearman & Sterling (New York, NY) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1979, New York. Shearman & Sterling, founded in 1873, has more than 600 lawyers in 15 offices throughout the world.
The firm's practice encompasses most major areas of business law, including: Antitrust and Trade Regulation. Banking; Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization. Compensation and Benefits.
Environmental; Finance (including Corporate Finance, Domestic Private Finance, Financial Institutions, International Private Finance and Project Finance). Individual Clients, Trusts and Estates. Insurance; International Trade and Government Relations.
Litigation and Arbitration. Mergers and Acquisitions. Oil and Gas; Privatizations.
Real Estate; and Tax. The Firm is also engaged in the practice of French, German and Hungarian law through its offices in France, Germany and Hungary.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (chairman antitrust section subcommittee on finance markets and institutions 1983-1987, chairman public committee 1987-1991, county member antitrust section 1991-1994, officer antitrust section since 1994), American Law Institute, Association of Bar of City of New York, American Economics Association, Econometric Society, Society for Advancement of Economics Theory, American Council Nationalities Svc. (board directors since 1988).
Married Mary Ann Bradshaw, August 9, 1981. Children: Laura, Melissa, Christopher.