Reed Collins is an Associate in the Litigation department of Weil's New York office. His practice encompasses a broad range of complex commercial litigation and appeals, from music-licensing disputes to employee-benefits class actions. Mr. Collins has counseled clients on copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property issues, and he recently represented Standard & Poor’s in its successful litigation against the International Securities Exchange to enjoin the unlicensed offering of options on the S&P 500.
Mr. Collins has received awards for his pro bono endeavors, including his work with Legal Services NYC representing low-income tenants in Brooklyn housing court.
After studying music as an undergraduate at Harvard University, Mr. Collins graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where he taught legal writing and served as a Senior Editor of the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy. He is the author of "Strolling While Poor: How Broken-Windows Policing Created a New Crime in Baltimore," 14 Geo. J. on Poverty L. & Pol'y 419, 435 (2007).