John Collins Profiled in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel – September 2005
09/08/2005
The September 2005 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel includes a special section on Texas law firms and carries a profile of John Collins. Among his comments in the profile, John notes: "Our two main practice areas in Houston are the labor and employment group and a significant commercial litigation group. We are probably 60/40 employment law, but our commercial litigation area is growing rapidly. In the employment area our practice runs the gamut from representing huge companies in very large matters, often in conjunction with lawyers from some of our other offices, to representing small entrepreneurs in helping them devise employment policies, etc. Much of our employment practice is litigation based though we also negotiate labor contracts and provide counsel and advice on work force restructurings, human resources policies and the like. We do get involved in union related matters and labor arbitrations. Another area where we are helping employers is in regard to counseling employers on the new rules for compensating employees as a result of a change in the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations last year. . . . Our strategic plan is to have the capabilities in this office that mirror the practice capabilities in our other offices, which means that as we go forward we are in a growth mode seeking out attorneys who can help us in the areas of real estate development, corporate transactions and so forth. We are always in the mode to add high quality attorneys with practices that are compatible with our own who operate at a sophisticated level of excellence and deal with similar kinds of clients. . . . The state is growing rapidly. There is a lot of opportunity and we are looking forward to helping our current clients as they expand their operations and helping those clients who come to us in the future."
