Robert Collins > Latham & Watkins LLP > San Diego, United States > Lawyer Profile

Latham & Watkins LLP
12670 HIGH BLUFF DRIVE
SAN DIEGO, CA 92130
CALIFORNIA
United States

Position

Robert Collins represents companies in complex commercial litigation, particularly involving class action defense and high-stakes business-to-business disputes.

Robert advises clients in bet-the-company litigation, including related to:

  • Multijurisdictional class actions and proceedings before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
  • Product liability, including allegations of product defects and false marketing and labeling
  • Consumer protection, including claims of violations of state consumer protection statutes
  • Data security and information privacy, including with respect to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and the California Consumer Privacy Act
  • Breach of contract and breach of warranty
  • Alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and class waivers

He draws on extensive knowledge of class action defense and courtroom experience across the country to devise strategies that help clients achieve successful outcomes. Robert distills technical legal concepts for clients, both before and during litigation, to facilitate informed business decisions and mitigate potential risk.

Robert maintains an active pro bono practice and has represented children with disabilities, prisoners, domestic violence victims, and asylum applicants.

He has served on the firm’s Pro Bono, Legal Professionals and Paralegal, and Business Development Committees, and co-leads his local LGBTQ+ Affinity Group. Robert also serves on the Chicago Bar Foundation’s Young Professionals Board.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes

Latham & Watkins LLP’s team of sector-specialist litigators represents clients in disputes spanning core industries both in the US and across the globe. The practice’s diverse clientele of leading corporate entities spans the media, manufacturing, tech, and retail sectors. Steven Feldman leads the complex commercial litigation practice from New York, alongside co-chairs Nicholas Boyle in Washington DC and LA-based Laura Washington, who was made global vice chair of complex commercial litigation in June 2024 and is regularly called upon by clients in the media and entertainment sector for representation in business and IP disputes. In Chicago, Sean Berkowitz leverages his extensive experience in civil and criminal matters to handle both litigation and regulatory investigations. Based in New York, ‘oustanding trial lawyer’ Jamie Wine advises a stellar list of Fortune 500 companies, accounting firms and financial institutions and Kuan Huang is a go to across the gamut of commercial disputes. Robert Collins in Chicago focuses on class action defense.