Robert L. Collings

Partner | Litigation

About

Mr. Collings has more than 40 years of regulatory and litigation experience in environmental law and hazardous substance issues and environmentally-affected corporate, real estate, and land use issues. He began his career as an enforcement attorney and manager at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  • Mr. Collings represents manufacturing, transportation, financial services, retail and real estate businesses and others with permit needs, claims, and transactional matters involving environmental or regulatory issues. He has detailed familiarity with federal, state and local regulatory programs and their managers and tries cases in state and federal courts and administrative tribunals.

Practices

  • Environmental, Health, and Safety

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania

  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Education

  • Boston College Law School, J.D., 1977

  • Harvard College, AB cum laude

Other Activities

  • Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin (Secretary and Executive Committee)

  • Environmental Law Committee, Philadelphia Bar (Chair 1986)

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Energy and Environmental Law Section

Experience

  • Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP

  • Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3