David T. Collins

David Collins is a partner with Michelizzi, Schwabacher, Ward & Collins. His practice areas involve representing those people who have been seriously injured in an accident or at work. Mr. Collins is a 1974 graduate of Paraclete High School who received his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University at Northridge in 1979 and his law degree from the University of Idaho. Mr. Collins was admitted to practice in 1983 and is a member of the California State Bar, the Antelope Valley Bar Association (President 1993), the workers' compensation section of the California State Bar, and the California Applicant's Attorneys Association.

Mr. Collins has a long history of community involvement having served as a leader in the Antelope Valley District of the Western Los Angeles County Council of the Boy Scouts of America, a licensed youth soccer coach with both the American Youth Soccer Organization and the California Youth Soccer Association.

A few of Mr. Collins' most recent results include:

• A $330,000.00 verdict in a trip and fall case on the property of an apartment complex.
• A finding of 100% permanent disability for a truck driver injured in the course and scope of his employment with a value of over $1,000,000.00.
• A finding of 100% permanent disability for an employee of Los Angeles County with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome with a value of over $2.8 million
• A settlement of $500,000.00 in a case involving an individual who was hit by a truck while standing in the middle of the street.