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Greg Collins joined Dorsey & Whitney’s growing Phoenix office in 2023 to head its trial practice group, bringing three Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” honors in patent litigation and an AV Preeminent rating.
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At a Glance
| Firm | Dorsey & Whitney LLP (Phoenix office) |
| Attorney | Greg Collins |
| Education | J.D. and B.A., University of Arizona |
| Joined Dorsey | 2023, as Partner heading the Phoenix trial practice group |
| Recognition | Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” in Patent Litigation for Scottsdale/Phoenix, three times; Southwest Super Lawyer, IP Litigation; AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell |
| Focus | Intellectual property litigation, trade secret and breach of contract cases, corporate governance litigation, complex commercial disputes |
| Office | Phoenix, AZ |
| Contact | dorsey.com |
Sources: Dorsey & Whitney press release (BusinessWire), Super Lawyers’ hosted directory, Avvo. Compiled August 2026.
Origin
Greg Collins Phoenix: From a Litigation Boutique to an International Platform
Greg Collins earned his J.D. and B.A. from the University of Arizona. He began his career practicing commercial and intellectual property litigation at Snell & Wilmer, the largest law firm in the Southwest, before joining the litigation boutique that became Kercsmar, Collins & O’Hara PLLC, where he led the firm’s intellectual property practice as a named partner. In 2023, he joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as a Partner in the Commercial Litigation group, heading the trial practice group in the firm’s growing Phoenix office.
Practice
Bet-the-Company IP and Commercial Litigation
Collins handles complex disputes including intellectual property litigation, trade secret and breach of contract cases, and corporate governance litigation. He has secured multi-million dollar verdicts and arbitration awards in what the industry terms “bet-the-company” litigation, and has prosecuted and defended cases seeking damage awards in excess of $100 million — a specific, quantified track record distinct from generic claims of litigation experience.
Track Record
Collins’s publicly documented track record includes multi-million dollar verdicts and arbitration awards, and cases involving damage claims exceeding $100 million on both the prosecution and defense side. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a single, itemized settlement-by-settlement table beyond these reported figures.
Past-Results Disclaimer: Every case is different, and no past result guarantees a similar outcome in any future matter.
Client Voice
Awesome Attorneys did not identify a substantial volume of independently sourced, individually attributable client reviews for Collins in the sources reviewed for this profile, consistent with a practice serving primarily institutional and corporate clients in high-stakes commercial litigation.
Community
Awesome Attorneys did not identify independently verifiable pro bono service, civic board membership, or policy work specific to Collins in the sources reviewed for this profile.
Recognition
Collins has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Lawyers multiple times, including three times as “Lawyer of the Year” in Patent Litigation for the Scottsdale/Phoenix market — an honor Best Lawyers bestows on only one attorney per city, per practice area, per year, making three selections a genuinely rare, independently verified distinction. He also ranks as a Southwest Super Lawyer in intellectual property litigation and holds an AV Preeminent rating, the highest possible tier, from Martindale-Hubbell.
The Arizona Legal Backdrop
What follows is general legal information, not legal advice.
Patents, federal trademarks, and copyrights are governed almost entirely by federal law rather than Arizona statute, filed with and enforced through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and federal courts, including the specialized Federal Circuit Court of Appeals for patent matters. Trade secret disputes, part of Collins’s named practice, proceed under the Arizona Uniform Trade Secrets Act, A.R.S. § 44-401 et seq., a state-law civil remedy independent of any federal patent or registration.
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Greg Collins Phoenix’s clearest differentiator is a specific, three-time Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” distinction in patent litigation — among the rarest, most individually verified honors documented anywhere in this category — combined with an AV Preeminent rating and a quantified track record of bet-the-company litigation.
The honest trade-off: as a partner at a large international firm now leading its Phoenix trial group, Collins is likely to carry fee structures and matter minimums suited to substantial, high-stakes commercial and IP litigation rather than smaller matters, and Awesome Attorneys did not identify a public client-review record typical of consumer-facing practices.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched in August 2026 from Dorsey & Whitney’s press release announcing Collins’s hire (via BusinessWire), Super Lawyers’ hosted directory, and Avvo. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a competing “Greg Collins” practicing intellectual property law elsewhere that could create identity confusion. Dorsey & Whitney LLP did not commission, review, or pay for this profile.
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