Collins Law
1770 Park St #200, Naperville, IL 60563, Naperville, IL 60563
About Collins Law
Collins Law, founded in 1992, provides legal representation in personal injury, environmental law, and business litigation. Based in Naperville, Illinois, the firm serves clients across the country. It has secured over $1.47 billion in verdicts and settlements, including a $363 million environmental cancer verdict and a $408 million ethylene oxide settlement. The firm is recognized for its work in complex toxic tort environmental cases, including class actions for contamination. Its nine attorneys have over 175 years of combined experience.
Our Attorneys
Norman B. Berger
OF COUNSEL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CASES
44+ years experience
Shawn M. Collins
PARTNER / OWNER
39+ years experience
John A. Sopuch III
OF COUNSEL
35+ years experience
Edward John Manzke
PARTNER
33+ years experience
Robert L. Dawidiuk
PARTNER
22+ years experience
Leonard E. Hudson
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
18+ years experience
John D. Risvold
PARTNER
10+ years experience
Margaret Galka
ASSOCIATE
7+ years experience
Christopher Gauthier
ASSOCIATE
2+ years experience
Notable Case Results
Case results are sourced directly from attorney websites by Injuria.ai's data infrastructure, which actively monitors 22,000+ personal injury law firms. They are not results obtained by ThatCarHitMe.com. Every case is unique and must be evaluated on its own facts. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. The results shown are not necessarily representative of all results obtained by these firms.
$408M
Environmental Contamination / Cancer
Settlement for nearly 900 residents who contracted cancer after being exposed for years to carcinogenic ethylene oxide emissions.
$363M
Toxic Tort / Environmental Cancer
Verdict in a toxic tort case where a woman contracted breast cancer after years of exposure to ethylene oxide.
$124.5M
Product Liability / Car Accident
Jury ordered Audi to pay to an 11-year-old boy who was left brain-damaged, partially paralyzed and blinded in his right eye in a 2012 rear-end collision due to a defective seat back.
$120M
Product Liability / Ovarian Cancer
St. Louis jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay to a woman who claimed her ovarian cancer had been caused by her 40+ years of the company’s talcum powder products. Includes $110 million in punitive damages.
$95M
Environmental Contamination
Recovered for damage to clients’ property values, caused by polluters recklessly disposing of industrial chemicals.
$94.5M
Environmental Contamination / Class Action
Settlement for thousands of residents who suffered property damage caused by a chemical explosion, fire, and resulting toxic plume at the Chemtool manufacturing plant in Rockton, IL.