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Scott E. Collins
phone (206) 689-2178
scollins@helsell.com

TITLE: Managing Partner

AREAS OF PRACTICE
• Admiralty and Maritime
• Business Litigation
• Employment Disputes
• Products Liability
• Lawyer Ethics
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Scott Collins has been the managing partner
of Helsell Fetterman since 2001.

Mr. Collins’ law practice has historically focused on disputes and transactions within the maritime industries of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska where he has represented fishermen, suppliers, shipyards, manufacturers, lenders, vessel owners, seafood processors, and salvage companies. Over time his practice has evolved to include employment advice and disputes, warranty and products liability, lawyer ethics and professional responsibility, bankruptcy creditor rights, and general business litigation.

Mr. Collins is admitted to practice in all state, federal and bankruptcy courts in Washington and he has been admitted on a pro hac vice basis in federal courts in Alaska and Oregon.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Maritime Law Association of the United States
American Bar Association
Washington State Bar Association
King County Bar Association
Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington
Propeller Club for the Port of Seattle

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Managing Historic Shipwrecks in the United States, 17 Coastal Management 309 (1989)
Limitations on Federal Jurisdiction, Federal Court Practice CLE (1993)
Maritime Liens and Ship Mortgages, Port of Seattle Maritime Law Seminars (1993 – 1996)
An Overview of the Law of Long-Lost Shipwrecks, UnderSeas Explorations Trade Show, Portland, Oregon (1999)
Emerging Developments in Shipwreck Law, UnderSeas Explorations Trade Show, San Diego, California (2000)
Ethics of Metadata, Helsell Fetterman in-house CLE (2007)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Underwater Admiralty Sciences, Inc., member, board of advisors, 2003 – present.
Downtown Legal Clinic, attorney volunteer, 1989 – present; past clinic coordinator.
World Association for Children and Parents, member, board of directors, 1997 – 2006, past chairperson.
Northwest Justice Project, member, board of directors, 1997 – 2004, past chairperson.
Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington, admiralty committee chair, 2006 – present; past treasurer.
King County Bar Association, Neighborhood Legal Clinics Committee, member, 1995 – 2001.
Argonaut Society, member, board of directors, 1989 – 1993.
American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Admiralty Law Section, member, executive committee, 1991 – 1995.
Bellevue Thunderbird Little League, baseball coach, 2001 – present.
Bellevue Boys & Girls Club, basketball coach, 2004 – present.

EDUCATION
University of Washington School of Law (J.D. 1988)
Union College (B.A. 1985)
Williams College – Mystic Seaport Program in American Maritime Studies (Fall 1983)

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Mr. Collins is admitted to practice in all the state, federal and bankruptcy courts in Washington, and he has been admitted on a pro hac vice basis in federal courts in Alaska and Oregon.