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Christopher T. Collins

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Chair, Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Group

222 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60601

+1 (312) 609 7706

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Christopher T. Collins

Shareholder

Chair, Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Group

Christopher T. Collins is Chair of the Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits group.

He assists employers on all aspects of employee benefits, focusing on retirement and welfare plan design, qualification and compliance. He frequently advises employers regarding benefit issues in connection with mergers and acquisitions and U.S. Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service correction programs. Mr. Collins also represents companies and executives in the design and negotiation of executive compensation arrangements, such as nonqualified deferred compensation plans and equity compensation plans.

Mr. Collins regularly counsels clients on HIPAA privacy issues and has written extensively on the HITECH Breach Notification Rule. He has also assisted clients in responding to security incidents involving health- and employment-related information.

Mr. Collins is an adjunct professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he teaches Employee Benefits Law. The Legal 500 United States guide recommended Mr. Collins in the Labor and Employment—Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and the Retirement Plans: Design, and Labor and Employment—Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactions categories. He was selected for inclusion in Leading Lawyers from 2019 to 2021, and was also selected for inclusion as an “Illinois Rising Star” from 2009 to 2011 by Super Lawyers. In 2021, Mr. Collins was recognized in Chambers USA in the Illinois Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits & Compensation category. In addition, Mr. Collins was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in the category of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law in 2024.

Christopher T. Collins

Shareholder

Chair, Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Group

Education

  • IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 2002, with high honors
  • University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1996

Christopher T. Collins

Shareholder

Chair, Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Group

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, 2002

Affiliations

  • Past Co-Chair, Employee Benefits Committee of the Young Lawyers Section, Chicago Bar Association
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Co-Chair, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Interest Group, Health Law Section, American Bar Association

Christopher T. Collins

Shareholder

Chair, Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Group

Christopher T. Collins

Shareholder

Chair, Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Group