Michael E. Collins is a principal in Manier & Herod, practicing in the areas of bankruptcy law, surety law, and commercial litigation.  He received his BA (1989) from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee and received his JD (1993), magna cum laude, from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, where he was Article Editor of the Cumberland Law Review.  Mr. Collins received his MBA (2000) with honors, from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

Mr. Collins was formerly an Assistant U.S. Trustee for the U.S. Department of Justice and a financial restructuring consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Collins is a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor by the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors and the Turnaround Management Association. Mr. Collins is the recipient of the Kroll Zolfo Cooper / Randy Waits CIRA Bronze Medal for finishing the CIRA certification course with the third highest examination score for 2006. Mr. Collins is past Chairman of the Bankruptcy Section of the Nashville Bar Association.

Mr. Collins has served as Chapter 11 Trustee of numerous business debtors, including United Shows of America, Inc., Two Rivers Motors, Inc., Alliance Leasing Corporation, and Advocacy and Resources Corporation.