P. Jason Collins

Partner

Jason Collins, a founding partner at Reid Collins & Tsai LLP, is an attorney and CPA who handles all types of complex business and financial litigation with a special emphasis on financial fraud cases, securities matters, insolvency disputes, fiduciary duty and professional liability matters, and cross-border financial litigation. Mr. Collins has managed some of the most prominent financial fraud and insolvency cases in the U.S. and around the world. Jason is known for efficiently managing highly complex matters with an unwavering focus on achieving successful results for his clients.

TEXAS MONTHLY named Jason a "Rising Star" in its 2009 and 2010 Super Lawyers editions, a distinction reserved for the top 2.5% of Texas attorneys who are under 40 years of age.

Prior to founding Reid Collins & Tsai LLP, Jason was a partner at the law firm of Diamond McCarthy LLP and a structured finance auditor with a focus on mergers and acquisitions at Arthur Andersen LLP, where he examined and consulted on sophisticated financial transactions. Jason is a member of the American Bar Association, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the State Bar of Texas. Jason received his J.D., with honors, from The University of Texas School of Law and was elected to the Order of the Coif upon graduation. He received his M.S. in Finance and B.B.A. in Accounting from Texas A&M University, graduating summa cum laude, finishing as the top student in his class, and serving as a Mays Business School Fellow.

Some of Jason’s recent representations include:

• Recently hired as special counsel to the Plan Administrator of Cornerstone Ministries Investments, Inc., to pursue claims arising out of a $140 million financial fraud.
• The ongoing representation of the replacement loan servicer to Acorn Capital Group on over $350 million in defaulted loans made to various entities, including a prominent New York jeweler.
• The representation of the post-confirmation liquidating trustee in the USA Capital case in Las Vegas. The USA Capital case involves a $960 million Ponzi scheme related to the management of a sub-prime mortgage servicer. Jason pursued claims on the trustee’s behalf against the debtor’s former professionals, including a Big Four accounting firm.
• The representation of the LJM2 Creditors Liquidation Trust in the pursuit of claims arising out of Enron’s collapse against a nationally recognized law firm and a Big Four Accounting Firm in the U.S. Federal Court for the Northern District of Texas.
• The representation of the Cayman Joint Provisional Liquidators of Parmalat Capital Finance and the Joint Official Liquidators of Food Holdings Ltd. and Dairy Holdings Ltd. in the pursuit of claims against Bank of America and Grant Thornton in the U.S. Federal Court for the Southern District of New York related to the multi-billion dollar financial collapse of Parmalat, an Italian-based dairy conglomerate, in connection with one of the largest financial frauds in European history.
• The representation of a bankruptcy trustee and a group of 1,100 Latin American investor/creditors in suits brought against Deloitte in the U.S. Federal Court for the Western District of Texas arising out of the financial collapse of Inverworld, a cross-border investment company, in connection with the discovery and termination of an international financial fraud scheme.
• The representation of a publicly traded company sued for approximately $30 million in the U.S. Federal Court for the Central District of California, based on allegations of breach of contract and unfair competition in connection with failed negotiations for a multi-million dollar acquisition. The Court granted summary judgment in favor of Jason's client and dismissed all of the plaintiff's claims for lost profits and expectation damages.
• The representation of Dutch-based Rabobank International in the pursuit of various negligent representation claims against PwC Mexico.