Bill Collier was born in Galveston, Texas in 1952 and attended Rice University where he received a B.A. degree (cum laude) in 1975. While at Rice, he was President of Sid Richardson College and Chairman of the University's Honor Council. He later obtained a J.D. degree from Tulane University in New Orleans in 1978. He is admitted to practice law in the courts of Texas, Louisiana and California.Mr. Collier joined Keesal, Young & Logan in 1980 and became a shareholder in 1984. He heads the firm's marine, energy and environmental groups in the firm's Long Beach office.
Mr. Collier practices in the area of civil litigation and represents primarily oil and refining companies, shipowners, marine underwriters and multinational companies involved in international trade and maritime transportation in connection with commercial disputes, casualties, personal injuries and environmental matters. He has significant trial experience in both the state and federal courts of California, and is ''AV'' rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Collier is Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Torrance Memorial Medical Center. He is also a Director of the U. S. Coast Guard Foundation, a Board Member of The World Trade Center Association of Los Angeles/Long Beach, a Board Member of the Long Beach Qingdao Sister Cities Association and a Board Member of the International Seafarer's Center. He has been recently recognized for the second year in a row as one of Southern California's ''Super Lawyers'' by the editors of Law and Politics Magazine and for the tenth year by Best Lawyers in America, a publication of Woodward White.
Source: Keesal, Young & Logan
