Dustin L. Collier

Attorney Dustin Collier is the founder and co-owner of Collier Law Firm in Corte Madera, California. A top-rated trial lawyer with more than 14 years of total legal experience, Mr. Collier focuses his practice primarily on personal injury and employment law, and he provides invaluable counsel and support to clients throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Region and surrounding areas who have suffered a serious injury or lost a loved one due to someone else's negligence or wrongdoing, as well as those who have been wrongfully terminated, discriminated against, or retaliated against. Over the course of his legal career, Mr. Collier has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in judgments and settlements for his plaintiff clients, and he has gained a reputation as a fierce advocate for the rights and interests of individuals and families suffering needlessly through no fault of their own. He has extensive experience with arbitration and negotiation as well as litigation, and he is often called upon by other attorneys to serve as lead trial counsel with their complex civil litigation matters. As further evidence of his leadership abilities, Mr. Collier works as a trial and deposition skills instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and he has served on the faculty of various programs sponsored by the organization. In addition, he facilitates classes with the Intensive Advocacy Program at University of San Francisco, and he serves as a moot court judge as well as a trial and jury consultant. He has trained thousands of lawyers on the art of persuasion and its application to trial practice, including programs hosted by NITA, CELA, Trial Lawyers University, and the Bar Association of San Francisco. Among his other professional affiliations, Mr. Collier is a member of the planning committee for the California Employment Lawyers Association’s Annual Trial College, and he also conducts lectures and training for the organization. He is also a member of the National Lawyers Guild, the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, the Consumer Attorneys of California, and the California Employment Lawyers Association, among others. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Dustin L. Collier included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors National Trial Lawyers "Top 40 Under 40," 2019 - 2023 Daily Journal Top 75 Labor and Employment Lawyers, 2022-2023 Selected to Super Lawyers 2024 (also selected to Rising Stars 2016 - 2023) Member of the team from Marin Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2022 Other Sources of Feedback About Dustin L. Collier Included on the 2026Northern California Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2016 Northern California Super Lawyers list

• Shareholder / General Partner

• Beeson, Tayer, & Bodine, P.C., Clerked
• Beeson, Tayer, & Bodine, Associate

• NITA Trial Skills Seminar - Western Regional, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2010 - Present
• NITA Deposition Skills Seminar - Western Regional, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2010 - Present
• CELA Trial College, California Employment Lawyers Association, 2010 - Present
• Intensive Advocacy Program, University of San Francisco, 2013 - 2016
• Harnessing Adrenaline, Bar Association of San Francisco, 2017 - 2017
• “Race in Opening Statements,” California Employment Lawyers Association, February 2024
• PSBR Trial College, July 2022
• Trial Lawyers University – Las Vegas, October 2022

• California, 2009

• Bar Association of San Francisco, 2016 - Present
• California Employment Lawyers Association, 2010 - Present (Trial College Planning Committee Member)
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2010 - Present (Faculty Member)
• Trial Lawyers University
• The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
• Consumer Attorneys of California
• California Employment Lawyers Association
• San Francisco County Bar Association
• San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Lambda Chi Alpha