Rick Collins, Esq.

Rick Collins is an internationally recognized legal authority on the non-medical use/abuse of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing substances. Rick has been involved in the legal defense of countless criminal cases involving the possession or sale of these compounds, and has personally defended individuals in a variety of jurisdictions from New York to California and at the borders of Canada and Mexico. A former Nassau County Assistant District Attorney, Rick has been awarded the highest accolades for legal abilities and ethical standards (AV-rating) from the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell directory of lawyers, and he is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

A well-known figure in the bodybuilding, health, fitness and dietary supplement communities, Rick is the countrys leading expert in steroid law. His high-profile cases have included professional bodybuilders and the chemist in the BALCO case, and he has handled athletic doping cases involving the NCAA and professional sports. Rick has been consulted by amateur and professional bodybuilders, wrestlers, physicians, pharmacists, military servicemen, police departments and various business entities, and he is frequently retained to assist and consult with other criminal lawyers on the subject. In addition to his role as a leading defense attorney and one of the countrys top legal authorities on performance enhancing drugs and supplements, Rick is the author of the definitive legal treatise on anabolic steroids and has written extensively on the topic of non-medical steroid use for a wide variety of legal publications. He frequently writes for various fitness and bodybuilding publications, and is a monthly columnist for the nationally circulated Muscular Development magazine and a member of their Advisory Board. Rick has appeared as a legal commentator on the nationally televised NewsTalk Television Network, and was

interviewed as a legal authority on performance enhancing substances in the film Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008). He has been featured on national television talk and news shows, talk radio interviews and in countless online and print publications, including USA Today, ESPN.com, The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Village Voice, the Salt Lake Tribune, Newsday and Reason magazine. His practice and accomplished career have been profiled in periodicals as diverse as the prestigious New York Law Journal and the popular MuscleMag International. Rick, who was honored with the 2001 Presidents Award of the Nassau County Bar Association, is a past president of the Criminal Courts Bar Association of Nassau County and an officer or member of numerous other state and national professional organizations including the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Life Member), the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the New York State Defenders Association. He is an annual faculty member for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, having served as Team Leader and is

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on the Adjunct Faculty serving as Special Professor of Law at Hofstra University Law School. Rick serves as the official legal advisor to the International Federation of Body Builders and is also General Counsel to the International Society of Sports Nutrition. A nationally Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA-CSCS), Rick has not only integrated his devotion to strength and health into his professional life, but has recently co-authored with best-selling author James Villepigue a book to share his insights. The definitive guide to mens inner and outer fitness through diet and exercise, Alpha Male Challenge is a Rodale publication and is available in fine bookstores everywhere. You can visit the website www.alphamalechallenge.com to learn more about Ricks new book. Rick was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as an undergraduate at Hofstra University. After attending law school on a full

academic scholarship and serving on the Law Review, he was admitted to the New York Bar. He served as an assistant district attorney for five years. Rick is a past Editor-in-Chief of the Nassau Lawyer, the journal of the Nassau County Bar. He is also active in community programs and civic associations. In the past he has worked as a stage and film actor, and is a member in good standing of the Screen Actors Guild. To learn more about Rick, please go to www.rickcollins.com.

138 Mineola Blvd, Mineola, NY 11501 Phone: 516-294-0300 Fax: 516-294-0477 Web: www.cmgesq.com
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