J. Collins Wohner, Jr., was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1987 and to the Mississippi Bar in 1988. His experience spans from appellate advocacy, general product liability litigation, class action and commercial litigation to tort and general litigation. Prior to joining Watkins & Eager, Collins was a law clerk to the Honorable William H. Barbour, Jr., U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi (1986-1988).

Publications and Honors

• The Best Lawyers in America® (2011-2012, Appellate Law)

Education

• Vanderbilt University; Yale University (B.A., 1981, magna cum laude, honors in English) Phi Beta Kappa
• Columbia University (J.D., 1986) Case Note and Comment Editor, Columbia Journal of Transactional Law, 1985-1986
  

Professional And Community Involvement

• State Bar of Georgia
  
• Mississippi Bar Association
  
• American Bar Association
  
• Capital Area Bar Association, Secretary/Treasurer (2011-2012)
  
• Fifth Circuit Bar Association, Governor-at-Large, Mississippi
  
• Federal Bar Association, Past President
  
• Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle Parish Council
  
• Mississippi Opera Association, Board of Directors
  
• St. Dominic Health Services, Community Advisory Board
  
• St. Richard Catholic School, Advisory Council