Kevin Collins is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Business, Finance, and Real Estate Departments. He concentrates in the area of commercial litigation, including intellectual property (patents, trademarks, and copyrights), business torts, products liability, and construction. He also routinely handles dissolution proceedings.
Kevin served as the President of the Iowa State Bar Association from 2003 to 2004. He is a Fellow in the American Board of Trial Advocates as well as the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers. He has also been recognized by Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers.
Kevin is a Lifetime Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Membership is by invitation only and is limited to one-third of one percent of the lawyers practicing in the United States.
Kevin is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. LCA is an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society consisting of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers.
Prior to joining Nyemaster Goode, Kevin practiced for 27 years with a law firm in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Recognition
The Best Lawyers in America®, 2006-2020



Chambers USA, 2003-2019


Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

Fellow, The American Bar Foundation

Lifetime Achievement Member, America's Top 100 Attorneys

Life Fellow, Iowa State Bar Foundation
Fellow, American Board of Trial Advocates
Fellow, Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers
Fellow, The College of Master Advocates: Barristers
Great Plains Super Lawyers, Construction Litigation, 2009-present
Professional and Community Affiliations
American Bar Association
Member, Construction Industry Forum
Member, Dispute Resolution Section
Member, Intellectual Property Section
Member, Law Practice Management Section
Member, Litigation Section
Member, Tort & Insurance Practice Section
Iowa State Bar Association
President, 2003-2004
President-Elect, 2002-2003
Vice-President, 2001-2002
Member, Ways and Means Committee, 2001-2006
Member, Independence of the Judiciary
Ad Hoc Committee, 2001-present
Member, Administrative Committee, 2001-2005
Member, Supreme Court Advisory Committee, 2000-2005
Board of Governors, 1998-2001
Co-Chair, Committee for the Delivery of Legal Services to the Elderly, 1989-1990
Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
Member, Law Practice Management Section
Member, Litigation Section
Hawaii State Bar Association
Linn County Bar Association
Chair, Technology Committee, 1995-2000
Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, The Trial Law Institute
Member, Diversity Law Institute
Volunteer Attorney, Iowa Legal Aid