Faculty Profile: Heather Collins

Heather Moore Collins practices in the Nashville, Tennessee area where she founded HMC Civil Rights Law, which concentrates on the representation of employees employment litigation and plaintiffs other civil rights matters. Ms. Collins’ representation of employees includes a focus on litigation and trial practice.  

Ms. Collins has litigated and served as lead trial counsel in employment discrimination cases in federal and state court on the basis of age, race, sex, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy, disability (ADA), religion, FMLA, and claims for retaliation, workplace whistle-blowing, and wage and overtime claims under federal and state law. 

Ms. Collins is licensed in Tennessee and Florida. She is admitted to practice in the federal courts in the Middle, Eastern and Western District Courts of Tennessee; the Southern, Middle, and Northern District Courts of Florida; the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals; and the United States Supreme Court. She is a member of the Florida Bar, the Tennessee Bar, the Tennessee Employment Lawyers Association (TENNELA), and the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA). She currently serves as a NELA Board member.