Dustin L. Collier - a Mill Valley, California (CA) Personal Injury Lawyer

Mill Valley Personal Injury Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Personal Injury
Employment Law

Litigation: 90%

Attorney Information

Overview

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 2026 Northern 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

Education

Legal Education
- University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Berkeley, California, 2009
  J.D.
  Honors: Berkeley Law Moot Court Program, Judge
  Honors: American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law National Mock Trial Competition, Judge
Non Legal Education
- Arkansas State University, 2006
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Honors: With High Honors
  Major: Philosophy

Current Employment Position(s)

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Shareholder / General Partner
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Past Positions

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

Classes and Seminars

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

Published Works

Articles

“Fear in the Sphere: Lifestyle Discrimination in the Digital Age,” Award-winning article published by the State Bar of California
Public Speaking and the Art of Persuasion, Advocate Magazine, October , 2020
Dustin Collier and Joshua Socks discuss the art of persuasion, including its philosophical, psychological, and sociological underpinnings.
Is California’s Private Attorney General Act Enforceable Against Public Entities? – Advocate Magazine, May 2019
“Trends in California Whistleblower Law,” Continuing Education of the Bar Webinar, 2018
Mr. Collier gave a webinar presentation on recent developments and trends in California whistleblower protection laws.
“The Ideal Pendulum Swing: From Rhetoric to Reality,” 13 Berkeley Criminal Law Journal 175, 2008

Bar Admissions

California, 2009

Other Affiliations

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

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Contact

Mill Valley, CA

110 E. Blithedale Avenue
Suite B
Mill Valley, CA 94941

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Phone: 628-600-7204

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Website: https://www.collierlawsf.com

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