Collier was born in Miami Beach, Florida. He graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 2016 (B.S. in Business Consulting) and New York University School of Law in 2019.
During college, Collier served as a consultant in London, England for a public relations firm. Collier was an active student at Vanderbilt University participating as a Beat Writer and News Reporter at the Vanderbilt Hustler, Executive Board Member and Assistant Treasurer at Delta Tau Delta, Allocation Team Member at the Student Government Activity Fund, Performer in the Diwali, Chinese New Year, and Latin American Dance Festivals.
While in law school, Collier was active in his law school community. Collier served as a volunteer mediator at the Bronx Supreme Court covering a variety of small claims disputes. Collier also served as a civil litigation extern at the United States Attorneys’ Office of the Eastern District of New York, mostly working on a mortgage-backed security fraud case involving an international bank that settled for $2 Billion. Collier was a Staff Editor and Books Reviews Editor for New York University School of Law’s Journal of International Law & Politics.
Collier started practice as a secured transactions attorney in New York City for Otterbourg P.C. Wanting to move back home and to be closer to family, Collier started practicing corporate and mergers and acquisitions law with Greenberg Traurig, P.A. In 2022, Collier left Greenberg Traurig, P.A. to join Vernis & Bowling. Collier’s areas of practice include business and commercial law, general insurance defense law, general liability defense law, and insurance coverage law. Collier has serviced multiple PE funds, lenders, SPACs, and public companies.
Collier enjoys travel, improving his Spanish, exercise, the Miami Dolphins, and the Miami Heat.