An Introduction to Tort-Based Healthcare Litigation

Caldwell G. Collins, a shareholder in the Nashville office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, leads the firm’s Long-Term Care Litigation group. She advises healthcare providers in professional liability actions, payor disputes, government investigations, and daily operational challenges. Ms. Collins is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, president of the Women’s Law Caucus, and recipient of the Association of Women Faculty Graduate Student Award. Ms. Collins received her BA in English literature from Vanderbilt University. In 2018, she was named an “On the Rise—Top 40 Young Lawyer” by the American Bar Association; she was selected as a fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation in 2020; and she has been listed as a Mid-South Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine each year since 2014. Rob is a member in Cozen O'Connor's Health Law Practice Group. He primarily represents health care clients in Medicare, Medicaid, and third-party payor reimbursement disputes. Rob also counsels health care clients on regulatory and compliance issues. He was selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star (Health Care) for 2016-2018. Rob is a subcommittee chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Litigation (Health Law Litigation). Rob is a member of the board of directors of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania (APABAPA), the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group (PDLG), and the St. Thomas More Society of Philadelphia. At Cornell University, Rob earned his Bachelor of Science, with honors, in policy analysis and management, with a concentration in health policy. He earned his Master of Business Administration from Villanova University. Robert received his Master of Public Health, with a concentration in health policy and administration, from Yale University, where he was a managing editor of the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics. Rob earned his law degree, cum laude, from Villanova University School of Law. During law school, he was a quarterfinalist in the Theodore Reimel Moot Court Competition, and he successfully secured immigration asylum for clients through Villanova's Clinic for Asylum, Refugee and Emigrant Services. At graduation, Rob was awarded the ABA-BNA Award for excellence in the study of health law. Attorney Advertising Disclaimer: The Super Lawyers Rising Stars List is issued by Thompson Reuters. A description of the selection process can be found here. The ABA-BNA Award is issued by the American Bar Association and Bloomberg BNA. A description of the selection process can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.