Experience

Amy Collins has substantial experience providing common benefit consulting and auditing services in multidistrict litigation and state court coordinated proceedings nationwide. She provides independent, third-party services to MDL leadership, fee committees, special masters, and courts. The following matters are representative of her background and experience providing common benefit services.

Current Appointments

  • Multistate Opioids Settlements State Cost Funds
    State Cost Funds Auditor
  • MDL 2804, In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
    National Settlements Fee Panel Assistant
    National Settlements Cost and Expense Fund Administrator Assistant
  • MDL 3060, In Re: Hair Relaxer Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
    Common Benefit Billing Manager & Auditor 
  • JCCP No. 5255, Social Media Cases, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County
    Common Benefit Billing Manager & Auditor
  • MDL 3047, In re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation, United States District Court for the Northern District of California
    Common Benefit Billing Manager & Auditor
  • Delaware County, Pennsylvania v. Purdue Pharma L.P., et.al., In the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, Pennsylvania
    Auditor & Advisor to the Special Master for the Pennsylvania Opioid Fee Fund
  • Cordis IVC Filter Consolidated Litigation, In re Dunson v. Cordis Corporation, Case No. RG16812476, Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda
    Fee Allocation Liaison Counsel Advisor
  • MDL 2974, In Re: Paragard IUD Products Liability Litigation, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
    Common Benefit Time and Expenses Billing Manager and Auditor
  • MDL 2804, In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
    Common Benefit Time and Expense Billing Manager and Auditor

Past Appointments

  • In Re Option Vena Cava Litigation, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
    Common Benefit Auditor & Advisor
  • MDL 2942, In Re: Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
    Common Benefit Advisor & Auditor
  • MDL 2641, In Re: Bard IVC Filter Products Liability Litigation, United States District Court for the District of Arizona
    Common Benefit Fee & Cost Committee Advisor
  • MDL Nos. 2187, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2387, 2440, and 2511, In Re: Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
    Fee & Cost Committee Time & Expense Reviewer

Presentations and Speaking Engagements

  • GW Law Bench Bar Conference, “Common Benefit Fees in Mass Tort MDL Cases,” April 2023
  • Mass Torts Puerto Rico, “Opioid Litigation Fee Panel Issues,” May 2023
  • Duke Law Mass Tort Certificate & Advanced Certificate Program, “Case Management Order - Scope of order and detailed procedural roadmap; master pleadings; time and expense reporting; discovery coordination,” November 2020

Additional Information & Inquiries

From our office in Houston, Texas, we provide independent third-party common benefit consulting and auditing services nationwide in multidistrict litigation and state court coordinated proceedings. We welcome inquiries about our services and can be reached by phone at (281) 788-7697.