New York lawyer Rick Collins, Esq., has been interviewed as a legal authority on the topic of anabolic steroids, performance-enhancing substances, and sports nutrition supplements on television and on dozens of radio broadcasts. His comments have appeared in countless online and print publications, including but not limited to USA Today, ESPN.com, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Village Voice, the Salt Lake Tribune, Newsday and Reason magazine. The Toronto Star recently (3/26/05) said, "If you're a pro athlete who uses drugs to win, Rick Collins has no patience for you. And if you're a teenager thinking about taking steroids, Collins would beg you to think again. But if you're an adult American in legal trouble over steroid use, Rick Collins is your guy." An interesting article to which Mr. Collins contributed was "Pumping Up Steroid Hysteria." Good primers on his background may be found in interviews published in IronLife Magazine and RXMuscle.

His practice and accomplished career have been profiled in periodicals as diverse as the prestigious New York Law Journal and the popular MuscleMag International. He has written extensively on the topic of illicit steroid use for legal publications including the Criminal Justice Journal of the New York State Bar Association and The Champion, the publication of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. His scholarly article "Changing the Game: The Congressional Response to Sports Doping via the Anabolic Steroid Control Act" appears in the Spring 2006 edition of the New England Law Review.  In his testimony before the United States Sentencing Commission on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Mr. Collins was asked to offer his comments on whether anabolic steroids should be treated the same as other Schedule III controlled substances for the purposes of drug equivalency under the federal sentencing guidelines. He has also written extensively for online and print magazines on the effectiveness and impact of the Anabolic Steroid Control Act. He frequently writes about dietary supplement legal issues for various fitness and bodybuilding publications, and is a monthly columnist for the nationally circulated Muscular Development magazine and a member of their Advisory Board. A recent issue of the popular FLEX magazine profiled Mr. Collins in an article entitled, "Here, There and Everywhere." Writer Shawn Perine begins the piece with, "In bodybuilding circles, his name is thrown around as frequently as T-shirts at the Olympia expo. When bodybuilding makes national headlines, which it has been doing quite a bit of late, RICK COLLINS is among the few field experts called upon to clear up matters..." The story, which includes the achievements of Mr. Collins in court and at the gym, appears on page 48 of the April '05 issue.

Several steroid-related articles by Eric Dexheimer in the Denver Westword feature Mr. Collins and his practice. One article is entitled "Flexing His Muscle: The Air Force Academy discovered that prosecuting accused steroid-abusers is as tricky as attorney Rick Collins says," while another entitled "What's the Beef?" states: "If you've been busted for steroid possession -- and you're smart -- you call the Long Island offices of Rick Collins."

For more information on Mr. Collins, visit www.rickcollinsonline.com (his curriculum vitae are published on the site). Media inquiries should be directed to Danielle Amoroso or Sandra Grieco, assistants to Mr. Collins, at 516-294-0300 during eastern time business hours, or by email to info@cmgesq.com.