[NOTE: SEE BELOW FOR INFORMATION ON THE 2010 GLOBAL LEAP FOR LIFE EVENT]

Rick Collins has been interviewed as a legal authority on the topic of anabolic steroids, performance-enhancing substances, and sports nutrition supplements on film, television, and and on dozens of radio broadcasts. His comments have appeared in countless online and print publications, including 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. His practice and accomplished career have been profiled in periodicals as diverse as the prestigious New York Law Journal and the popular MuscleMag International magazine.

The Toronto Star (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." The "Ask the Doctor" column by Peter Grossman, MD, in the June/July issue of Westlake magazine featured a detailed statement from Mr. Collins about why teenagers shouldn't use steroids.

In the feature documentary "Bigger, Stronger, Faster*: The Side Effect of being American" (now available on DVD), writer-director Chris Bell comprehensively explores the collision of anabolic steroids and American culture. Rick Collins served as one of the film's two consultants, and appears in on-camera interviews. A deleted scene about "roid rage" can be viewed on Youtube.

Rick Collins was featured and pictured in the "Muscle Beach Gossip" column in MuscleMag International with the headline, "Can This Guy Get Any Busier?" Columnist Larry Pepe applauded Rick's work for the dietary supplement industry and described him as the go-to guy when "a hardcore bodybuilder gets in a bit of a jam of one type or another." A later issue of the same magazine referred to Rick as "the premier steroid lawyer in the United States," and yet another issue featured an interview with him regarding the federal case against his popular pro bodybuilding client, Dave Palumbo. In "Here, There and Everywhere," FLEX magazine writer Shawn Perine observed: "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 highlighted Rick's accomplishments both in court and in the gym.

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."

In his testimony before the United States Sentencing Commission on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Rick 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 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. 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. To read a variety of his articles, go to SteroidLaw.com.

LEAP FOR LIFE 2010

In 2009, Rick jumped from an airplane as a charity event on behalf of the American Cancer Society. He raised over $15,000 for cancer research in his first-time skydive, falling from a height of over 13,000 feet. You can watch the video of the event on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib0LtjVvAQ8, or click on the thumbnail image for the newspaper story about the event.

In August 2010, Rick jumped again! During the weekend of August 21st – 22nd, more than 70 people across the United States and Canada took a “leapâ€� into a whole new way of raising awareness – and money – for cancer research. This unique show of support, solidarity – and “skydiving for a causeâ€� – was the result of the first-ever Global Leap for Life (www.leapforlife.org) – a unique fundraiser created by NY-based attorney and fitness authority Rick Collins that succeeded in raising more than $31,000 for LiveSTRONG/the Lance Armstrong Foundation to help in the fight against cancer. It's not too late to support Rick's efforts with a contribution at www.leapforlife.org! The donation you make today may someday save the life of someone you love!  Watch's Rick's 2010 jump here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4lCvm9OCyw.

Media inquiries should be directed to Sandra Grieco or Danielle Amoroso, assistants to Mr. Collins, at 516-294-0300 during eastern time business hours, or by email to info@cmgesq.com.