Mrs. Rebecca Collins was born and raised in McKinney, Texas. Rebecca realized her passion for the law at an early age.
She graduated with honors from Southern Methodist University in 2001 while working full-time at the law firm. In August of 2001, she entered law school full-time.
In 2004, Rebecca earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, in Fort Worth, Texas, a law school subsequently acquired by Texas A&M School of Law.
Rebecca opened her private practice in McKinney, Texas, in November of 2004.
For over twenty years, she has focused on providing effective legal representation in the areas of immigration, probate, guardianship, family, and criminal law.
She assists undocumented immigrants in understanding the immigration consequences of criminal convictions.
Rebecca has gained extensive experience in many facets of U.S. immigration law.
Her practice initially focused on deportation defense (including bond redetermination hearings, cancellation of removal, asylum, NACARA, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture).
Through the years, her practice has flourished in family-based immigration (including adjustment of status, conditional residence, and immigrant visas), citizenship and naturalization, relief under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), deferred action, U visas, nonimmigrant visas, and humanitarian relief attained from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (U.S.C.I.S.) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.).
Rebecca is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Dallas Bar Association, Collin County Bar Association, ASISTA and National Immigration Project. She received extensive trial training from the Trial Lawyer’s College under the leadership of Gerry Spence, graduating in 2005, and thereafter attended numerous graduate programs. In addition, she received training at the National Psychodrama Training Center and Bridging Harts Psychodrama Training Institute.
She obtained her mediator certification from Texas Women’s University in 2010.
Throughout the years, she has offered her legal services and guidance to pro bono and charity organizations, such as Proyecto Adelante, Baptist Immigration Center and La Tiendita.
Together with her husband and three boys, they spend all their remaining time tending to the family ranch and the registered Texas Longhorns they breed.