Michael D. Collett

Michael represents and advises clients on admiralty and maritime, government contracts, and labor and employment issues.

Michael earned his Juris Doctor from William & Mary Law School, where he was inducted into the Order of Barristers and received the George Wythe Award. He graduated with merit from the United States Naval Academy, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in political science. At the Naval Academy, he was inducted into the Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society and played Division I lacrosse.

Michael began his 14 years on active duty in the U.S. Navy serving onboard USS ASHLAND (LSD-48), where he deployed to the Middle East and then ushered his ship through an extensive mid-life overhaul in a Hampton Roads shipyard. Michael then served at Amphibious Squadron Eight (CPR-8) and embarked onboard USS IWO JIMA (LHD-7) for his second deployment to the Middle East.  He transferred to the Pentagon, where he oversaw weapon system program budgeting and management on the Chief of Naval Operations staff. While at the Pentagon, Michael earned a highly competitive Navy law school scholarship and transferred to the U.S. Navy JAG Corps. As a JAG, Michael completed multiple litigation and leadership tours as a military prosecutor and criminal defense attorney and was designated as a military justice litigation specialist. Michael transferred to the U.S. Navy Reserve Force, where he continues to serve. Before arriving at Willcox Savage, Michael worked at a Hampton Roads law firm, where he represented clients in a wide variety of complex cases, to include maritime, products liability, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death.