Tokesha Collins is an associate in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. She joined the firm in 2008 and practices in the environmental law group.  Prior to law school, Tokesha was a highway engineer for the Louisiana and Texas Departments of Transportation where she designed roadway, drainage and other highway projects. 

Education:

In May of 2008, she earned her J.D., with a concentration in Environmental Law, from the University of Maryland School of Law.  While in law school, Tokesha was the Presidential Scholar, as well as a Notes and Comments Editor of The Journal of Business & Technology Law.  She earned her Master of Science in Environmental Planning and Management from Louisiana State University in 2005.  Tokesha earned her B.S. in Civil Engineering from Brown University in 2001.

Admissions:

Admitted to the bar, Louisiana, 2008; U.S. District Courts in Louisiana, 2008; U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, 2008.

Memberships:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society; Massachusetts-State-Certified Engineer-in-Training, 2001.

Articles and Publications:

• Thesis: An Analysis of the Variables that Influence a Country’s Decision to Ratify the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.