Born 1960 in New Haven (USA), Mr Anthony Michael Collins obtained a Degree in Legal Science from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) in 1984 and the degree of Barrister-at-Law from the Honourable Society of King’s Inns (Dublin) in 1986.

He pursued his professional career at the Bar of Ireland as a Barrister-at-Law from 1986 to 1990 and from 1997 to 2003 and, subsequently, as a Senior Counsel from 2003 to 2013. He temporarily interrupted his career as a Barrister-at-Law between 1990 and 1997 to work at the Court of Justice of the European Communities as a legal secretary to Judges Thomas Francis O’Higgins (from 1990 to 1991) and John L. Murray (from 1991 to 1997). He served as a member of the Permanent Delegation of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) to the Court of Justice and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Court between 2006 and 2013. Since 2015, he has also been an Adjunct Professor of EU law at University College Cork (Ireland). He is an author of numerous publications and works on Irish administrative law and on EU law.

Judge at the General Court from 16 September 2013 to 7 October 2021; Advocate General at the Court of Justice from 7 October 2021 to 7 October 2024.