29 Apr 2026
Greenberg Traurig Welcomes Shareholders Michael Collyard and Peter Ihrig to Its Minneapolis Litigation Practice
"Greenberg Traurig adds shareholders Michael Collyard and Peter Ihrig in Minneapolis to its Litigation Practice, bolstering financial fraud, receivership and complex business disputes capabilities."
Michael A. Collyard joins Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder from Robins Kaplan LLP, where he served as chair of the Banking & Financial Fraud Litigation Group and chair of the eDiscovery Group. Collyard is a highly skilled trial lawyer who handles high‑stakes commercial disputes on both the plaintiff and defense sides. His practice encompasses complex business litigation, financial fraud, receivership and trustee matters, antitrust, fiduciary duty claims, and discovery and spoliation disputes. He has extensive trial experience in federal and state courts nationwide and has litigated multibillion‑dollar disputes involving major financial institutions. On the plaintiff side, he has represented court‑appointed receivers and trustees in complex financial fraud matters, including cases arising out of Ponzi schemes; his defense work has included representing banks in mortgage‑backed securities disputes and in matters brought by state attorneys general. Collyard served as lead counsel, alongside Ihrig, in securing a $564 million verdict for a trustee—the largest jury verdict in Minnesota history—in one of the largest Ponzi scheme cases in U.S. history.
Peter Ihrig joins Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder from Robins Kaplan LLP. He brings extensive experience on both sides of complex, high‑stakes litigation and has secured verdicts and settlements totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Ihrig represents bankruptcy trustees, court‑appointed receivers, major financial institutions, and corporate clients in a broad range of matters, including fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, securities disputes, commercial real estate litigation, indemnification actions, and government enforcement proceedings. A significant focus of his practice involves pursuing and defending claims arising from large‑scale financial fraud and corporate misconduct. Ihrig, together with Collyard, was part of the trial team that achieved the $564 million verdict for a trustee in the Ponzi scheme matter.