Collier Marsh focuses his practice on land use, real estate development, and state and local property tax. He represents real estate developers, commercial property owners, property managers, homebuilders, and homeowners associations across North Carolina. Collier advises clients throughout the full lifecycle of real estate development — from the initial zoning and entitlement approvals through construction and the resolution of development-related disputes.
In his land use practice, Collier represents developers of commercial, residential, and mixed-use real estate projects in the Triangle and throughout North Carolina. He regularly appears before legislative bodies, boards, and commissions, helping clients secure rezonings and other land use approvals necessary to move development projects forward. Clients have praised Collier's ability to navigate complex local approval processes and achieve results in both large metropolitan jurisdictions and smaller municipalities, including projects that face significant community or political opposition to development.
In his property tax practice, Collier represents large commercial property owners in assessment and exemption disputes. He advocates for clients before local boards of equalization and review, and the North Carolina Property Tax Commission. Collier leads a team at Parker Poe that has handled hundreds of property tax appeals throughout North Carolina, representing owners and managers of multifamily, office, retail, mixed-use, and industrial properties.
Collier brings prior litigation experience from representing clients in the superior courts of North Carolina, the federal district courts of North Carolina, the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has also volunteered as an advocate for abused and neglected juveniles through the North Carolina Guardian ad Litem program.
In addition to his client work, Collier serves as Parker Poe’s Raleigh Office Development Partner, where he leads the Raleigh office's community engagement and growth strategy.
Prior to joining Parker Poe, Collier served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the Office of the Attorney General of Kentucky. He earned his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he served as the editor-in-chief of the Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia.