H. Russel Holland

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H. Russel Holland
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
Assumed office
September 18, 2001
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
In office
1989–1995
Preceded byJames Martin Fitzgerald
Succeeded byJames Keith Singleton Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
In office
July 16, 1984 – September 18, 2001
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byJames von der Heydt
Succeeded byRalph Beistline
Personal details
Born
Hezekiah Russel Holland

(1936-09-18) September 18, 1936 (age 84)
Pontiac, Michigan
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BBA, LLB)

Hezekiah Russel Holland (born September 18, 1936), more commonly known as H. Russel Holland, is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.

Education and career[]

Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Holland received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business in 1958 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Michigan Law School in 1961. He was a law clerk with Justice Buell A. Nesbett of the Supreme Court of Alaska in 1961. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Anchorage, Alaska division from 1963 to 1965, and was then in private practice in Anchorage until 1984.[1]

Federal judicial service[]

On March 6, 1984, Holland was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska vacated by Judge James von der Heydt. Holland was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 26, 1984, and received his commission on July 16, 1984. He served as Chief Judge from 1989 to 1995, assuming senior status on September 18, 2001.[1]

Holland serves as a visiting judge in the District of Arizona,[2] having first presided over a case in that court in 1993.[3] He has heard 835 cases in the District of Arizona.[4] Notable trials he handled were 2014's United States v. Town of Colorado City, Ariz., et al., in which the local government was controlled by leaders from FLDS sect of Mormonism,[5][6] and consolidated Theranos litigation (Toy v. Theranos, Inc., et al.)[7] from October 2016 until June 2020 when he requested it be reassigned.

Notable cases[]

Holland presided over the litigation ensuing after the Exxon Valdez disaster.

He was formerly (until June 2020)[8] presiding in the case of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.[9]

Association[]

Holland is a member of the Petroleum Club, a social organization that has many members associated with the oil industry.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Holland, H[ezekiah] Russel - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
  2. ^ http://www.azd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/documents/visitingjudges.pdf
  3. ^ https://dockets.justia.com/docket/arizona/azdce/2:1993cv01224/68798
  4. ^ https://dockets.justia.com/search?judge=russel+holland&state=arizona&cases=mostrecent&sort-by-last-update=false&page=84
  5. ^ Amanda Pampuro (2019-08-26). "Ninth Circuit Upholds Verdict Against Sect-Run Arizona Town". Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  6. ^ "Court upholds ruling that Arizona town conspired with fundamentalist LDS church". Tucson Sentinel. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  7. ^ https://www.docketbird.com/court-cases/In-re-Arizona-Theranos-Incorporated-Litigation/azd-2:2016-cv-02138/page/7
  8. ^ www.docketbird.com https://www.docketbird.com/court-cases/In-re-Arizona-Theranos-Incorporated-Litigation/azd-2:2016-cv-02138. Retrieved 2021-01-20. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ Spiezio, Caroline (2019-11-08). "Judge to okay Cooley lawyers' request to drop client Elizabeth Holmes". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  10. ^ Hevesi, Dennis (25 April 1991). "Judge's Ties to Oil Industry Didn't Matter, Friends Say". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.

Sources[]

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Preceded by
James von der Heydt 		Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
1984–2001 		Succeeded by
Ralph Beistline
Preceded by
James Martin Fitzgerald 		Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
1989–1995 		Succeeded by
James Keith Singleton Jr.
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