About Douglas C.
Douglas C. Holland observed an unusual route into regulation. He began in engineering, earning a B.S. in civil engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1971. Several years later he became to the regulation and acquired his J.D. from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville in 1978. The combination of technical education and law school training has shaped the manner he approaches cases.
After law school, Holland constructed a tradition that reaches into state and federal forums. He is admitted to the Indiana bar and keeps credentials to appear earlier than multiple federal tribunals, including the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Tax Court, the Sixth and Seventh Circuits, and the Indiana Federal District Court. Those admissions reflect a career that spans trial and appellate work in addition to tax litigation at the federal level.
Holland has been lively within the local bar. He served as Secretary/Treasurer of the Dearborn/Ohio Bar Association in 1984, moved on to Vice President in 1986, and held the presidency of that company in 1988. Those management posts positioned him on the center of a small however engaged legal community and connected him to issues dealing with practitioners outdoor giant metropolitan facilities.
His background in civil engineering offers him a practical edge on cases that involve technical detail. He frequently strategies disputes by breaking complicated issues into discrete components, then examining every element against the legal normal at problem. Colleagues and clients have relied on that method in things that require cautious truth-finding and the ability to explain complex factors to judges and juries.
Holland's practice has included each litigation and appellate work. He has filed briefs and argued things in federal appellate courts and handled hearings within the U.S. Tax Court. That variety means he has experience steerage cases thru diverse procedural landscapes, from district courtroom discovery and pretrial motions to the more targeted document evaluate that characterizes appeals.
Now, more than four many years after earning his Juris Doctor, Holland continues to appear in state and federal forums. He represents clients in litigation and appellate hearings, and he handles things in the U.S. Tax Court and different federal venues. He presently represents clients in state and federal courts, which includes tax and appellate things.
