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| TRIAL PRACTICE AREAS: | ||
| • | Insurance Litigation | |
| • | Catastrophic Injury | |
| • | Governmental/Public Entity Litigation | |
Trial Lawyer of the Year - 2005 ABOTA - OC Chapter |
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Super Lawyer - 2009, 2010 (Super LawyersTM) |
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Mr. Hollins' skills and experience as a litigator and leader have put him in high demand
from some of the nation's largest businesses and financial institutions. He has successfully
tried or handled cases all across the country, including matters in Washington, Nevada,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Oklahoma. In the high stakes field of insurance bad
faith defense, where damage claims can exceed ten figure sums, he is the number one
choice for legal counsel by top corporate executives and leading professionals.
In just one example, Mr. Hollins' skillful defense assured the financial future of a client's
company by prevailing in a case where damages in excess of $1 billion were being
claimed.
Mr. Hollins has been a featured guest speaker at professional and trade group functions
where he lectures on a wide array of topics including trial tactics, case preparation and
jury selection. He has presented on behalf of the American Board of Trial Advocates as
the defense team coordinator for “Masters in Trial” presentations. In that position, he
led some of the nation's most prestigious trial attorneys in teaching lawyers the crucial
intricacies of proper case presentation. Mr. Hollins has been recognized by both the
California State Bar Board of Governors and the Orange County Bar Association for the
extensive pro bono legal services he has provided. In 1992, he won the Wiley W. Manuel
award in recognition of his charitable service. He has been featured in the Southern
California Defense Counsel magazine, The Verdict, and was awarded “Trial Lawyer of
the Year” in 2005 by the Orange County Chapter of the American Board of Trial
Advocates. Super LawyersTM has awarded Mr. Hollins with their "Super Lawyer"
Designation, awarded to 5% of the lawyers for 2009 and 2010.
Mr. Hollins received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Tennessee where his
high academic record consistently kept him on the dean's list. He earned his Juris Doctor
from Woodland University, Mid-Valley College of Law, where he graduated in the top 10
percent of his class.
Honors and Awards:
• Awarded “Trial Lawyer of the Year” by the American Board of Trial Advocates - O.C. Chapter, 2005
• Awarded "Super Lawyer" - 2009, 2010 by Super LawyersTM
• "Won the “Wiley W. Manuel Award” by the State Bar of California, 1992
• Featured in The Verdict, a publication of the Southern California Defense Counsel, for successive
defense verdicts in a row
• Recognized by the State Board of Governors for pro bono legal services
• Recognized by the Orange Country Bar Association for pro bono legal services
• Woodland University, Mid-Valley College of Law, Van Nuys, CA (Juris Doctor - 1977)
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (Bachelor of Science - 1973)
Bar Admissions:
• State Bar of California
• United States District Court for the Central District of California
• United States District Court for the Northern District of California
• United States District Court for the Southern District of California
• United States Court of Federal Claims
Professional Memberships:
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Orange County Bar Association
• Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
• American Trial Lawyers Association
Representative Cases:
• Prevailed as lead attorney in the first case of a subsequent class action matter in Oklahoma alleging
over $1 billion in damages to a leading financial institution.
• Won more than 20 defense verdicts in insurance bad faith cases where demands ranged from seven
figures to nine figures.
• Obtained a unanimous verdict for the defense in a quadriplegic injury case for which he replaced the
defense team only 45 days before trial.
• Re-tried successfully on behalf of a commercial insurer two cases where the original verdicts were the
largest individual awards ever levied against the client.
Presentations:
• "Masters in Trial" : Defense Team Coordinator, American Board of Trial Advocates, five-time presenter
• "Technology in the Courtroom," American Board of Trial Advocates
• More than 25 seminars for industry and specific business groups, such as the Risk and Insurance
Management Society, Association of Legal Administrators, and California Association of Legal Secretaries
