Born in Pontiac,Michigan,Holland received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 1958[1] and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Michigan Law School in 1961.[1] He was a law clerk to Buell A. Nesbett,chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court,from 1961 to 1963. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Anchorage,Alaska division from 1963 to 1965. He then entered private practice at Stevens &Savage,the law firm of future U.S. SenatorTed Stevens. Holland became a partner in the firm and its name was changed to Stevens,Savage,Holland,Reasor,and Erwin in 1967.[1][3] The firm became Stevens and Holland in 1968.[1]. He was in private practice from 1968 to 1970. He was a partner at Holland and Thornton from 1970 to 1978.[1] The firm became Holland,Thornton and Trefry in 1978 and Holland and Thornton again later that year.[1] Holland remained there until he was appointed to the bench in 1984.[1][4]
As of 1984[update],he was married and had three children.[1]
Holland serves as a visiting judge in the District of Arizona,[5] having first presided over a case in that court in 1993.[6] He has heard 835 cases in the District of Arizona.[7] 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,[8][9] and consolidated Theranos litigation (Toy v. Theranos,Inc.,et al.)[10] from October 2016 until June 2020 when he requested it be reassigned.
↑ Sources disagree whether Holland received a BA or a BBA from the University of Michigan. His federal judicial center biography says a BBA, but the biography presented for his Senate confirmation hearing in 1984 specified a BA.
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