James J. Holman

is co-chair of the firm's Business Reorganization and Financial Restructuring Practice Group . Mr. Holman practices in the areas of commercial finance law, business reorganization, and business and municipal insolvency. He represents institutional lenders, trust companies, insurance companies and businesses in a broad spectrum of transactions, including corporate finance, business restructuring and bankruptcy.

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York, he is a member of the American Bar Association, the Delaware State Bar Association, the Commercial Finance Association Education Foundation, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Mr. Holman was hiring partner for the firm from 2001 through 2006.

He is listed annually by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, by Best Lawyers in America, and by the London organization Citywealth as a leading lawyer in the United States.

Mr. Holman is a 1989 graduate of Villanova University School of Law, where he served as managing editor of the Villanova Law Review, and a summa cum laude graduate of DeSales University.

The listing of areas of practice in the foregoing profile does not represent official certification as a specialist in those areas.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 1999-present
- Hiring Partner, 2001-2006
- Associate, 1989-1998

Honors and Awards

•Rated as Highly Regarded for Restructuring by IFLR1000, 2019

•Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2013-2020

•Named 2014 Volunteer of the Year, Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

•Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2010-2020

•Listed in Citywealth Leaders List 2013- Leading Lawyers-International
•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Board Memberships

•The Philadelphia Singers
•Commercial Finance Association Education Foundation

Civic and Charitable Activities

•Member, Kimmel Center Corporate Council
•Member, Advisory Board, Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia
•Mentor, University of Pennsylvania Law School International LLM Program
•Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Selected Publications

•Quoted in DIP Lenders' Strings May Pose Concerns for Creditors, WWD, May 13, 2020
•Quoted in Parsing Absolute Priority, The Deal, September 29, 2015
•Author, Commercial realities: to what extent can US commercial trust mitigate investor risks?, Trust Quarterly Review, June 2015
•Author, Strategies for Avoiding the Headache of Preference Liability, The Legal Intelligencer, April 17, 2013

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Speaker and Panel Leader at annual Risk and Recovery: Developments in Business Bankruptcy and Commercial Finance Law, Philadelphia.
•Contributing Co-Author, Trusts in Prime Jurisdictions, Global Business Publishing Ltd. (Chapter on Delaware), 2010
•Speaker, Recent Trends in Business Bankruptcy Law Affecting Commercial Real Estate: Key Issues and Strategies for Weathering Extended Economic Uncertainty, presented to Principal Financial Group, August 17, 2011
•Speaker, U.S. Trusts and Companies in International Planning, Geneva, Switzerland, November 23-24, 2009
•Speaker, Annual Review of Developments Related to Recovery of Preferential Transfers Under Section 547 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, American Bar Association Business Law Section Spring Meetings
•Speaker, The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: An Overview for Attorneys Representing U.S. Clients, CLE program sponsored by the American Corporate Counsel Association