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Barbara L. Holland

Barbara L. Holland

Owner - Seattle

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated
0 206.816.1307 Tel
0 206.464.0125 Fax

Barbara Holland represents businesses involved in international and domestic trade and transportation. She advises vessel owners and operators, as well as shoreside businesses, in many areas affecting their operations, including contractual relationships, risk management, environmental compliance, and dispute resolution.

Ms. Holland also advises clients in connection with Coast Guard investigations, regulatory compliance and legislative initiatives. Along with her colleagues in the maritime group, she provides 24-hour marine casualty response. She has provided advice and defense to a variety of maritime clients facing potential civil and criminal liability for oil spills and other marine pollution incidents. Ms. Holland is active in issues affecting the maritime industry, and has filed several amicus curiae briefs on behalf of industry interests in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Professional Activities

  • Member, Board of Directors, The Maritime Law Association of the United States
  • Member, Board of Directors, The American Waterways Operators, 2003-2005
  • Proctor in Admiralty, The Maritime Law Association of the United States; Member, Committee on Navigation, Coast Guard & Government Relations; Member, Committee on Marine Ecology
  • Member, Federal Bar Association 
  • Member, Marine Insurance Association of Seattle
  • Member, Propeller Club
  • Member, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
  • Member, Stellar International Delegation to China led by Senator Maria Cantwell, 2006, 2008
  • Member, U.S.-China Clean Energy Forum Coordinating Committee, 2007-present 

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1981
  • Wake Forest University, B.A., Politics, summa cum laude, 1976

Admissions

  • Washington, 1981
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 1981
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 1983
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington, 1997
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1999

Professional Recognition

  • Named in Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, 2011 and 2012
  • Listed in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, 2011
  • Listed in Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers for Commercial Litigation, 2010
  • Named by peers to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Maritime, 2006-2012
  • Named a "Top Lawyer" for Transportation in Seattle Met magazine, 2010
  • Included in The International Who's Who of Shipping & Maritime Lawyers based on research with clients and peers, 2007-2011
  • Named by peers as a "Super Lawyer" in Washington Law & Politics magazine, 2006-2010
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV/5.0 Peer Review Rated