Dennis Holahan
Partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
- Role
- Partner at Lewis Brisbois
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Dennis Holahan
Dennis Holahan (born November 7, 1942, in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American actor and attorney. He is a partner in the San Francisco office of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, California’s second-largest law firm, where he specializes in entertainment, media and intellectual property cases as well as more general matters in the firm’s commercial litigation practice. Prior to joining Lewis Brisbois in 2014, Dennis maintained one of the top entertainment and business-related litigation boutiques in Los Angeles for more than 20 years. Holahan was raised in Connecticut. After graduating from Yale in 1965, Holahan served as an officer (Lieutenant, J.G.) in the United States Navy on an amphibious assault ship in Vietnam from 19••••69. He was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal with a silver star for five campaigns, a Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. Holahan graduated from Hasting College of Law in 1973. At Hastings he was the recipient of the Hale Moot Court Prize for Best Brief, was an editor of the Hastings Law News, 19••••73, and a founder of the Hastings Child Care Center. After Hastings he worked for a litigation firm in the financial district in San Francisco for two years. From 1976 to 1992, he took a hiatus from his law practice to pursue a successful career as an actor in films and television. Holahan is best known for appearing with Al Pacino in the crime film Scarface as Jerry the Banker. Notable other roles included Collision Course, Kuffs, Haywire (mini-series) and Aspen Extreme, as well television appearances in MASH, Hill Street Blues, Lou Grant and The Rockford Files. In 1992 Holahan went back to the legal career he had put on hold in 1976. He started the Holahan Law firm, which was based in Los Angeles and specialized in entertainment law, winning several high profile cases.
Experience
Partner
Aug 2014 — Present
Civil litigation: specializes in entertainment, media and intellectual property cases as well as more general matters in the firm’s commercial litigation practice.
Education
Yale University
BA
1961 — 1965
University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)
JD
1970 — 1973
Skills
- Commercial Litigation
- Legal Research
- Real Estate
- Mediation
- Courts
- Legal Writing
- Family Law
- Product Liability
- Wills
- Corporate Law
- Editing
- Bankruptcy
- Trial Practice
- Westlaw
- Class Actions
- Consumer Law
- Trade Secrets
- Business Litigation
- Licensing
- Trials
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Property Law
- Contract Negotiation
- Real Estate Transactions
- Due Diligence
- Entertainment Law
- Civil Litigation
- Litigation
- Wrongful Death
- Torts
- Copyright Law
- Legal Issues
- Trademarks
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