Holmes P. Harden

Holmes Harden focuses on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters. Mr. Harden has extensive experience in the representation of financial institutions, including all aspects of creditor representation in connection with commercial loans, workouts and contested bankruptcy matters. He has represented banks (both in-state and out-of-state) and Fortune 500 companies in bankruptcy courts across North Carolina. He also represents large institutional lenders in complex real estate matters, asset-based financing matters and creditors’ rights litigation. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Naomi E. Morris, Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

Holmes Harden focuses on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters. Mr. Harden has extensive experience in the representation of financial institutions, including all aspects of creditor representation in connection with commercial loans, workouts and contested bankruptcy matters. He has represented banks (both in-state and out-of-state) and Fortune 500 companies in bankruptcy courts across North Carolina. He also represents large institutional lenders in complex real estate matters, asset-based financing matters and creditors’ rights litigation. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Naomi E. Morris, Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

Mr. Harden was among the first attorneys certified as a specialist in business and consumer bankruptcy law by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Harden also has a certification in business bankruptcy law from the American Bankruptcy Board of Specialization.

Mr. Harden has been named to Business North Carolina magazine’s “Legal Elite” and in 2009 joined the ranks of the publication's "Legal Elite Hall of Fame" as the top vote getter in the Bankruptcy Law category. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, as well as The Best Lawyers Consumer Guide, published by the editors of Best Lawyers in America. He was named among the Top 100 North Carolina "Super Lawyers" in 2011 by North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine. Martindale Hubbell has rated Mr. Harden an AV attorney, its highest rating available. Additionally, Mr. Harden is a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America.

Mr. Harden is admitted to practice in North Carolina and is a member of the Bankruptcy and Business, Banking & Commercial Law sections of the North Carolina Bar Association. He has been a member of the Panel of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees, Eastern District of North Carolina since 1983. Mr. Harden is active in the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Council of Certified Bankruptcy Specialists, the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, and the Turnaround Management Association.

Mr. Harden is legal counsel to the Occoneechee Council Boy Scouts of America, a member of the Occoneechee Council Executive Board, and is an Eagle Scout. He serves on the board of directors for the North Carolina Museum of History Associates.  He is chairman emeritus and a past president and director of the Alzheimer’s Association of Eastern North Carolina Chapter. Mr. Harden is active in the Rotary Club of Raleigh and as a member of the Oakview Advisory Board. He is a past member of the Raleigh Historic Districts Commission and a graduate of Leadership Raleigh.

Mr. Harden earned a bachelor of arts degree, cum laude, from Davidson College in 1978 and a juris doctor degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1981.