Holmes Harden focuses on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters. Holmes 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, having been he has been board certified in bankruptcy law since 1987. 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.
Holmes Harden focuses on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters. Holmes 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 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. He also has a certification in business bankruptcy law from the American Bankruptcy Board of Specialization.
Holmes 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© (2008-present), and appeared in The Best Lawyers Consumer Guide, published by the editors of The Best Lawyers in America©. In the 2016 and 2019 editions, Best Lawyers® named him the "Lawyer of the Year" for Litigation-Banking and Finance Law in Raleigh. He was listed among the Top 100 North Carolina "Super Lawyers" in 2011 and 2012 by North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine and is continually in the annual magazine (2006-present). Martindale-Hubbell has rated Holmes an AV attorney, its highest rating available. In addition, Holmes is a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. In 2014, he was selected as one of the top 10 bankruptcy attorneys in North Carolina by the National Academy for Bankruptcy Attorneys.
Holmes 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. He is active in the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Council of Certified Bankruptcy Specialists, the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, and the Turnaround Management Association.
Holmes 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. He 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.
Holmes 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.
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01.14.2021
17 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2021 North Carolina Super Lawyers List; Camden, Kapp, Scott and Johnson Named to Top Lists
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01.05.2021
16 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2021 ‘Legal Elite’
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08.20.2020
116 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©; Most Total Lawyers in Virginia
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01.22.2020
10 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2020 North Carolina Super Lawyers List; Camden, Kapp and Scott Named to Top Lists
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01.02.2020
13 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2020 ‘Legal Elite’
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08.15.2019
119 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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02.05.2019
11 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2019 North Carolina Super Lawyers List; Keith Kapp and Elizabeth Scott Named to Top Lists
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01.02.2019
13 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Business North Carolina’s 2019 ‘Legal Elite’; Keith Kapp and Elizabeth Scott Inducted Into Hall of Fame
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08.15.2018
110 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in Latest Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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08.14.2018
14 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named ‘Lawyers of the Year’ by The Best Lawyers in America©
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01.25.2018
9 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers for 2018; 3 Included in Rising Stars List
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08.14.2017
114 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2018
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02.01.2017
10 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to the 2017 North Carolina Super Lawyers List
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08.15.2016
100 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2017 Best Lawyers in America
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07.01.2016
Holmes Harden Quoted in The News & Observer on Southern Season Bankruptcy
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01.21.2016
12 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2016 North Carolina Super Lawyers
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08.17.2015
106 Williams Mullen Attorneys named 2016 Best Lawyers in America
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08.17.2015
15 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2016 “Lawyers of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America
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01.21.2015
Williams Mullen North Carolina Attorneys Named 2015 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
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08.18.2014
100 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2015 Best Lawyers in America
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01.31.2014
Williams Mullen North Carolina Attorneys Named 2014 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
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08.16.2013
100 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2014 Best Lawyers in America
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08.16.2013
Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2014 “Lawyers of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America
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02.27.2013
Williams Mullen North Carolina Attorneys Named 2013 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
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09.13.2012
104 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2013 Best Lawyers in America
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09.29.2011
Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2012 Best Lawyers in America
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08.10.2011
Final Rules Published to Implement Dodd-Frank Requirements for Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing
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08.08.2011
Final Rules Published to Implement Dodd-Frank Requirements for Risk-Based Pricing Notices
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08.02.2011
Dodd-Frank: President Obama Announces his Nomination for Director of the CFPB
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08.06.2010
Ninety-Eight Williams Mullen Attorneys Named "Best Lawyers in America" 2011
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01.28.2010
Fifteen Williams Mullen Attorneys Named 2010 North Carolina “Super Lawyers” or “Rising Stars”
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07.30.2009
Eighty-five Attorneys Named "Best Lawyers in America" 2010
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02.05.2009
Holmes P. Harden Named to "Legal Elite" Hall of Fame
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01.28.2009
Eleven Williams Mullen Attorneys Named North Carolina "Super Lawyers" and "Rising Stars"
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01.16.2009
Holmes P. Harden Comments on 17% Increase in Bankruptcy Filings in Wake County, N.C.
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12.29.2008
Nine Williams Mullen Attorneys Named "Legal Elite" in North Carolina
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09.17.2008
Eighty-one Attorneys Named "Best Lawyers in America 2009"