Background
Holmes, William H. was born on August 10, 1960 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of William Henry and Inger Elsie (Rasmussen) Holmes.
Holmes, William H. was born on August 10, 1960 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of William Henry and Inger Elsie (Rasmussen) Holmes.
University of Texas (Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, 1981). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Worked at Stoel Rives Limited Liability Partnership (Portland, Oregon) specializing in General Practice and Litigation in State and Federal Courts. Partnerships, Joint Ventures and Corporate and Securities, Real Estate and Land Use, Federal Taxation, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, Commercial, Bankruptcy, Reorganizations and Workouts, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Hospital and Health Law, Forest Products, Franchise Law, Immigration, Insurance, International Trade and Transactions, Government Law, Media and Advertising Law, Municipal Law and Tax-Exempt Financing, Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits, Construction, Banking, Public Utilities, Trusts and Estates, Mining, Natural Resources, Environmental, State and Local Taxation, International Tax, White Collar Criminal Law. Admitted to the bar, 1986, Oregon.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Order of the Coif. In 1987, the 140-attorney Portland law firm of Stoel Rives Boley Fraser & Wyse merged with the 45-lawyer Seattle firm of Jones Grey & Bayley to create Stoel Rives Boley Jones & Grey. Both firms boast of more than 80 years of service to clients.
The firm has since opened offices in Boise, Idaho (1991) and Salt Lake City, Utah (1992). Stoel Rives provides comprehensive representation to public, private, domestic and international businesses of all sizes.
The firm changed its name to Stoel Rives in 1995.
Pro bono counsel Habitat for Humanity Portland Project, Inc., since 1987. Member Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Lynn Diane Partin, September 4, 1988.