SALT LAKE CITY and DENVER (March 6, 2011): Nine partners from Holme, Roberts & Owen will soon be joining the Salt Lake City office of Holland & Hart. Blaine Benard, George Haley, Eric Maxfield, Rick Flint and Chris Hogle will join the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group. Mark Buchi and Steve Young will join the firm’s Tax Group, and John Davis and Shawn Welch will practice with the Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Group.
“This is a very impressive group of attorneys who will assist Holland & Hart in our mission to not only be the very best firm in the Mountain West, but one of the great firms in the United States,” said John Husband, Chair of Holland & Hart’s Management Committee. “Our vision for growth has always been tied to promoting the success of each of our offices. Salt Lake City is an important business center--we took steps long ago to accommodate the expansion of our offices there.”
“We are extremely proud of our firm’s outstanding culture and values,” added Holland & Hart Managing Partner, Tom O’Donnell. “We are particularly pleased to welcome new partners in Utah who share this same ethic—this is a great fit for all of us,” he added.
Blaine Benard, who had been serving as the Chair of HRO’s Litigation Department said, “we are very excited to be joining Holland & Hart and embrace its strong vision of the future. The breadth and depth of services that Holland & Hart offers to an expanding market will provide our group with an outstanding opportunity to help our clients realize their objectives, no matter how complex or far reaching.”
“I couldn’t be more pleased with the addition of these extraordinary practitioners to our office,” commented Greg Lindley, the Administrative Partner who has been overseeing Holland & Hart’s steady growth in Salt Lake City in recent years. “To a person, these partners bring the intellectual skills we admire and the proven ability to deliver the services our clients expect. This is a great day for Holland & Hart.”
About Holland & Hart: Since its inception in 1947, Holland & Hart has grown into a firm of more than 400 lawyers in 15 offices in Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and the District of Columbia. In 2010, U.S.News & World Report and Best Lawyers® recognized Holland & Hart for earning one national first-tier ranking and 76 metropolitan first-tier rankings, more than all but five firms in the entire U.S. We are the largest law firm based in the Mountain West ranked on The American Lawyer’s list of the top 200 firms in the United States.