| Mr. Holt has been a member of ST&G and the California bar since 2005. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of California, as well as before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits.
Mr. Holt attended Bates College, where he received his B.A., magna cum laude, in 2002 and was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He then attended Harvard Law School, where he received his J.D., cum laude, in 2005 and served as an Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.
Mr. Holt has represented clients across the bankruptcy spectrum. His work on the side of the bankruptcy estate includes representing Fremont General Corporation as a chapter 11 debtor in possession and representing the liquidation trust formed in the Oakwood Homes bankruptcy. His work on the side of individual creditors includes representing significant debtholders in the Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual, Enron, Calpine, and Owens Corning bankruptcies. Mr. Holt has also represented borrowers in and out of court, secured creditors in and out of bankruptcy, hedge and distressed debt funds, plaintiffs and defendants in bankruptcy-related litigation and appeals, and prospective purchasers of debtors' assets. Mr. Holt also has experience regarding various alternative insolvency regimes, including bank and thrift receiverships under title 12 of the U.S. Code and proceedings for troubled insurers under state law.
Mr. Holt is a regular participant in educational seminars and panels regarding bankruptcy and commercial law. He has also guest-lectured about bankruptcy and tax law at the USC and Loyola Law Schools. Mr. Holt's professional interests include the interface between credit derivatives and bankruptcy, the outer limits of federal bankruptcy jurisdiction and power, and methods of improving the economic efficiency of chapter 11.
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