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RICHARD F. HOLLEY


Richard F. Holley is a named partner with the law firm of Santoro, Driggs, Walch, Kearney, Holley & Thompson, where he practices in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation.  Mr. Holley received his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University in International Relations with a minor in  Japanese (1984) and his J.D. degree from the J. Reuben Clark School at Brigham Young University (1987) where he was a member of the Order of Barristers.  Mr. Holley has an AV Rating by Martindale-Hubble in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights and has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights, since 1996.  Mr. Holley is a long-time member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and was recently named to the 2007 Nevada Mountain States Super Lawyer List in the categories of Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Rights.  Mr. Holley has been consistently recognized as one of the top bankruptcy attorneys in Las Vegas by a number of local publications.  Mr. Holley periodically writes and speaks on topics which include bankruptcy, business and commercial law, debtor's rights and creditor's remedies.

Mr. Holley was a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from 2003 through 2005 serving as Co-Chair of the Nevada Delegation and member of the Lawyer Representative Coordinating Committee, the Admission Fund Committee, and the Federal Court Security Committee.  While serving as a Lawyer Representative, Mr. Holley made presentations to the annual Circuit Bankruptcy Judges Conference and to the Ninth Circuit Committee on Pro Hac Vitae Representation regarding representation of pro se litigants in contested and adversary proceedings before the bankruptcy courts.  Mr. Holley served as a founding Board Member and continues to serve as a Committee Member of the Clark County Pro Bono Project Mid-Case Bankruptcy Panel, and participates as a volunteer attorney for the panel.  Mr. Holley is a 2006 graduate of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Las Vegas, and was voted by the members of his class as the Class Valedictorian.

Mr. Holley is also active in the Las Vegas community.  Mr. Holley served as a Board Member for The Shade Tree, a homeless women and children shelter, from 1999 through 2006.  During his tenure as a Board Member, Mr. Holley as served as the treasurer of The Shade Tree from 2003 to 2006.  Mr. Holley was also an inaugural officer of The Shade Tree Endowment Board and presently serves as a Board Member for the Endowment.  Mr. Holley is also an active leader with the Boy Scouts of America.


Email - RHolley@nevadafirm.com

 

 

 
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