Edwin Holmes

Current

• Attorney at Edwin R. Holmes, P.A.

Past

• Attorney at Gray Plant
• Assistant General Counsel at CDC

Education

• California Western School of Law
• University of California, Los Angeles

Connections

6 connections

Industry

Legal Services

Websites

• My Website

Edwin Holmes’s Summary

Edwin R. Holmes is a lawyer who focuses on providing personal attention to his clients' legal needs at a small-firm rate. He has over 30 years of legal experience gained while working as an attorney for a large technology company, an insurance company, as a member of a large law firm, and now as a principal of his own firm.

Edwin Holmes’s Specialties:

General practice with emphasis on business law, purchase and sale of businesses, start up of businesses, commercial transactions, contract law, corporate law, limited liability companies, partnerships, intellectual property, real estate law, real estate leases, environmental law, employment law, civil litigation, personal injury, wills & trusts.

Edwin Holmes’s Experience

• Attorney

  Edwin R. Holmes, P.A.

  (Legal Services industry)

  June 1993 — Present (16 years 6 months)

  Mr. Holmes is licensed to practice law in Minnesota and California. He has handled cases in various states, including California, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. His extensive trial experience provides special insight into the legal consequences of transactional and other business activities. The law firm stands ready to help you find solutions to your legal needs. Our firm focuses on providing legal services to small businesses and individuals in areas of the law that include business law, purchase and sale of businesses, start up of businesses, commercial transactions, contract law, corporate law, limited liability companies, partnerships, intellectual property, real estate law, real estate leases, environmental law, employment law, civil litigation, personal injury, wills & trusts.

• Attorney

  Gray Plant

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)

  1990 — 1992 (2 years )

  Environmental counseling, audits and general litigation.

• Assistant General Counsel

  CDC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CDC; Computer Hardware industry)

  June 1984 — November 1989 (5 years 6 months)

  Lead counsel in defending a variety of civil cases throughout the country, Advised employees on civil and criminal liability. Practice also involved insurance, products liability. fraud, employment, real estate and general business matters. Played key role in reducing outside counsel fees by bringing all phases of litigation in house. Worked regularly with federal, state and local agencies on multitude of environmental and land use local issues such as solid and hazardous waste, toxic materials, air pollutants, soil contamination, surface and ground water contamination and wetlands.

Edwin Holmes’s Education

• California Western School of Law

  Juris Doctor , Law , 1971 — 1974

  Activities and Societies:

  International Law Journal

• University of California, Los Angeles

  B.A. , Economics , 1963 — 1967

  Activities and Societies:

  Beta Theta Pi

Additional Information

Edwin Holmes’s Websites:

• My Website

Edwin Holmes’s Groups:

Minnesota State Bar Association, Apple Valley Rotary Club (Past President)

•    Minnesota Lawyers | MSBA