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John D. Holden

Partner

New York, NY
156 West 56th Street
New York, NY 10019
P 212.237.1045 P 212.237.1045 | F 212.262.1215
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Experience

Mr. Holden routinely represents a broad range of clients, from large publicly traded multinational entities to small closely-held corporations, on diverse and complex business and commercial litigation matters.

Mr. Holden has successfully tried numerous cases before the state and federal courts of New York, New Jersey, Delaware and other jurisdictions, and also has extensive experience in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, particularly as it relates to transnational disputes.  Mr. Holden is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and has been practicing with Windels Marx for more than 20 years. 

Matters of Note

  • For the past 15 years, represented the world’s leading patent pool administrator in complex international IP licensing disputes arising out of the licensing of technologies to the world’s largest multinational consumer electronics manufacturers, including litigation and arbitration adverse to companies throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe, with hundreds of millions of dollars at issue. 
  • Represented a global financial institution in two international arbitrations and a related litigation in the Cayman Islands. The arbitration proceedings before the American Arbitration Association's International Centre for Dispute Resolution were adverse to a large multi-billion dollar international hedge fund and involved hundreds of millions of dollars in claims. Mr. Holden tried one of the proceedings to completion and obtained an award granting the client 100% of the recovery sought and dismissing counterclaims in excess of $100 million.
  • Represented a U.S. state in the successful resolution of a dispute against the world’s largest windfarm manufacturer, with hundreds of millions of dollars at issue.
  • Represented a multi-billion dollar alternative investment firm in a matter involving the release from forfeiture of an ultra-luxury Caribbean resort. 
  • Represented various financial institutions in lawsuits arising out of large commercial loans, including representing one of the nation's largest financial institutions, as agent for a consortium of institutions, in a complex, politically sensitive, and media intensive commercial real estate litigation worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
  • Represented a client in a multi-million dollar software licensing dispute with a series of Chinese corporations, which was successfully tried to completion and award before the London Court of International Arbitration.
  • Represented an international telecommunications company in a litigation arising out of a transnational contract dispute in South America, ultimately appearing before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Mr. Holden has also represented clients in highly contested adversary proceedings in several U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, including the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Districts of Delaware, the Southern District of New York and New Jersey. Such matters included large syndicated commercial loan foreclosures, environmental issues, commercial real estate developments and manufacturing facilities.

Mr. Holden has acted as pro bono counsel for veterans in appeals pending before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and has also been involved in the firm's pro bono efforts with the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project.

Prior Experience

Prior to joining Windels Marx, Mr. Holden was an officer in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps, stationed primarily in Washington, D.C. During that time, he represented over 180 Navy and Marine Corps servicemen and women; argued 18 cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; filed several petitions for certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States; represented a U.S. Marine on death-row appealing a double murder conviction and litigated a number of issues of first impression.

Mr. Holden is a former adjunct professor at Seton Hall Law School.  While in law school, Mr. Holden worked for the Honorable Kenneth C. MacKenzie, Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, and studied International Law at Oxford University, Magdalen College.  Mr. Holden is also an active member of the Society of the Cincinnati.


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Practices

Education

  • U.S. Naval Justice School, 1997
  • J.D., Seton Hall Law School, 1996
  • Oxford University, Magdalen College, 1995
  • B.A., George Washington University, 1992

Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • United States District Court for the District of Colorado
  • United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
  • United States Supreme Court