Hezekiah Russel Holland

Hezekiah Russel Holland (born 1936) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States district judge on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. The firm became Stevens and Holland in 1968.

, he was married and had three children. having first presided over a case in that court in 1993. He has heard 835 cases in the District of Arizona. Notable trials he handled were 2014's United States v. Town of Colorado City, Ariz., et al., in which the local government was controlled by leaders from FLDS sect of Mormonism, and consolidated Theranos litigation (Toy v. Theranos, Inc., et al.) from October 2016 until June 2020 when he requested it be reassigned.

Notable cases

Holland presided over the litigation ensuing after the Exxon Valdez disaster.

He was formerly (until June 2020) the presiding judge in a class action lawsuit against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.

Association

Holland is a member of the Petroleum Club, a social organization that has many members associated with the oil industry.