Randy Holland
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Randy J. Holland is an associate justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. He is the youngest person to serve on this court. His current term on the court expires on February 7, 2011.
Legal background
Justice Holland graduated from Swarthmore College. He also graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude, where he received an award for legal ethics. Holland received a Master of Laws in the Judicial Process from the University of Virginia Law School. He also received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Widener University School of Law.
Prior to his appointment and confirmation in 1986, Justice Holland was in private practice as a partner at Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell. In January 1999, he was reappointed and confirmed unanimously for a second twelve-year term with the Court.[1]
Associations
Holland is the immediate past national President of the American Inns of Court Foundation. He chaired the national Advisory Committee to the American Judicature Society's Center for Judicial Ethics. He also chairs the American Bar Association national Joint Committee on Lawyer Regulation. Justice Holland is a member of the American Law Institute. He is an adjunct professor at several law schools. Justice Holland has received numerous awards, including the 1992 Judge of the Year Award from the National Child Support Enforcement Association, the 2002 Alumni Award of Merit from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, the 2003 American Judicature Society's Herbert Harley Award, and the 2004 Widener Law School Adjunct Professor Distinguished Service Award. In 2004, he was elected to be an Honorary Master of the Bench by Lincoln's Inn in London. Chief Justice Rehnquist appointed Justice Holland to serve as the State Judge Member of the Federal Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules.[2]
Publications
Justice Holland has published several books: The Delaware Constitution: A Reference Guide (Greenwood Press 2002); Delaware Supreme Court: Golden Anniversary (2001), co-editor; and The Delaware Constitution of 1897 - The First One Hundred Years, co-editor. Justice Holland has also published several law review articles, primarily dealing with judicial ethics and legal history. Justice Holland is co-editor of a future law school textbook: Appellate Practice and Procedure (West 2005). [3]
