Michael D. Holder - Colorado Springs, CO
Attorney at Holder & Associates PC
Estate Planning Lawyers in Colorado Springs, CO
421 S. Tejon Street Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Colorado Springs Estate Planning Lawyer
Updated: 03/10/2026
Areas of Practice
- Estate Planning
- Ancillary Probate
- Wills
- Probate
- Real Estate
- Commercial Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Guardianship and Conservatorship
- Charitable Giving
Attorney Information
Overview
Michael D. Holder was born in Jacksonville, Florida on May 20, 1947. He was admitted to the Colorado and United States bars, in October of 1975. He graduated from University of California at Irvine in 1972 with a degree in Philosophy, and took his law degree (Juris Doctor) from Stetson University, in St Petersburg, Florida, where he studied extensively Estates and Trusts, Future Interests in Real Estate Titles, and the Uniform Commercial Code. For a year he suspended his law practice to manage the trust department of a large bank, during its transition from "common trust funds" to mutual funds as the preferred method of managing moderate to small trust accounts.
This one attorney firm offers estate planning services such as preparation of Wills and Trusts with sophisticated financial and tax planning, as well as high quality probate administration and litigation services. Mike Holder is an active participant in the Colorado Bar Association's Trust and Estates Section. He served for three years chair of the Rules and Forms Committee of that section, is an active member of the Trust and Estate Section's Statutory Revisions Committee, is currently the chair of its sub-committee for evaluation of the proposed Uniform Powers of Attorney Act, and is currently the chair of the Orange Book Forms Committee, which publishes an Estate Planning forms book through Continuing Legal Education in Colorado, Inc. a nonprofit corporation associated with the Colorado Bar Association.
Mike is an avid golfer and enjoys NFL Football and March Madness. He also enjoys the study of art history and its reflection of our intellectual development.
Education
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Legal Education
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Stetson University College of Law,
Gulfport/St. Petersburg,
Florida
Juris Doctor
Major: Estates and Trusts, Future Interests in Real Estate Titles, and the Uniform Commercial Code
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Stetson University College of Law,
Gulfport/St. Petersburg,
Florida
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Non Legal Education
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California University Of Berkley
B.A -
University of California,
Irvine
B.A.
Major: Philosophy
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California University Of Berkley
Current Employment Position(s)
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Member
Published Works
Articles
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Author: "Drafting Effective Contingent Remainder -or- Divorce My Kid and You're Out!," Colorado Bar Association, Trust and Estate Section Council Notes, December 2003
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Author: "Medical Secrecy, Powers of Attorney and the Web," El Paso County Bar Newsletter, February 2004
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Author: "How Charitable Trusts Work", Daily Transcript Newspaper, January - March 2004
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Author: "New Unintended Results of Living Trusts -or- Divorce My Kid and You Win", Daily Transcript Newspaper, January - March 2004
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Author: " The Origin of Modern Day Trusts", Daily Transcript Newspaper, January - March 2004
- Author: "Are Estate Taxes Really a Dying Breed?", Daily Transcript Newspaper, January - March 2004
- Author: "How to Beat Estate Taxes", Daily Transcript Newspaper, January - March 2004
- Author: "Non-Tax Uses of Trusts", Daily Transcript Newspaper, January - March 2004
- Author: "Who's in Charge Here, Anyway?", Daily Transcript Newspaper, January - March 2004
- Author: "Legislature Gets Tainted View of Proposed Uniform Trust Code", Daily Transcript Newspaper, January - March 2004
- Author: "The Great Financial Turf War: Bankers v. Brokers, Part I", Daily Transcript Newspaper, January - March 2004
- Author: "The Great Financial Turf War: Bankers v. Brokers, Part II", Daily Transcript Newspaper, January - March 2004
Bar Admissions
- Colorado, 1975
Other Affiliations
- El Paso County (Member, Probate Section)
- The Colorado Bar Associations (Member: Trusts and Estates Section; Chair, 2004, 2005, 2006 Rules and Forms Committee)
Contact
421 S. Tejon Street
Suite 100
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Phone: 719-428-3646
Fax: 719-578-5863
Email: Send a message
Website: http://mikeholderlaw.com/
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