Jay P. Holland - Greenbelt, MD

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 1988
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Massachusetts, 1984
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Principal

Classes and Seminars

• Seminar Speaker, Labor and Employment Law Topics for Bar Associations and other organizations
  
• Presenter, “Regulating Employer Hiring Decisions,” Maryland Chamber of Commerce Labor and Employment Law Conference, November 2014
  
• “Litigation Tips for Employment Cases,” panel moderator, Montgomery and Prince George’s County bar associations, February 2013
  
• “Whistleblower False Claims Act Cases,” seminar presenter, Maryland Employment Lawyers Association Conference, 2010 and 2013
  
• Permanent Member, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference

Representative Cases

• Public Utility Dist. No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington v. F.E.R.C.
  • Citation: 315 F.Supp.2d 89
  • Court: D.D.C.
  • Year: 2004
• Oliff-Michael v. Mutual Benefit Ins. Co.
  • Citation: 262 F.Supp.2d 602
  • Court: D.Md.
  • Year: 2003
• Reliastar Life Ins. Co. v. Wilcox
  • Citation: 1999 WL 1273482
  • Court: D.D.C.
  • Year: 1999
• Brand v. Westall
  • Citation: 1995 WL 235579
  • Court: D.D.C.
  • Year: 1995
• Kirsch v. Prince George's County
  • Citation: 331 Md. 89
  • Court: Md.
  • Year: 1993
• Guimond v. Credit Bureau Inc. of Georgia
  • Citation: 955 F.2d 41 (Table, Text in WESTLAW)
  • Court: 4th Cir.(Md.)
  • Year: 1992
• Pusey v. Dallas Corp.
  • Citation: 938 F.2d 498
  • Court: 4th Cir.(Md.)
  • Year: 1991
• Hayes v. Kuder
  • Citation: 591 A.2d 1286
  • Court: D.C.
  • Year: 1991
• Tenefrancia v. Robinson Export & Import Corp.
  • Citation: 921 F.2d 556
  • Court: 4th Cir.(Va.)
  • Year: 1990
• Jones v. Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Com'n
  • Citation: 82 Md.App. 314
  • Court: Md.App
  • Year: 1990
• Clark v. Prince George’s County
• United States ex. rel Hallivis v. Allergan

Published Works

Articles

• Employment Law: Answers to Commonly Asked Questions
  
• "Are mortgage loan officers exempt from the FLSA? Supreme Court asked to review Labor Department’s interpretation process," Thomson Reuters, Westlaw Journal, Volume 29 Issue 10, December 9, 2014
  
• Co-Author, “The Family and Medical Leave Act: A Practitioner’s Guide,” MSBA Employment Law Deskbook, (MSBA, 2014)
  
• "When Whistleblowers are Silenced,” AAJ Trial magazine, August 2010
  
• “Top Ten Tips for the Uninitiated Under the False Claims Act: What the Tour De France and Botox Have in Common,” DC Trial Lawyers magazine, April 2013
  
• Courts Enforcing Broad Whistleblower Protections; Amendments to False Claims Act expanded remedies for retaliation against contractors and others, The National Law Journal, April 13, 2015
• “Should you take Gretchen Carlson’s advice on reporting sexual harassment?”, The Hill, 2017

Bar Admissions

• Maryland, 1988
• District of Columbia, 1989
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court District of Maryland
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Section, Litigation Section)
• Maryland State Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Section)
• Prince George's County Bar Association (Member and Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Section)
• District of Columbia Bar Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice, Employee Rights Section, Qui Tam Litigation Group (False Claims Act)
• National Employment Lawyer's Association
• Maryland Employment Lawyer's Association
• Maryland Trial Lawyer's Association
• Marlboro Inn of Court
• Federal Bar Association
• Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association
• Taxpayers Against Fraud (Qui Tam Bar Association)
• Executive Board of the Qui Tam Section of the Federal Bar Association (Member)
• Montgomery County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section
• Every Mind of Montgomery County (Executive Committee Member, Board of Directors)