Jon D. Holdaway

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Jon D. Holdaway in an associate with the firm. He practice is in the areas of business litigation, insurance and commercial disputes. Mr. Holdaway also has experience in criminal defense and government contract matters.

In addition to his private practice experience, Mr. Holdaway served for seven years as a U.S. Army Judge Advocate. During that time, he was assigned to various duties where he practiced in a wide variety of areas, including regulatory law, international law, operational law and targeting, and contract/fiscal law. He also served as a supervising attorney, as well as criminal defense counsel, with the U.S. Army Trial Defense Service.

Mr. Holdaway spent his final three years in the military as the senior legal advisor, as well as intelligence oversight officer, to the U.S. Army's primary military intelligence organization in Europe. In that capacity, he advised senior Army officers on national security and intelligence collection laws and policies in areas such as detainee interrogations, counter-terrorism, signals intelligence activities, and information operations and analysis. He was at the forefront of the Army's efforts to respond to the Abu Ghraib scandal, and his work is used today to train interrogators and their supervisors on the appropriate legal limits of interrogation operations.

Areas of Practice:
    Business Litigation
    Insurance
    Government Contracts
    Criminal Defense

Bar Admissions:
    California
    Utah
    Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Education:
    Juris Doctorate
        Brigham Young University
      Bachelor of Arts
      Brigham Young University

Affiliations:
    Beverly Hills Bar Association
    J. Reuben Clark Law Society,
        Los Angeles Chapter

Articles:
Improving the Fighting Position" A Practioner's Guide to Operational Law Support to the Interrogation Process,
    The Army Lawyer (July 2005) (co-authored with
    Lieutenant Colonel Paul E. Kantwill and Geoffery S. Corn)
Explosive Detection Dogs Assistance to Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies, The Army Lawyer (November 2001)
The Law of War and Fire Support: A Primer for Fire Supporters,
    Field Artillery (May-June 2001)

Languages:
    Korean