Holmes Harden is a partner in the Financial Services Section at Williams Mullen, where he focuses on bankruptcy and creditors' rights matters. Mr. Harden has extensive experience in the representation of financial institutions, including all aspects of creditor representation in connection with commercial loans, workouts and contested bankruptcy matters. He has represented banks (both in-state and out-of-state) and Fortune 500 companies in bankruptcy courts across North Carolina. He also represents large institutional lenders in complex real estate matters, asset-based financing matters and creditors' rights litigation. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Naomi E. Morris, Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

Education
University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D.
Davidson College, B.A., cum laude

Professional Affiliations
American Bankruptcy Institute
Council of Certified Bankruptcy Specialists
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
North Carolina Bar Association
- Bankruptcy Section
- Business, Banking and Commercial Law Section
North Carolina State Bar
Panel of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees, Eastern District of North Carolina (1983 – present)
Turnaround Management Association

Awards and Honors
American Bankruptcy Board Certified Specialist: Business Bankruptcy Law
Listed in The Best Lawyers Consumer Guide published by the editors of The Best Lawyers in America
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights
Listed in Business North Carolina magazine's "Legal Elite"
Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine
Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
North Carolina State Bar Certified Specialist: Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law

Representations

• Representation of numerous in-state and out-of-state banks, financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies regarding bankruptcy reorganizations and liquidations, out-of-court workouts and pre-packaged plans; workouts of construction, mortgage, leveraged buyout, commercial finance, and asset-based loans; litigation of fraudulent transfer, preference and lien avoidance actions; the purchase and sale of assets form Chapter 11 debtors and in out-of-state workouts; the recovery of leased or financed property; environmental aspects of reorganizations and workouts; debtor-in-possession lending, financing, and use of cash collateral; and the recovery of rents and assumption or rejection of leases and other executory contracts
• Represented the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) in the only two stock brokerage bankruptcy ("SIPA") liquidations ever filed in North Carolina
• Represented one of Eastern North Carolina's largest residential and commercial real estate developers in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization
• Ongoing representation of trustees and examiners in matters in the Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina including representation of one Chapter 7 Trustee for a major airline.
• Developed a large office and retail commercial real estate subdivision, from surveying, plats, permits, road and utilities construction to sales as Chapter 11 Trustee for the owner partnership
• Management and liquidation of radio stations in four states as Chapter 11 Trustee for the owner corporation

Community Involvement
Alzheimer's Association of Eastern North Carolina Chapter
- Past President and Director
- Chairman Emeritas
Leadership Raleigh
Oakview Advisory Board
Occoneechee Council Boy Scouts of America
- Legal Counsel
- Occoneechee Council Executive Board
- Former Eagle Scout
Rotary Club of Raleigh
Raleigh Historic Districts Commission - Former Member