- John Robert Holland
John Holland is an American lawyer.cite news
url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/news_columnists/article/0,1299,DRMN_86_5710146,00.html
title=As man freed from Gitmo, lawyer thinks of other 700
author=Bill Johnson
date=September 29 2007
publisher=Rocky Mountain News
accessdate=2007-09-29] cite news
url=http://bettercarecolorado.com/attorney-practice-profile.htm
title=Practice Profile; John Robert Holland
publisher=Better Care Colorado
accessdate=2007-09-29]Legal career
Holland is notable for taking on
pro bono civil rights andhuman rights cases. Holland took on civil rights cases early in his career. His daughter and partner,Anna Cayton-Holland convinced him to return to human rights work, and their practice took on fourGuantanamo captive s.Early career
While a law student at
UCLA Holland interned with theZuni Legal Aid Society inNew Mexico . Upon graduation he received aReginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship , which allowed him to work for three years for theDenver Legal Aid Society . After his fellowship expired he continued to work for the Denver Legal Aid Society, until he entered private practice in 1979.Private practice
One area Holland specialized in has been the legal issues around nursing homes.cite news
url=http://bettercarecolorado.com/significant-abuse-cases.htm
title=Significant cases
publisher=Better Care Colorado
accessdate=2007-09-29] He has written and lectured on this topic.Human rights cases
Holland has a long history of taking on human rights cases.cite web
url=http://bettercarecolorado.com/Article_1.pdf
title=Answering the howls of injustice activist, ex-num battle goliaths to win legal rights for downtrodden
publisher=Rocky Mountain News
pages=page 1
author=James B. Meadow
date=February 25 2001
accessdate=2007-10-10]Guantanamo captives
Mohammed Al Amin , aMauritanian youth, who was seventeen year old when he was captured, was released onSeptember 26 2007 .Holland has visited the
Guantanamo Bay detention camp s four times.Commenting on the difficulties of aiding Guantanamo captives Holland said:quotation
"Even after almost four years, we're still working on trust,And honestly, why should they trust us? . . . Why do they even need a lawyer? What's the use? What good is a lawyer when there is no true legal system for them?"References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.