Holland & Hart News

Holland & Hart Partner Elected to City Council for South Ogden, Utah

 Holland & Hart partner Bryan Benard was elected to fill one of two open seats on the South Ogden City Council. The Standard-Examiner reported that Benard views smart growth and revitalization as a major issue facing South Ogden, now and in the future. He expects that land use issues that impact the tax revenue base and quality of South Ogden's lifestyle, along with public safety, will be among the primary concerns facing the South Ogden City Council. Benard is a labor and employment attorney who represents both private and public clients in wrongful termination, harassment, and discrimination claims in both federal and state courts, as well as in administrative proceedings before federal and state agencies. He practices in the firm's Salt Lake City office.

Read more about Benard's ideas for his new position here.

Firm's Summer Associates Program Ranked 23rd in the Nation

In a time when law firms are cutting attorneys and programs to survive the current economic hardship, Holland & Hart's 2009 Summer Associates Program once again ranked well in The American Lawyer's Summer Associate Survey.  The program ranked 23rd in the nation and first in Denver according to the recent survey.

These rankings are based on feedback from 4,971 law students at 151 law firms across the country. The publication scored the firms' programs on nine key areas, including the interest level of the work, how much of it was real training and guidance, interactions with partners and full-time associates, how well the firm communicated its goals and expectations, how accurately the firm portrayed itself in interviews, how it rated overall as a place to work, and the respondents' inclination to accept a job if one were offered.

All nine of Holland & Hart's Denver 2009 summer clerks responded to the survey and gave the firm an average score of 4.630 out of 5 when the city average for Denver was 4.510.