Eric Holland

Eric Holland and the Holland Law Firm are all about trials. Eric and his team have consistently handled and tried the largest and most important civil cases in the country, achieving record setting verdicts and settlements in courtrooms in St. Louis and across the country. Taking on American and international corporate giants, Eric’s litigation results are not only measured in the billions of dollars recovered for clients but also in measurable societal good like getting unsafe firearms off the streets, triggering governmental investigations, and fighting against court secrecy. His work has been featured in Reuters, Bloomberg, the New York Times, NPR, CBS, the L.A. Times, and CNBC to name just a few. Eric’s record-setting wins include several ground-breaking results: —$4.69 billion-dollar verdict for 22 cancer victims, proving for the first time that there is asbestos in talc and that asbestos causes ovarian cancer; —Co-lead counsel in landmark settlement of the long-running Remington Walker Fire Control litigation that provides replacement triggers for defective rifles; —First 8-figure FELA jury verdict in United States history ($17,000,000 in 2005); Eric’s background set the stage for the focus and passion he brings to all his cases. He was born in Illinois, grew up in a construction-trades family, and started working construction during school breaks. Following high school, he attended the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana then attended the St. Louis University School of Law, where he was elected to the Law Review. Eric has handled cases across the United States and obtained a host of one-of-a-kind jury verdicts and settlements. In single injury cases, he obtained over 25 multi-million-dollar results in the first 20 years of his law practice involving railroad, product liability, and trucking matters. Over the last 15 years, Eric has developed his firm’s complex litigation practice, which has resulted in several eight-, nine-, and ten-figure verdicts and settlements. Eric and his team have obtained verdicts and settlements of over $6 billion dollars. He is an active member of several trial attorney associations including the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys (ARLA). He has been elected a “Super Lawyer” since 2006, holds the “AV Preeminent” rating of Martindale-Hubbell, is a “Top Rated Lawyer” (Mass Torts, Product Liability, and Class Action litigation), and has been a “Top 100 Trial Lawyer” and a “Top 25 Mass Tort Lawyer” for several years.