Nancy Hollander (Curriculum Vitae)
Ms. Hollander has been a member of the firm since 1980 and a partner since 1983. Her practice is largely devoted to criminal trials and appeals. She has also been counsel in numerous civil cases, forfeitures and administrative hearings, including several involving national security issues and has argued and won a case involving religious freedom in the United States Supreme Court. (see decision) Ms. Hollander also served as a consultant to the defense in a high profile terrorism case in Dublin, Ireland and has assisted counsel in other international cases.
Ms. Hollander has taught in numerous trial practice programs, including the National Criminal Defense College and Gerry Spence's Trial College. Ms. Hollander also has spoken at seminars in the United States and Europe on various subjects including the securing of evidence in international cases, forfeiture, illegal search and seizure, expert witnesses, defense of child abuse cases, ethics, evidence, and trial practice and has written extensively on these and other criminal law topics. She has coordinated and taught training courses for criminal defense lawyers wishing to appear before the ICC and the ICTY, was the coordinator of a jury trial training project in Russia, has served as a consultant to the United Nations Development Programme in Vietnam and was a founding member of the Council of the International Criminal Bar for lawyers who will appear before the ICC.
In December, 2001, Ms. Hollander was named as one of America’s top fifty women litigators by the National Law Journal. She has received the highest Martindale-Hubbell “AV” rating, and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, the National Directory of Criminal Lawyers, and the International Who’s Who of Business Crime Lawyers. In 2003, she received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the University of New Mexico School of Law Alumni/ae Association.
In 2007, she was highlighted in Superlawyers, top twenty-five New Mexico lawyers.
(see article) She also received the Charles Driscoll Memorial Award from the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association in 2007 and the Professional Lawyer of the Year Award from the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Foundation in 2006.
She is co-author of WestGroup's Everytrial Criminal Defense Resource Book, Wharton’s Criminal Evidence, 15th Edition, and Wharton’s Criminal Procedure, 14th Edition. She has appeared on such national television programs as PBS Now, Burden of Proof, the Today Show, Oprah Winfrey, CourtTV, and the MacNeill/Lehrer News Hour.
Education
University of Michigan, B.A. 1965 (Cum Laude)
University of New Mexico School of Law, J.D. 1978 (Magna Cum Laude)
Professional Activities
Past-President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1992-93
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 2004-present
Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers, 1994-present
Founding Member, Council, International Criminal Bar, 2003-2005
Member, Board of Directors, International Criminal Defence Attorneys, 2003-2007
