Dennis Holahan (born November 7, 1942, in Stamford, Connecticut) is an
American attorney and former actor. He is a partner in the San
Francisco office of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, California’s
largest law firm, where he specializes in entertainment, media and
intellectual property cases as well as more general matters in the
firm’s commercial litigation practice. Prior to joining Lewis
Brisbois in 2014, Dennis maintained one of the top entertainment and
business-related litigation boutiques in Los Angeles for more than 20
years.Holahan was raised in Connecticut. After graduating from Yale in
1965, Holahan served as an officer (Lieutenant, J.G.) in the United
States Navy on an amphibious assault ship in Vietnam from 1967 to
1969. He was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal with a silver star for
five campaigns, a National Defense Service Medal, a Meritorious Unit
Commendation, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation, and
the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.Holahan graduated from Hastings
College of Law in 1973. At Hastings he was the recipient of the Hale
Moot Court Prize for Best Brief, was an editor of the Hastings Law
News, 1972â€"1973, and a founder of the Hastings Child Care Center.
After Hastings he worked for a litigation firm in the financial
district in San Francisco for two years.From 1976 to 1992, he took a
hiatus from his law practice to pursue a successful career as an actor
in films and television. Holahan is best known for appearing with Al
Pacino in the crime film Scarface as Jerry the Banker. Notable other
roles included Collision Course, Kuffs, Haywire (mini-series) and
Aspen Extreme, as well as television appearances in M*A*S*H, Hill
Street Blues, Lou Grant and The Rockford Files. He also appeared in
the movie The Vegas Strip War in 1984 playing Jimmy Weldstrom. He
played a lawyer in his 1981 appearance on The White Shadow. His
character interviewed James Hayward (Thomas Carter) for a summer job.
American attorney and former actor. He is a partner in the San
Francisco office of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, California’s
largest law firm, where he specializes in entertainment, media and
intellectual property cases as well as more general matters in the
firm’s commercial litigation practice. Prior to joining Lewis
Brisbois in 2014, Dennis maintained one of the top entertainment and
business-related litigation boutiques in Los Angeles for more than 20
years.Holahan was raised in Connecticut. After graduating from Yale in
1965, Holahan served as an officer (Lieutenant, J.G.) in the United
States Navy on an amphibious assault ship in Vietnam from 1967 to
1969. He was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal with a silver star for
five campaigns, a National Defense Service Medal, a Meritorious Unit
Commendation, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation, and
the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.Holahan graduated from Hastings
College of Law in 1973. At Hastings he was the recipient of the Hale
Moot Court Prize for Best Brief, was an editor of the Hastings Law
News, 1972â€"1973, and a founder of the Hastings Child Care Center.
After Hastings he worked for a litigation firm in the financial
district in San Francisco for two years.From 1976 to 1992, he took a
hiatus from his law practice to pursue a successful career as an actor
in films and television. Holahan is best known for appearing with Al
Pacino in the crime film Scarface as Jerry the Banker. Notable other
roles included Collision Course, Kuffs, Haywire (mini-series) and
Aspen Extreme, as well as television appearances in M*A*S*H, Hill
Street Blues, Lou Grant and The Rockford Files. He also appeared in
the movie The Vegas Strip War in 1984 playing Jimmy Weldstrom. He
played a lawyer in his 1981 appearance on The White Shadow. His
character interviewed James Hayward (Thomas Carter) for a summer job.
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