Duris L. Holmes
Recognized since 2023
New Orleans, Louisiana
Banking and Finance Law
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Commercial Litigation
Franchise Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Mr. Holmes has more than 25 years of experience as a business lawyer, representing clients in arbitration and litigation as well as handling transactional matters. He also represents franchisors with respect to disclosure, relationship and termination issues.
Mr. Holmes also helps clients in the matters of business organization, contracts, directors’ and officers’ liability, bankruptcy and intellectual property as well as trusts and estates.
Mr. Holmes is an Eagle Scout and remains active in Scouting, serving on the Executive Board of the Southeast Louisiana Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and as a Cub Scout leader. He is also a member of the board of Advocates for Academic Excellence in Education, Inc., which is the sponsoring organization for Benjamin Franklin High School, recognized as one of the top high schools in the United States. In 2008, Mr. Holmes received the CityBusiness Leadership in Law Award as one of the top 50 lawyers in New Orleans.
“With a diverse business practice, I focus on representing clients on intellectual property and franchising matters”
- 755 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
- Tulane University, J.D., graduated 1986
- Louisiana Tech University, graduated 1983
- Louisiana, Louisiana
- Louisiana, Eastern District
- American Bankruptcy Institute - American Bankruptcy Institute
- American Bar Association - Forum on Franchising (Litigation and Dispute Resolution Division) Intellectual Property Law Section (Franchising and Insurance Committees) Chair, Securities Arbitration Subcommittee (Business and Corporate Litigation Committee of the Section of Business L
- International Association of Privacy Professionals - International Association of Privacy Professionals
- Louisiana State Bar Association - Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law Section Corporate and Business Law Section Consumer Protection Section Lender Liability & Bankruptcy Law Section Intellectual Property Law Section
- New Orleans Bar Association - New Orleans Bar Association
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Deutsch Kerrigan LLP
32 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
6 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
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- Banking and Finance Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Litigation
- Franchise Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Leadership in Law Award: Top 50 Lawyers in New Orleans, 2008
- AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™
- Inside New Orleans Readers’ Favorite Elite Lawyer, 2021
- Arbitration
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
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