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Eric R. Holway

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Education

  • University of Dayton School of Law
    J.D., 2011
  • St. Olaf College
    B.A., 2006, Psychology

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Colorado
  • West Virginia (Inactive)
  • U.S. District Court, D. Colorado
  • U.S. District Court, N.D. West Virginia
  • U.S. District Court, S.D. West Virginia

Biography

Eric Holway has significant experience defending healthcare providers in medical malpractice cases and other high-stakes litigation. He has successfully represented many of Colorado and West Virginia’s leading healthcare systems. Eric is direct and collaborative with his clients and takes a structured, disciplined, and thoughtful approach to cases. His priority with each case is to achieve the client’s desired result—whether that is posturing for a prompt, favorable resolution or aggressively defending the client through trial.

Eric also has defended hospitals, individual providers, and insurers in premises liability, breach of contract, and professional negligence cases. 

Eric has always been attracted to medicine and very nearly attended medical school instead of law school. To this day, he relishes digging into the medicine for this clients.

Cases

  • Secured dismissal without payment for two neurosurgeons in a medical malpractice case in Oklahoma where the plaintiff had demanded $55 million.
  • Won a defense verdict in a bench trial for a Colorado hospital in a breach of contract case.
  • Won a complete defense jury verdict for a Colorado hospital in a premises liability case.
  • Won full summary judgment for a Colorado hospital in a medical malpractice case involving an alleged spinal stroke.
  • Obtained an outright dismissal without payment for a Colorado hospital in a hospital and nursing negligence case involving treatment of an alleged foot injury.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

    Presentations

  • Presenter, "Colorado Premises Liability Act: A Case Study," Colorado Healthcare Associated Risk Managers (CHARM) in Denver, (November 2022).
  • Presenter, "Pre-suit Requirements of the MPLA and Emerging Health Care Legislation," West Virginia State Bar Law and Medicine Committee, (2014).

Press

Other Experience

Jackson Kelly PLLC
     Member
Dickinson Prud’Homme Holway, LLP
     Partner
Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, PLLC
     Associate

Legal Memberships, Activities, and Honors

Association of Defense Trial Attorneys 
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
American Board of Trial Advocates National Trial College
     Fellow, 2018
Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association
The Best Lawyers America
    Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, 2025
    Ones to Watch - Health Care Law, 2022-2023
    Ones to Watch - Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, 2022-2023
    Ones to Watch - Products Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2022-2023

Personal Interests

Researching cars and negotiating vehicle purchases for family and friends, watching his three children play sports, wake surfing, golfing, snowboarding, and spending time with his wife and three children

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