Holly Stein Sollod

Full time arbitrator since 2024, after over 35 years experience as arbitrator and advocate in complex business and commercial disputes. Holly is a Fellow in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has served as sole arbitrator, chair and wing in hundreds of arbitrations throughout the United States, specializing in complex financial disputes.

Experience

Extensive experience in breach of contract, trade secrets, covenants not to compete, breach of fiduciary duty, insurance coverage, consumer fraud, negligence, and business divorces; Significant knowledge of consumer protection statutes, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Truth in Lending Act, RICO, COCCA, and other statutory claims; Extensive knowledge of all areas of securities law and capital markets; Extensive experience in resolving disputes involving earn-out agreements, M&A agreements, corporate governance and business divorce. Experienced in all aspects of securities industry.

Work History

Partner, Holland & Hart LLP (1986- present); Director of Arbitration and Senior Attorney, The American Stock Exchange, Inc. (1983-1986); Litigation Associate, Townley & Updike, New York, New York (1981-1983).

Cases

Holly has served as arbitrator in multi-million dollar disputes involving complex commercial business disputes, securities, and corporate governance. Below are a few examples: Sole arbitrator in multi-million dollar AAA arbitration brought by limited liability company members to determine rightful ownership of LLC interests in resort. Claims involved fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of operating agreement, expulsion and dissociation under the Wyoming LLC Act. Wing arbitrator in AAA arbitration involving financing of the design and development of cultivation and processing facility for medical cannabis. Claims involved breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and appointment of a receiver. Counterclaims were brought for breach of contract and fraudulent inducement. Chair of AAA arbitration panel in case alleging more than $15 million dollars in alleged overcharges for shareholder services provided to mutual funds brought by principal underwriter and distributor. Claims involved breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment, violation of Mass. Unfair Business Practices Act, fraudulent concealment, conversion and negligent misrepresentation. Sole arbitrator in numerous AAA disputes brought by customers against their investment advisors and disputes between investment advisors and custodians. Sole arbitrator in AAA arbitration involving claims for breach of advisor-manager agreement alleging failure to pay management fees and breach of noncompete and confidentiality provisions. Sole arbitrator in AAA arbitration involving $1.28 million dollar dispute brought by investors in conservation easements sold as tax shelters under California law.

Training

ACE 22- Process essentials for AAA arbitrators, 2022 ; ACE21 Impartiality: Do You Know Where Your Biases Are? ; 2021 AAA-ICDR Panel Conference; ACE20 Cyber Security: A Shared Responsibility, 2020; AAA ACE19 Case Finances: What Arbitrators Need to Know, 2019; Arbitrator Performance and Demeanor ~ Meeting Participant Expectations, 2018; CCA 17th Annual Meeting, 2017; Dealing with Difficult Attorneys in Arbitration ACE13, 2016; AAA Arbitration Awards - Safeguarding, Deciding and Writing Awards ACE01, 2015; AAA Principled Deliberations, 2014;AAA Managing the Arbitration Process for Efficiency & Economy Following the Preliminary Hearing, 2012; College of Commercial Arbitrators Annual Meeting, 2011, 2010, 2008; FINRA, Revised Code of Arbitration, 2007; AAA Chairing an Arbitration Panel: Managing Procedures, Process & Dynamics ACE05, 2006, 2005; AAA Commercial Arbitrator II Training: Advanced Case Management Issues, 2004; AAA Arbitrator Update 2003; AAA Arbitrator I Training-Fundamentals of the Arbitration Process, 2002; Conflict Dispute Resolution Association, Mediator Training, 2002; NASD Chairperson Securities Training, 1996; various other ADR training.

License(s)

Admitted to the Bar: New York, 1982; Colorado, 1986; United States Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. District Court Southern District of New York ; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and Ninth Circuit.

Education

Cornell University (BA) New York University School of Law (JD)

Publications

\"From the Courtroom to the Zoom Room,\" Holland & Hart News Update, Co-Author, 05/01/2020 ; \"10th Circuit Affirms FINRA Arbitration Award—Adopts Face-of-the-Award Rule,\" Holland & Hart News Update, 04/15/2020

Awards

Colorado Super Lawyers, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2024 The Best Lawyers in America©, Commercial Litigation and Securities/Capital Markets, 2013-2024 The Best Lawyers in America© International Arbitration Commercial, 2023 Colorado Super Lawyers, Securities Litigation 2010-2023 Top 50 Women Lawyers in Colorado by Colorado Super Lawyers (2013, 2014, 2020, 2022) Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent Rating

Panels

American Arbitration Association (Large Complex Case Panel, Joint Venture and Mergers & Acquisitions Panel, Securities Panel, Consumer Panel and Cannabis Panel); International Centre for Dispute Resolution Panel, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) Panel of Distinguished Neutrals: Banking, Accounting and Financial Services Panels, and Financial Industry Regulatory Association (FINRA), Non-Public, formerly known as NASD.

Associations

Fellow, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators Member, National Association of Distinguished Neutrals Lifetime Fellow, American Bar Foundation