Anna Holland Edwards

Civil rights Attorney | Serving Denver, CO

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Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

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Anna Holland Edwards

Civil rights Attorney | Serving Denver, CO

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Biography

Anna Holland Edwards is a partner at Holland, Holland Edwards & Grossman, P.C. Anna was recognized by Best Lawyers for 2018, named a Colorado Super Lawyer in 2015 and 2016, by 5280 to their 'Top Lawyers' in Civil Rights Litigation and selected as one of National Trial Lawyers Top "40 under 40" lawyers.

Anna has litigated a number of cases focusing on plaintiff's civil rights, such as those involving unconstitutional jail conditions, refusing to provide adequate medical care in jails, police brutality, discrimination and retaliation and represented many individuals and families of individuals hurt by nursing home negligence. Anna has participated in many settlements against governmental entities for serious violations of civil rights and against nursing homes for wrongful death and serious injury.

Anna has been invited to present and publish on topics such as Deliberate Indifference in Jails and Nursing Home Litigation.

In 2014, Anna, along with partner Erica Grossman, obtained an over $11,000,000 jury verdict against a private medical company and Jefferson County for refusing to provide medical care to an inmate who was suffering from a stroke. She has won the Colorado Trial Lawyer's Access to Justice Award and the ACLU's Carle Whitehead Award and has been nominated for Colorado Trial Lawyers Case of the Year.

Anna has traveled to Guantanamo Bay and northern Africa to represent several Guantanamo Bay detainees in seeking due process related to their illegal confinement, two of whom have been released to their home countries after having been cleared.