Jason Holleman joined our staff as the City Attorney on February 4, 2008.  He represents all boards and commissions within the Mt. Juliet municipal government, including the Board of Commissioners and the Municipal-Regional Planning Commission.  He also provides legal advice to all city departments and manages all litigation on behalf of the City of Mt. Juliet.

A native of Middle Tennessee, Mr. Holleman received his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama in 1995 and his Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1998.  While at Tulane, he earned a Certificate of Environmental Law and was on the Senior Board of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal, as well as being an active participant in the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic.

Mr. Holleman began his legal career with the Office of General Counsel for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, working mainly on issues related to solid and hazardous waste regulation and the Tennessee State Parks system.  From 1999 until 2002, he served as an Assistant Attorney General with the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter, Environmental Division, where his primary responsibilities involved enforcement litigation on behalf of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.  From 2002 until 2008, Mr. Holleman worked in private practice with the Nashville law firm of Farmer & Luna, PLLC, where he focused his practice in the areas of municipal land use and zoning, condemnation, state and local government regulation, and civil litigation.  His appellate work has included:  Colonial Pipeline Company v. Nashville and Eastern Railroad Corporation, 2007 WL 2826967 (Tenn.Ct.App. 2007) and State ex rel. Flowers v. Tennessee Coordinated Care Network, 2005 WL 427990 (Tenn.Ct.App. 2005).

Mr. Holleman is the past chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the Nashville Bar Association and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental Section of the Tennessee Bar Association.  He is active in a number of civic and community organizations, serving on  the Board of Directors of the Nashville City Cemetery Association and the Board of Directors of Historic Nashville, Inc.  He is a past member of the Executive Board of the Middle Tennessee Council of the Boy Scouts of America, as well as a past member of the Board of Directors of Nashville's Table.  Mr. Holleman is also a member of the Scottish Rite, John B. Garrett Masonic Lodge No. 711, and West Nashville Masonic Lodge No. 612.

In addition to his duties in the City of Mt. Juliet, Mr. Holleman also serves as a District Councilman on the Metropolitan Council for Nashville and Davidson County.  He is a member of the Budget and Finance Committee, the Charter Revision Committee, the Parks and Libraries Committee, and the Convention and Tourism Committee.  He also represents the Metro Council on the Metro Greenways Commission and the Metro Homelessness Commission.

Mr. Holleman is married to the former Margaret Martin and has one daughter, Cecilia Charlotte.  He and his family reside in the Sylvan Park neighborhood in Nashville and attend Belmont United Methodist Church.