Bob Holmes

Bob Holmes is Vice President and Managing Director of the Washington, DC office of Landry, Creedon & Associates, Inc., which was opened in February 2001.  He represents a diverse client base on matters before Congress, the Administration and the various Executive Branch agencies.  Bob’s prior experience as senior legislative assistant to an Arizona Congressman provided a solid background on Arizona and Native American issues and has been a great asset in his federal representation of Arizona clients for the firm. Mr. Holmes analyzes, tracks and drafts federal legislation and prepares testimony for Congressional hearings.  He has successfully shepherded multiple bills into law including fair tax treatment for Alaska Natives (public Law 107-016), the conveyance of irrigations canals from the BIA to the SRP-MIC (Public Law 106-568), binding arbitration for all contracts on tribal lands (Public Law 108-329) self governance trust reform, and the Yavapai land exchange (Public Law 109-110). Prior to his work at Landry, Creedon & Associates, Inc., Mr. Holmes spent six years with Congressman J.D. Hayworth as staff assistant and then senior legislative assistant. In that capacity he worked on a variety of issues related to Native America including appropriations, transportation, telecommunications, and energy and natural resources.  Mr. Holmes also served as Congressman Hayworth’s chief liaison to the House Resources Committee, the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, the Constitutional Caucus, Impact Aid Coalition and the Native American Caucus. Bob was instrumental in the formation of the Native American Caucus, a non-partisan Congressional Member Organization (CMO).  The mission of the Native American Caucus is to educate Members of Congress about the important trust responsibility the federal government has to Native Americans. As the top liaison to the Caucus, Bob was responsible for increasing the size and influence of the organization, eventually making it the largest minority CMO with over 100 members by the end of the 106th Congress.