Beggs & Lane is pleased to welcome G. Edison (Ed) Holland, Jr. back to the firm. Mr. Holland recently retired as president and CEO of Southern Company Holdings and executive vice president of Southern Company Services. Prior to these roles, he served as president, CEO, and Chairman of Mississippi Power and as executive vice president and general counsel to Southern Company.
Mr. Holland joined Southern Company subsidiary Gulf Power in 1992 as vice president and corporate counsel and served concurrently as Southern Company system compliance officer until 1995. Prior to joining Gulf Power, Mr. Holland was a partner at Beggs & Lane. “Ed brings extraordinary experience to the firm, and we are pleased to have him back where his career began,” said J. Nixon Daniel, managing partner at Beggs & Lane.
Mr. Holland is a prior president of the Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association and the Pensacola Sertoma Club.