Partner
Janet Brooks Holmes practices in the areas of trucking and transportation law, general insurance defense, governmental defense, civil litigation, and professional liability.
Janet and her husband, Marty, reside in Columbia with their three children.
Admitted
- 1988, South Carolina
- 1988, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
- 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Education
- University of South Carolina (J.D., cum laude, 1988)
- South Carolina Law Review, Executive Editor
- Order of the Coif
- Order of the Wig & Robe
- American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts II, International Business and Trusts & Estates
- Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
- President’s List
- Dean’s List
- Appellate Advocacy Award: J. Woodrow Lewis Moot Court Competition
- Clemson University (B.A., cum laude, 1984)
- President’s List
- Trial Court Judge
- Dean’s List
- Delta Delta Delta Sorority
- Model United Nations Delegate
Leadership and Professional Organizations
- American Bar Association
- South Carolina Bar Association
- Richland County Bar Association
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
- John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court
- Merit Selection Panel, 2011 United States Magistrate Judge, District of South Carolina
- South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
Dedication to Community Improvement
- Spokesperson for The Alliance for South Carolina’s Children
- Mrs. South Carolina United States 1995
- South Carolina Bar Mock Trial Middle School Competition, Attorney Coach
- USC School of Law Moot Court Competition, Judge
- City Year, Inc, Board Member
Publications, Papers and Presentations
- Insurance Law From A-Z, Co– Author, National Business Institute (February 2011)
- Insurance Coverage Litigation Course Book, Presenter, National Business Institute (December 2009)
