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Jeannine Holmes, Associate

Jeannine Holmes concentrates her practice on motion practice and appellate litigation in complex business disputes and personal injury cases. She brings particular skills to dispositive and strategic motion drafting, including motions to dismiss, summary judgment, and opposition motions.

Jeannine maintains a robust pro bono practice, representing military veterans as well as representing tenants in landlord-tenant disputes through the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation.

Before joining the firm, Jeannine clerked for the Honorable Jill A. Pryor on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

She earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from Georgia State University College of Law, where she served as the first Black editor-in-chief of the Georgia State University Law Review. She was the 2021 Thomas Tang National Moot Court Champion and received multiple CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in areas including Criminal Law, Sexual Identity and the Law, and Global Perspectives on Children and the Law. She was also awarded Best Brief for Summary Judgment in her Lawyering Advocacy Seminar.

Before law school, Jeannine worked in healthcare management and human resources. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Virginia.

Jeannine is an advocate for equity and inclusion in the legal profession and actively supports the firm’s diversity initiatives.

Professional Activities

Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Volunteer  

Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, Member

Georgia State College of Law Alumni Council, Class Representative

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Atlanta
1201 West Peachtree Street NW
Suite 3900
Atlanta, GA 30309

Education

Georgia State University College of Law, J.D., 2022, summa cum laude

  • Order of the Coif  
  • Georgia State Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief  
  • Thomas Tang Moot Court National Championship, 2021
  • Moot Court Tryout Competition, Best Oralist, 2019

The University of Virginia, B.A.

Previous Experience

Law Clerk, Judge Jill A. Pryor, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 2022-2023 

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