Margaret M. Holm

Margaret “Peggy” Holm is a highly regarded trial lawyer and legal profession leader who defends healthcare organizations and providers, including hospitals, medical professionals, nursing homes, long-term care facilities and national and regional insurers. Her healthcare clients have faced high demands and allegations of professional malpractice, wrongful death, abuse, neglect, class actions and catastrophic injury. In over 200 civil jury trials and arbitrations during three decades of practice, Ms. Holm has amassed an outstanding record of obtaining defense verdicts, early dismissals and favorable settlements.

Ms. Holm also handles the defense of other licensed professionals, public entities, property and business owners, insurers and agents and national sporting associations in complex, catastrophic, high-damage cases involving allegations of malpractice, abuse, neglect and fraud, among other issues. She has experience defending employers in cases involving a wide range of employment law issues, including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment and breach of contract claims.

Ms. Holm served as the managing partner and member of the board of directors for a civil litigation defense firm office with a success record of over 95 percent in cases that reached a jury verdict conclusion. She has held multiple leadership positions within legal organizations. Her exceptional skills in trial advocacy and civility earned her a nomination and election to the American College of Trial Lawyers, where she is a Fellow. She is the third woman in the history of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) elevated to the prestigious rank of Diplomate.

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Job Types Partner
Areas of Practice 1) Complex Litigation, 2) Employment & Labor, 3) Insurance Practices and 4) Professional Liability Defense
Law School Santa Clara University, School of Law (J.D.)
Education University of California, San Diego (B.A.)
Bar Member / Association California State Bar Association
Most recent firm Bonne Bridges Mueller OKeefe & Nichols
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-holm-14385240
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