Chandra Walker Holloway, Esquire, is the Managing Partner of Holloway & Norman Law Group, LLC, and a seasoned family law attorney practicing in Maryland and the District of Columbia. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, Ms. Holloway has more than twenty-five years of litigation experience and has tried more than 400 cases in Maryland and District of Columbia courts. She combines extensive courtroom experience with a practical approach to resolving family disputes and has successfully negotiated and settled numerous cases throughout her career.

Before establishing her family law practice, Ms. Holloway worked in antitrust litigation as an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. She also practiced general civil litigation at Bonner Kiernan Trebach & Crociata, LLP, and in the Counsel Office of the Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO).

 

Ms. Holloway’s current practice is devoted exclusively to family law, including divorce, high-asset divorce, child custody, visitation, parental relocation, adoption, paternity, child and spousal support, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, separation agreements, neglect and abuse proceedings, and related appeals. She is also a certified mediator in Maryland and the District of Columbia.

In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Holloway serves as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where she teaches Family Law II: Children, Parents and the State. Her teaching draws on her extensive litigation experience and commitment to preparing future attorneys to address the complex legal issues affecting children and families.

Ms. Holloway currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Maryland State Bar Association and the Board of Governors of the National Bar Association. She also serves as the National Bar Association’s Region IV Director, representing Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. She previously served as the 41st President of the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, Inc.

Her professional affiliations include the Maryland State Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar, Bar Association of Montgomery County, the Montgomery County Inns of Courts, J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, Monumental Bar Association, Prince George’s County Bar Association and the Greater Washington Area Chapter, Women Lawyers Division, National Bar Association (GWAC).

 

Ms. Holloway has also served on the Montgomery County NAACP Executive Board as the Women in the NAACP (WIN) Committee Chair for the past 10 years.

Ms. Holloway is committed to public service and advocating for policies and laws that improve the lives of women and families. She served for six years as a Commissioner on the Montgomery County Commission for Women, working to identify laws and policies that disproportionately affect women and girls and advocating for remedies to those inequities.

Her professional achievements, leadership, and community service have earned numerous honors and recognitions, including

  • The Daily Record’s Inaugural Maryland 500 honoree
  • The Daily Record’s Maryland Leaders in the Law
  • Maryland Super Lawyers
  • National Bar Association President’s Award, presented by 101st President Ashley Upkins
  • Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation
  • The Daily Record’s Maryland’s Top 100 Women (three-time recipient) and induction into its Daily Record Circle of Excellence in 2023
  • Past Presidents Award, Potomac Valley Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
  • Citations from former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and United States Senator Chris Van Hollen recognizing her community service