Professionals
Chip Holmes
Partner
Recruiting Committee Chair
“We never lose sight of the bigger picture - achieving the client's desired result in an efficient manner.”
Profile
Chip Holmes practices in the areas of personal injury defense, insurance litigation, premises liability litigation and medical malpractice. He has experience in both state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration and mediation.
Mr. Holmes is admitted to practice in all three federal district courts in North Carolina. He is also a certified mediator in North Carolina.
Experience Highlights
Mr. Holmes counsels and represents clients on a broad range of issues, including:
- Defense of medical malpractice claims
- Physician responses to complaints before the North Carolina Medical Board
- Professional malpractice defense and risk management issues for hospitals, physicians and other health care professionals
- Personal injury defense including wrongful death and catastrophic injury claims
- Insurance coverage disputes and first party claims
- Premises liability
- Commercial liability
- Unfair trade practice disputes
- Construction litigation and arbitration
Honors
- Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America in Medical Malpractice Law, 2012
- American Jurisprudence Award in Insurance Law
- Business North Carolina magazine's "Legal Elite" Young Guns, 2008
News
- 69 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2012
September 6, 2011 - More than 50 Parker Poe Attorneys among Business Leader's Top Lawyers
September 24, 2008 - Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2008
January 14, 2008 - John Anderson, Chip Holmes, Ray Jones and Scott Leo Have Become Partners in the Firm
January 12, 2004
Memberships
- North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
Member - Defense Research Institute
Member - Boys and Girls Clubs of Charlotte
Executive Committee Member of the Advisory Council
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Charlotte
Three Wells Fargo Center
401 South Tryon Street
Suite 3000
Charlotte, NC 28202t 704.335.9058
f 704.335.9682
chipholmes@parkerpoe.com
Practices & Industries
- Litigation
- Professional Negligence Defense
- Tort Defense
- Insurance Coverage
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Education
- Wake Forest University
JD, 1993 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA, 1990
Admissions
- North Carolina, 1993




