Holcomb Law, P.C.

Firm Phone:

+1 757-656-1000

Like many who live in the Hampton Roads area of Southeast Virginia, I was not born here. I was stationed here more than once as a Navy pilot, and when I retired, I chose to stay here and became a Virginia resident. It’s a good place to live and raise kids. My own small hometown in Kansas has now grown to a bustling population of 331, but it was much less urban when I was growing up there! My family has been farmers and blue collar workers for as far back as anyone can remember. Good folk.

I grew up about a generation behind due to the rural nature of my home. I grew up in farm houses without indoor plumbing! Yep, so imagine where the “bathroom” was! (Winters were cold; they tell me that’s where I got my speed!) We had party line phones–and Grandma used to eavesdrop. Don’t tell anyone. No A/C. Then we “moved up” to into a trailer house “in town.” I see now that, as far as amenities go, I was certainly behind the rest of America, but it was not until I went off to college, that I realized how poor we were. I really didn’t care. Still don’t.

Just about everything I know that matters today I learned in our local church. I learned about service, that God is concerned about people who are hurting. I learned that we all have a destiny, a “calling,” for which we were born and built to achieve. We all do.

I attended Oral Roberts University for undergraduate studies. There I served and studied and lead missionary teams to various foreign countries in the summers. I became the first person in my family to graduate with a college degree. I am not sure if my Mom cried because I actually graduated or because the tuition payments were finally done! My grandparents drove 5 hours down to Tulsa from Kansas; it was a big deal.

For the next 20 years, I flew airplanes off aircraft carriers for the U.S. Navy. I ended up with more than 200 arrested landings on various aircraft carriers. (By the way, do you know to define a successful carrier landing? You walk away!) These landings were particularly fun at night!

While serving on active duty, I was able to complete my Master’s Degree in business rom Old Dominion University in Norfolk, working during the days and taking classes at night. When you start from nothing, you need to work hard to change your life and your family tree. I know that many of you understand this.

It was there in graduate school that I accidentally discovered mediation. So, what if Court was our last option, rather than the first? I set out to become a Virginia state certified Mediator in both business and family mediation. I did so in 2004 and have been preaching mediation to absolutely anyone who will listen ever since! Look on our Mediation page on our website–it will tell you all about the “Mediation Miracle.”

Just before I retired from the Navy here in Virginia, I enrolled in law school on the G.I. Bill. I had planned for this day for nearly 20 years. I did not miss Regent University’s mantra about their law school: “It’s More than a Profession; It’s a Calling.”

At Holcomb Law, we begin with service, the giving. This is why we offer so much free information, in a profession which traditionally withholds information because lawyers should charge for this. We just simply do not believe in that philosophy!

Here, we recognize that we are here for you, not you for us. It’s more than our tagline, “You Matter Here” is how work. It’s not just a law firm, It’s a Calling. Welcome to Holcomb Law!

Main Practice Area:

Criminal Defense

Years in Practice:

Notable Awards and Recognition:

Client's Choice Award: Avvo 2016/15; Peninsula Winner, Second Year; Daily Press Choice Awards: Family and Criminal Defense - 2016/15; SuperLawyers, Rising Star, 2016/15; AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0 Peer Review Rated Martindale-Hubbell

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