David John Holcomb

David was my rock during a very nerve wracking and scary time in my life. He worked extremely hard on my behalf during a complicated, contested divorce. I came to David at my lowest point, as a mother of two young kids who needed a way out of a bad marriage that was quickly getting out of control. I ...interviewed several lawyers before deciding to go with David. What sets him apart from the pack is his high EQ. Right away, he could sense my fear and anxiety about the divorce process (and the prospective cost) and helped calm my nerves by communicating with empathy, understanding, patience, and clarity. In our initial consultation, he jotted down the divorce process in very simple steps which really helped me with my fears about the complex legal system. His willingness to spend the extra few minutes to educate me on legal terms and processes in simple, easy to understand terms was worth the price of the divorce. He helped me save my house, me and my kids safety, and my sanity. David did not sugar coat or lead me to believe any of this would easy, but he made me feel that I would have a partner so I was not as afraid of the unknown. David always spoke in a calm and reassuring tone (not condescending) that helped me see clearly through the dark clouds. I'll always remember the words he said at the end of our initial consultation "let's get you your divorce," and he did, but he got me so much more--my freedom. I will be forever thankful to him for that.

I worked with David on my lengthy and difficult divorce. Needless to say how emotional and confusing it can be. This was my first need for an attorney, and a good friend highly recommended him. I immediately felt heard in a personal way and confident with the no nonsense communications to my ex. He a...ppears in court as an elegant and completely prepared man, who is in charge. We achieved our desired goals and he supported me in all ways. I highly recommend David as an attorney that you can rely on.

David helped us with our divorce mediation, and saved us a lot of money and headache. By mediating rather than using separate attorneys we made a much better deal and avoided a lot of fighting. David is very fair, calm, and grounded. I have recommended him to a few people in my social circles already....

David helped me achieve very ambitious and perhaps unorthodox goals in what can only be called a very high conflict divorce. In more colorful terms, he saved the divorce from being a complete washout not only for me, but for my family. Before I met David, my wife had successfully outmaneuvered ...me on nearly every front, originally leading me to believe she shared my vision of our divorce as a process of finding win-win solutions, avoiding court and dissolving our marriage thanks to independent, collaborative mediation. By the time I realized her duplicity, I was homeless, stripped of custody of our kids, on the verge of having to quit my graduate training program due to fraudulent charges of domestic violence, and facing the likelihood of having to pay child support. I was reeling, and my initial reflex was to seek a ruthless attorney with a thirst for annihilation who would help me strike back harder than anything my wife could imagine. I knew that would come at a huge cost, primarily in terms of immense suffering for our kids, but I reasoned that their suffering was guaranteed in the zero-sum game my wife was clearly intending to win in a quick rout. When I spoke with a couple of attorneys who seemed to fit the bill, I realized I might not have the belly for it. I was torn and had almost no prior experience to draw from. David was clearly a different breed. He strongly applauded my original collaborative goals and insisted they were noble and worth fighting for. More importantly, he had a well argued plan of action that promised to negate my wife's aggression before matching it. As we began our work, David patiently helped me stay focused on our human decency, on our children's best interest, and on the all important financial bottom line, though he rarely hesitated to suggest ways of striking back with a vengeance if I felt such tactics might be necessary. They almost never were, regardless of how inflamed the issues became, no matter how wrathful my wife became, no matter how deeply my anxiety ran. The outcome? In less than a year David and I got all terms resolved favorably, with everything, including legal AND physical custody, being split 50/50 and zero support due either party. Getting the final settlement and divorce in less than 12 months was pretty remarkable. It was the most difficult fight I've ever known, and it took nearly a complete overhaul of what I thought I knew of courage, but David's sense of my family's ability to surmount obstacles, with deft application of legal skills, was inspiring. I wish more divorcing families had the benefit of counsel such as his.