Brendan Holt - Woodbridge Family Lawyer Reviews & Ratings

Brendan Holt Bio
Attorney Holt has been academically and professionally involved in negotiation and alternative dispute resolution for over a decade. Graduating from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Labor Relations/Studies, minoring in Philosophy; and then from the Quinnipiac University School of Law, completing the Civil Advocacy and Dispute Resolution concentration.. Over the years he has participated in the negotiation and settlement of hundreds and hundreds of disputes, encompassing a broad spectrum of legal issues, from complex contract and corporate disputes, to labor and family law. For 7 years he mediated, facilitated and evaluated hundreds of contested financial, property and child custody disputes as a State of Connecticut Judicial Branch appointed Family Relations Counselor in the New Haven Superior Court.. In 2013 he left his position within the Judicial Branch and ventured into private legal practice for an established insurance policy holder litigation law firm. Here, in addition to traditional litigation and advising companies and insurance brokers about appropriate corporate risk transfer, he also counseled and represented some of the nation’s largest construction companies through the successful negotiation of multimillion-dollar insurance coverage disputes; disputes involving complex overlapping contractual obligations as well as potential multiparty liability payment scenarios.. Beginning in the Fall of 2017, Attorney Holt returned to his “roots” in family law, where he took on appointments as a Guardian Ad Litem, as well as litigating and mediating as an associate for a small private practice in New Haven which focused primarily on family law. Most recently Attorney Holt has started his own firm, Holt Law LLC, based in Woodbridge. His new practice is focused primarily on co-parenting coordination, collaborative family law, mediation and broader dispute resolution pursuits.