Holly Critchley

Holly’s practice focuses on insurance defense litigation. Prior to joining Clawson & Staubes, Holly worked in Atlanta as a Law Clerk in the U.S. Attorneys Office, Northern District of Georgia Money Laundering & Asset Recovery Section, assisting with civil & criminal forfeiture cases.

Holly graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law. While in law school, she served as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable S. Dave Vatti of the United States District Court, District of Connecticut, where she gained invaluable insights into courtroom proceedings. She also worked with the Connecticut Community Law Center, which offered low-cost legal services in cases involving family law, housing, bankruptcy, and immigration, worked as a summer intern with Catholic Charities Refugee & Immigration Services, volunteered with the Connecticut Bar Association’s Pro Bono Housing and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) clinics, and was selected as a member of UCONN Law’s 8- week program with Otis Elevator Company’s Global Legal Team and The Boys & Girls Club of Hartford to teach teens about the law and the legal profession.

• Litigation
• Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

• Connecticut, 2024
• South Carolina, 2025

• University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 2023
• University of Hartford B.A. American & European History, Summa Cum Laude, 2019

• CALI Award- Law and Public Education, Spring 2023