Holly James
1905 Harney St. Suite 300
Omaha, NE 68102
hjames@bigfirelaw.com
TRIBAL AFFILIATION
Lumbee descendant
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor, University of South Carolina School of Law (JD, Children’s Law Concentration)
Juris Doctor, University of Montana School of Law
Masters of Federal Indian Law, Magna Cum Laude, University of Tulsa College of Law (MA)
Bachelor’s Degree, Double Major Mass Communications and Political Science, Saint Mary’s of Notre Dame
PRIOR LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Catawba Indian Nation Spring Law Clerk (2022); United States Department of the Interior Fall Law Clerk, Bureau of Land Management, Public Lands Division (2021); Native American Rights Fund Summer Law Clerk (2021); Office of the County Counsel, Los Angeles, Summer and Fall Intern, Dependency Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Division (2020); Los Angeles Superior Court, ICWA Court Judicial Clerk (2019).
ASSOCIATIONS AND HONORS
Panelist, 2023 South Carolina Bar Assn. Convention; USC Law: Journal of International Law and Business, Symposium Editor; American Inns of Court; Phi Delta Phi; Dean’s List; Konduros Leadership Development Program; PRIDE Foundation, Student Scholar; CILA, Student Scholar; Ms. JD, Student of Inspiration; Nat’l LGBTQ Bar, Law Student Exec. Board; Carolina Equality Alliance, Pres.; SBA, 3L Rep.; NALSA, Judge James E. Lockemy Chapter, Founder/Co-Pres., 21-22 Nat’l Chapter of the Year award; D&I Task Force; Student Federal Bar Assn.; BLSA, The Hon. Matthew J. Perry Chapter; Phi Alpha Delta; UM Law: Dean’s Recognition 1L Pro Bono Hours award; Leadership in Diversity award; PRIDE Foundation, Legal Scholar; Honor Code Council, 1L Rep.; OUTlaws, 1L Rep.; NALSA, 1L Rep.
