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Holly Slota - Madison, WI

122 West Washington AvenueSuite 900 Madison, WI 53703 - 2718

Updated: 06/06/2024

Madison Family Law Lawyer

Overview

Holly Slota is a Partner with the firm's Family Law Practice Group. She has been practicing law since 2003 and joined the firm in 2016.

Holly concentrates her practice in divorce litigation, collaborative divorce, appellate practice, international child abduction cases. She also serves as a Guardian ad litem in family law matters. Holly volunteers at the Dane County Family Law Assistance Center. Ms. Slota is licensed to practice in the State of Wisconsin.

Holly was recognized as a Rising Star in Wisconsin Super Lawyers in 2010, 2011, and 2013 and was selected to Super Lawyers 2019-2022. Recent publications include Eckhardt’s Workbook for Wisconsin Estate Planners (coauthor, 2014 and 2016) and Preventing and Responding to International Child Abduction, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Summer 2009). She also served as the Wisconsin delegate at the 20th Annual Symposium of the Family Law Council of Community Property States in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she presented a paper entitled “Back to the Basics: Overview of Community Property in Wisconsin.” She has served as faculty for the Divorce Proceedings section of the UW Law School’s Lawyering Skills Program and has been a guest presenter at the law school’s Family Law I course and Domestic Violence Seminar. She has also trained domestic violence advocates about the role that guardians ad litem play in family law cases involving domestic violence at the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s Family and Immigration Law Training.

Holly’s extensive appellate practice in the area of family law has yielded several published decisions including Chen v. Warner, 2005 WI 55, 280 Wis. 2d 344, 695 N.W.2d 758, and Wright v. Wright, 2008 WI App 21, 307 Wis. 2d 156, 747 N.W.2d 690. In 2015, she presented at the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Guardian ad Litem training regarding the role and duties of guardians ad litem on appeal.

About Holly Slota

Practice Areas

  • Family Law
  • Family Law – Appellate
  • Collaborative Divorce
  • Guardian ad Litem matters
  • Farm Divorce
  • Military Divorce
  • International Child Abduction/Hague Convention

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Partner

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • Wisconsin, 2003

Other Affiliations

  • American Bar Association, Family Law Section (Member)
  • State Bar of Wisconsin, Family Law Section
  • Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin, Member
  • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Member
  • Dane County Bar Association (Member)
  • Legal Association of Women (Member)

Education

  • University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin, 2003
    J.D.
    Honors: State Bar/Law School Academic Achievement Award
    Honors: Bruce Beilfuss Memorial Award
  • University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, 1998
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Dean's List
    Honors: National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
    Honors: Chancellor's Leadership Award
    Honors: University Leadership Award
    Major: Political Science
    Major: English

Past Positions

  • Balisle & Roberson, S.C. 2003-2016

Pro Bono Activities

  • Dane County Family Law Assistance Center
  • 20th Annual Symposium of the Family Law Council of Community Property States in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Delegate

Classes and Seminars

  • Presenter, Back to the Basics: Overview of Community Property in Wisconsin, 20th Annual Symposium of the Family Law Council of Community Property States in Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Faculty, Divorce Proceedings section of the UW Law School’s Lawyering Skills Program
  • Presenter, Family Law I course and Domestic Violence Seminar, UW Law School
  • Presenter, Roles and Duties of Guardians ad Litem on Appeal, State Bar of Wisconsin’s Guardian ad Litem

Achievements

Honors

  • Rising Star in Wisconsin Super Lawyers, 2010, 2011 and 2013
  • Selected to Super Lawyers 2019-2022

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Office Information

Address

122 West Washington AvenueSuite 900 Madison, WI 53703 - 2718

Accepts Credit Cards

Yes

Publication

Articles

  • Co-Author, Eckhardt’s Workbook for Wisconsin Estate Planners, 2014 and 2016
  • Preventing and Responding to International Child Abduction, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2009

Representative Cases

  • Chen v. Warner, 2005 WI 55, 280 Wis. 2d 344, 695 N.W.2d 758
  • Wright v. Wright, 2008 WI App 21, 307 Wis. 2d 156, 747 N.W.2d 690

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The first attorney I went to said there was nothing they could do. When I went to meet in person with Attorney Slota, she had prepared and put in front of me a legal standard that she believed my situation fit. She asked me the key questions, while listening carefully, in addition to being extremely kind, thoughtful, as well as strong and clear. She provided an assessment of the situation, and did not hold back on the challenges, but provided the only hope I had for a former foster child, who without intervention was deteriorating toward a lifetime of poverty, prison or death at the hands of a system that refuses to intervene in long term life devastating neglect. While a pandemic began, Attorney Slota became my life line, and that of a child who didn't even know her. Attorney Slota protected me, while navigating a system that shut down for everyone, but who shouldn't and couldn't shut down for an at risk child, and their siblings. In preparation, in trial, in advice, guidance and long term vision, I have not experienced anyone more dedicated, knowledgeable and skilled. As a person who worked in a related system all of my career, I had background experience, awareness, and understandings that many lay people, or foster parents didn't. Yet when you become the focus of unfathomable absurb attacks to attempt to deter you, you want the best. Attorney Holly Slota is just that, the Best. When those you love are in danger and you can't help them, you want the best, honest, most intelligent, resourceful, ethical, determined lawyer, who knows her way around the court, when to intervene and experienced at when not to. If your case is not for the faint of heart, consider Attorney Slota. She was not only successful, but she was kind, and continues to provide guidance. She made sense of a crazy system that otherwise would have failed yet another child.

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