Holland Brownley, Esq.
Secretary
Holland Brownley has called Queen Anne’s County her home since childhood. After graduating from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, in Washington, DC, she clerked for the Hon. Thomas G. Ross, in the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County. When her clerkship concluded, Ms. Brownley decided to stay local and opened her own practice in Stevensville with a focus on criminal defense and family law. She has provided pro bono service throughout her 15-year legal career, whether it was through Mid-Shore Pro Bono (now Shore Legal Access) as a volunteer attorney, or as a panel conflict attorney through the Office of the Public Defender.
In 2014, her firm was awarded Law Firm of the Year from Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS) for its representation of pro bono family law clients. In 2017, Ms. Brownley joined the Office of the Public Defender in its Talbot County office so that she could devote her attention full-time to representation of indigent clients. In 2020, she was appointed to the Supreme Court of Maryland’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services, and is now serving a second term. She has served on the board of Shore Legal Access since 2020.