Elaina L. Holmes

Elaina L. Holmes is an attorney at The Law Offices of Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz & Bhaya in Newark, Delaware. Holmes focuses on bankruptcy, health care directives, powers of attorney, probate, wills, and personal injury matters. The practice includes consumer bankruptcy cases and related planning matters that can involve debt relief, estate documents, probate, and healthcare decision-making. This work requires careful review of the facts, applicable law, and practical options in each matter.

Holmes earned a B.A. in English and Political Science from Virginia Tech and a Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond. She is admitted in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky, and Virginia and in federal courts, including the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. This background supports Holmes’s legal analysis, organization of complex information, and client counseling in bankruptcy and related consumer and estate matters matters. It also helps frame the legal and practical questions that arise in client matters.

Holmes’s experience includes consumer bankruptcy practice, writing and speaking on bankruptcy and student-loan discharge issues, and earlier work addressing healthcare-law topics. These matters require careful preparation, attention to procedural requirements, and coordination with clients, professionals, courts, agencies, or opposing parties as the situation demands. The experience provides practical context for the legal and evidentiary issues that can affect a case or transaction.

Elaina L. Holmes has been named a Delaware Today Top Lawyer in multiple years from 2020 through 2024. She is active in the Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, Women and the Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association, and the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation. Holmes’s background reflects sustained work in bankruptcy and related consumer and estate matters and supports clear, practical guidance for clients navigating related legal matters. This combination of experience and preparation supports thoughtful attention to legal requirements and practical client needs.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, The Law Offices Of Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz & Bhaya
• Member, Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Member, Kentucky Bar Association
• Member, Virginia State Bar
• Member, Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court
• Member, Women and the Law, Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation

Licensed State

• Delaware
• Pennsylvania
• Maryland
• Kentucky
• Virginia

Education

• University of Richmond
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Virginia Tech
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English and Political Science

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