About Holly Stephens

Holly K. Stephens is an Associate Attorney at McArthur Law Firm's Atlanta office. She focuses her practice on personal injury and wrongful death cases involving medical negligence, motor vehicle collisions, and trucking accidents.

Originally from Macon, Georgia, Stephens worked in the Texas State Senate for two years before law school. Following law school, she served as an Assistant Public Defender in Brunswick, Georgia, representing hundreds of clients in criminal cases.

She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2021 and her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2016.

She is admitted to the State Bar of Georgia. She serves as Co-Chair of the State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division Litigation Committee for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 terms. She is also a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Atlanta Bar Association, and American Bar Association.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$12.5 millionSettlement

Stevie Bryant, a young mother, died in May 2020 after a crash on the Downtown Connector in Atlanta sent the car she was riding in into an impact attenuator that had been left improperly installed at a highway construction site. Her family sued the contractor, Precision 2000, Inc., in DeKalb County State Court. The case settled for $12.5 million in 2025, less than a week before jury selection was to begin.

State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Georgia
State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division Litigation Committee (Co-Chair, 2024-2026)
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Atlanta Bar Association
American Bar Association

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$21 Million Settlement for Pedestrian Who Lost Both Legs to Hit-and-Run Tractor-Trailer in Cobb County
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$1 Billion Verdict for Rape Victim Assaulted by Unlicensed Armed Security Guard
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Butler Prather LLP
$2.53 Billion Ford Super Duty Roof Crush Verdict for a Georgia Couple

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.