Holle Forbes

Holle Forbes joined Murphy & Riley, PC with more than fifteen years experience as a litigator.  She specializes in personal injury cases involving catastrophic injuries.  She has lectured at legal seminars on the Massachusetts Wrongful Death Statute, Lead Poisoning  and  Municipal Liability.  She especially enjoys supporting clients who are new to the legal system  and who appreciate her personal as well as professional support.

Before law school, Holle  worked for more than a decade as Team Leader and Charge Nurse in the operating rooms of large trauma centers in Vermont and Texas.    She also served for three years as a Captain in the United States Air Force Nurse Corps, where  she continued her operating room work at Andrews  and Lackland Air Force Bases.

Holle is the former Chair of the Charles River Center’s Human Rights Committee, and now serves as the legal representative on the Metro Residential Services/Department of Developmental Services Human Rights Committee. 

Holle lives in Needham with her husband and family. 

Bar and Court Admissions

• Massachusetts,  1989
• US District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1989

 Education

• University of Vermont,  ADN and BS.    1973
• University of Texas,  BBA. Magna cum laude.   1984
• Northeastern University School of Law,  Juris Doctor   1989