Angelik Holloway shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.
Angelik, really appreciate you sharing your stories and insights with us. The world would have so much more understanding and empathy if we all were a bit more open about our stories and how they have helped shaped our journey and worldview. Let’s jump in with a fun one: When have you felt most loved—and did you believe you deserved it?
These last few months have been especially challenging for me, as I have confronted a season of compounded grief, having lost three loved ones in the last three years. My most recent loss in September was devastating, and while I was my most unrecognizable self, I felt immense support from my husband, my mom, mother-in-law, sister, and close friends. I felt love in the way of actions—not just empty “check-ins” or random condolences texts. Instead, people came and sat with me, held space for me, wiped my tears, cooked for me, cleaned my house, folded laundry, and gave me a much-needed distraction from the overwhelming monster of grief. In those moments, where my personality, my laugh, my silliness, and my typical resolve, had been stripped of me, I felt the most loved because their outpouring of love was not at all connected to my capacity to perform. In those moments, it’s hard to say whether I had the wherewithal to determine if I felt ‘deserving.’ More than anything, I felt gratitude that in my darkest hour, love brought a small beacon of light to my hopelessness.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Hi, I’m Angelik “Angie” Holloway, the founder of Edmonds Law Office, where I help Georgia healthcare professionals protect their licenses, build thriving private practices, and negotiate employment contracts and severance agreements with confidence. My clients come to me overwhelmed, second-guessing themselves, or unsure where to start—and they leave with clarity, strategy, and legal systems that make their professional lives easier, safer, and more aligned with the careers they want to build. My firm focuses on healthcare compliance, practice formation, medical employment contracts, severance negotiations, and protecting providers from avoidable legal risk. We’re known for lawyering without the ick—no condescension, no gatekeeping, no disappearing acts—just real partnership, proactive communication, and clear explanations that make the law feel usable, not intimidating.
My path here wasn’t linear. I started my career in civil rights litigation, but the intense caseload, vicarious trauma, and 70-hour weeks pushed me to a breaking point—one that ultimately collided with my own healthcare scare. After years of feeling dismissed in traditional medical settings, it was a concierge-style practice that finally connected the dots in a way six specialists couldn’t. That experience reshaped both my health and my purpose. Now I spend my days supporting the innovative healthcare providers building the kind of care systems that changed my life. And we’re growing—Edmonds Law Office is officially expanding to New York, with plans to begin serving clients there in 2026. I’m excited for what’s ahead and even more grateful for the clinicians and practice owners who trust me with their vision.
Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. What did you believe about yourself as a child that you no longer believe?
As a child, I believed that I was only deserving of love if I earned it. Both of my parents were addicted to drugs, and I committed to academic excellence in order to earn their time, attention, and most importantly their presence in my life. As I have grown and evolved mentally and emotionally (through therapy), I have learned to detach my productivity from my self-worth. Prior to this important detachment, I struggled with the concept of resting without ‘having earned’ it. I see these same patterns in many of my clients, who want to practice medicine in an aligned way, but can’t see what it would be like to center their vision and their own wellness at the same time. In many cases, my clients are doing the mental work of re-learning their own relationships to productivity and self-worth; I’m able to connect and relate to them through their individual transformations as they develop their new medical practice.
Do you remember a time someone truly listened to you?
Honestly, it’s rare. As a Black woman—even as a lawyer whose job is literally to advocate and be heard—my day-to-day reality often tells a different story. I’m ignored, questioned, or treated as if my concerns are exaggerated unless I escalate to a manager or subtly signal my professional status. I don’t walk around announcing that I’m an attorney, so the bias shows up first: that I’m less important, less credible, less worthy of care. Being listened to has never been the default in my lived experience; it’s something I’ve had to fight for.
But with my grief therapist, I finally feel what it’s like to be truly heard. She holds space for every part of me—the high-performing lawyer who shows up for her clients, and the woman who is tired of having to “prove” herself to be treated with basic humanity. In that room, I don’t have to perform or protect. I can unravel, tell the truth, and be met with presence instead of judgment. That experience has shown me what listening should feel like: safe, respectful, and expansive enough to hold all the dimensions of who I am.
Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What are the biggest lies your industry tells itself?
That lawyering must be cold, aloof, and wrapped in just enough elitist jargon to keep everyday people confused—and therefore compliant. We cling to this fantasy that “professionalism” means posturing, issuing directives without explaining a single why, and pretending emotional neutrality in moments that, for our clients, are often the most traumatic chapters of their lives. And then, as a parting gift, we hand them a never-ending billable-hour tab like it’s a luxury experience instead of a financial anxiety attack.
But here’s the truth: lawyering doesn’t have to be covered in ick. I refuse the idea that connection is unprofessional or that transparency somehow cheapens the craft. So yes—I put my pricing on my website. I explain strategy in plain English. I communicate proactively so my clients never feel abandoned in the dark. The industry may keep telling its pretty little lies, but I’m out here proving that you can practice law with skill and humanity—and still get exceptional results.
Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. What do you understand deeply that most people don’t?
What do I understand deeply that most people don’t? I understand what it feels like to be a “nobody”—or at least to believe you are. As a child abandoned by parents struggling with addiction, I grew up wrestling with questions no child should have to ask: If the people who made me didn’t choose me, who will? That sense of otherness, and the perfectionism that took root because of it, shaped far more of my life than I ever admitted out loud. And while I’ve done the healing work, those memories still sit close enough for me to access them with clarity and compassion.
That’s why, when clients come to me scared, overwhelmed, or bracing for their experience to be as painful as their last attorney relationship, I feel it in my bones. I understand the fear of not being seen, not being valued, not being chosen with care. My compassion isn’t theoretical—it’s lived. It comes from knowing exactly what it feels like to hope someone will show up differently this time… and choosing to be that person for the people I serve.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.aedmondslaw.com/
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