Patice is an attorney with a diverse litigation practice and experience. She is licensed to practice law in Virginia, Florida, and in the District of Columbia. Patice focuses primarily on employment litigation defense, employment investigations, transportation law (FELA, SAA, LIA), general civil and commercial litigation, commercial and residential landlord-tenant litigation, and insurance defense. Patice is also the Chair of the firm’s E‑Discovery Practice Group.
She has extensive experience litigating cases in state and federal courts as well as in mediation. Through her litigation experience, Patice has garnered extensive knowledge in defending witness and document subpoenas and FOIA requests. As Chair of the firm’s E-Discovery Practice Group, Patice advises clients on all aspects of E-discovery, including litigation holds, custodial interviews/data collection and preservation, and review and production of electronically stored information (ESI). Patice has been involved in extensive discovery matters in complex litigation in both state and federal courts.
Patice is a member of The National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 list. In 2021, she was named to the list Best Lawyers in America© for Insurance Law, Litigation – Labor & Employment, and Railroad Law. In 2019, she was named as an inaugural member of the Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2019 Influential Women of Law. She was the Roanoke Bar Association’s Young Lawyer of the Year for 2016 and also that year, was named an inaugural member of the Virginia Lawyers Weekly Up and Coming Attorneys. Virginia Super Lawyers selected her as a “Rising Star” in 2015 through 2021, consecutively. In 2018, she received the Drum Major for Justice Award from the Roanoke Valley chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 2014, she was awarded the Rev. F.E. Alexander Award for Excellence in Business by the Roanoke Chapter of the Urban Professional League.
In the community, Roanoke City Council appointed Patice as a Board Member of the Economic Empowerment and Advisory Board and serves as Chair of the EEAB’s Trust Committee. She also serves as a board member of Apple Ridge Farm and Ivies Incorporated of Roanoke Valley. Patice is a member of the Beta Chi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and is an active member of her church, Loudon Avenue Christian Church. She serves on the Black Disciples Endowment Fund and the Week of Compassion, both national ministry boards of the Disciples of Christ Church.
Affiliations
American Bar Association
Florida Bar Association
Roanoke Bar Association
Virginia Bar Association—Membership Co-Chair (23rd Judicial Circuit); Transportation Law Section Council, Chair
Virginia Women’s Attorney Association—Roanoke Chapter
Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
Old Dominion Bar Association
Society for Human Resources Management
The National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
Urban Professional League
Thought Leadership
Published Articles
Subconscious Thoughts and Their Impact on the Workplace, Lynchburg Business, November/December 2018
The Big Yellow Taxi Has a New Look, Lynchburg Business, June 2015
Teaching Engagements
Civil Rights Law Seminar – W&L Law – Fall 2018
Seminars/Webinars
Lorman Landlord Tenant Seminars
Lorman Employment Law Seminars
Representative Cases
Employment/Internal Investigations
- Represent companies, government contractors, and school boards in internal investigation of and litigation arising from former executives’ alleged breaches of fiduciary duty.
- Led internal investigation of a national company into discrimination claims by high-ranking executives.
Employment Litigation Defense
- Leonard v. Electro-Mechanical Corp., 2014 WL 2769125 (W.D.Va. 2014)
- McBeth v. Shearer’s Foods, Inc., 2014 WL 883981 (W.D.Va. 2014)
- Arthur v. Pet Dairy, 2013 WL 6228732 (W.D.Va. 2013)
- Arthur v. Pet Dairy, 2013 WL 6073465 (W.D.Va. 2013)
ERISA
- McCall v. American Elec. Power System Long Term Disability Plan, 2012 WL 2236669 (W.D.Va. 2012)
Eminent Domain
- Lamar Co., LLC v. City of Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority, 2011 WL 8964506 (Va. Cir. Ct. 2011)
False Claims Act
- S. v. Armet Armored Vehicles, Inc., 2014 WL 7045008 (W.D.Va. 2014)
- Skinner v. Armet Armored Vehicles, Inc., 2014 WL 4243670 (W.D.Va. 2014)
Transportation
- Hollingsworth v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co., 2010 S.E.2d 651 (Va. 2010)
Insurance Defense
- Cook v. John Hancock Life Ins. Co. (U.S.A.), 2013 WL 942384 (W.D.Va. 2013)
Intellectual Property (Trademark Litigation)
- Free Bridge Auto Sales, Inc. v. Focus, Inc., 2014 WL 521661 (W.D.Va. 2014)
Featured Posts
Virginia Values Act Provides New Protections for LGBT Residents and Workers | April 28, 2020
Don’t Get Twisted Up in Hair Discrimination | March 9, 2020
Speaking Engagements
47th Annual Advanced Business Law Conference 2021 - Virginia CLE | Valuing Diversity and Recognizing Implicit Bias | September 24, 2021
Lynchburg SHRM | How an Employment Lawsuit Works | April 8, 2021
Virginia School Boards Association | Implicit Bias, Diversity and Inclusion | November 19, 2020
Virginia School Boards Association School Law Conference | Implicit Bias Training | June 5, 2020
IPMA-HR Virginia Chapter Regional Workshop | Strengthening Your Supervisory Skills in Employment Law | October 16, 2019
Richmond SHRM | HR on Mock Trial: Romance Gone Wrong (Allegedly) | September 19, 2019
International Public Management Association for HR – Virginia Chapter | Hot Topics in Your Employee Handbook | March 12, 2019
International Public Management Association for HR – Virginia Chapter | Discrimination & Harassment in the #MeToo Era | March 12, 2019
Virginia Women's Conference | Valuing Diversity and Recognizing Implicit Bias | November 17, 2018
Richmond SHRM | HR on (Mock) Trial: Racial Discrimination | September 20, 2018
SEMINARS + EVENTS
HR LifeLine: 2020 Labor & Employment Webinar Series | Every Thursday in October
2019 Labor and Employment Seminar Series | October 2 - November 5
37th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar Series | September 20, 2018
Recognition
Sixteen Woods Rogers Attorneys Are 2021 Virginia Super Lawyers or Rising Stars | May 6, 2021
Forty-one Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for 2021 | August 20, 2020
Eighteen Woods Rogers Attorneys Selected as 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers | April 15, 2020
Twenty-two Woods Rogers Attorneys Named 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers | April 11, 2019
Patice L. Holland Named an Influential Woman of Law | January 17, 2019
Twenty-three Woods Rogers attorneys awarded honors by Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine | April 20, 2018
Woods Rogers’ Patice Holland Receives 2018 “Drum Major for Justice” Award from the RVSCLC | January 26, 2018
Twenty-one Woods Rogers attorneys awarded honors by Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine | May 1, 2017
Twenty-seven Woods Rogers attorneys named by Virginia Business as 2016 “Legal Elite” | December 5, 2016
Two Woods Rogers Attorneys Recognized as 2016 ‘Leaders in the Law’ | August 29, 2016
Woods Rogers’ Patice Holland Receives 2016 Young Lawyer of the Year Award from Roanoke Bar Association | April 19, 2016
Twenty-two Woods Rogers Attorneys Awarded Honors by Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine | April 7, 2016
Twenty-Two Woods Rogers Attorneys Awarded Honors by Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine | April 9, 2015
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