Carrie Holmes is the Executive Director of the Center for Access to QDROs, where she works to ensure that low-income family law litigants actually receive the retirement benefits to which they are entitled – safeguarding an income that will allow them to live their older years with dignity. Carrie serves as the State Bar Appointee to the Judicial Council of California’s Information Technology Advisory Committee and is a member of the Legal Service Advisory Council for Paladin, a pro bono software platform. She also co-chairs Lawyers Club of San Diego’s Advocacy & Reproductive Justice Committee and volunteers with the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Judgment Assistance Day through the Beverly Hills Bar Association. Carrie is a “double Bruin,” having received both her undergraduate and law degrees at UCLA, and is a member of the 2023 cohort of “Bruin Excellence in Civic Engagement” honorees.
Previously, she was the Pro Bono Manager and Supervising Attorney at San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program and the Pro Bono Director at the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law. She began her career in private practice family law in Beverly Hills. She has also previously served as the co-chair of the Family Law Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and the co-chair of the Membership Development and Red, White, and Brew Committees of the Lawyers Club of San Diego.
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