Thomas R. Holt Managing Shareholder Bagwell Holt Smith, Chapel Hill

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Thomas Holt, managing shareholder at Bagwell Holt Smith, anchors the firm’s Southern Village office in Chapel Hill.

He has been with the firm for more than 30 years and primarily focuses on residential and commercial real estate transactions.

A Pennsylvania native, Holt spent several years in social work before moving to Chapel Hill, where he enrolled in the University of North Carolina School of Law and earned his law degree in 1990.

His social work background and soothing demeanor in closings have proven valuable in helping clients navigate important, and at times stressful, financial transactions. Clients call him the ultimate professional, with sage advice and a calming manner to help clients achieve closure in their real estate transactions.

Holt is devoted to community service, serving on the Chapel Hill Public Library Foundation board and volunteering with the North Carolina Lawyers Assistance Program of the North Carolina State Bar. In 2013, he received the Chief Justice’s Lawyers Assistance Program Award.