720 Calhoun Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Phone: 803-251-6406
Fax: 803-251-3034
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1478
Columbia, South Carolina 29202
robin@hollyatkinslaw.com
Office Hours
Monday – Friday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Attorneys and Staff
Attorney Profiles
Holly Saleeby Atkins
Former Chairman of the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission
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Holly Saleeby Atkins - Practiced workers' compensation defense for ten years representing insurance companies and employers in workers' compensation matters. She was then appointed Chairman of the SC Workers' Compensation Commission by Governor Hodges in March of 1999. She served as a Workers' Compensation Commissioner until July 2003 when she left the Commission to go into private practice on the side of injured workers. She now focuses solely on helping workers injured in South Carolina achieve the utmost benefits to which they are entitled under the law.
Holly brings a unique and powerful perspective to the practice of Workers' Compensation. Holly represented employers when she first began to practice in this area. She learned a great deal about the employer and insurance carriers' perspective during this time. Holly was then appointed by Governor Jim Hodges to be Chairman of the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission in 1999. She functioned as a hearing officer deciding disputed claims. After four years on the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commision, Holly resigned to form Atkins, Fryer and Robinson in July 2003. As of October 1, 2006, Ms. Atkins formed her own law firm to exclusively represent injured workers.
Staff Profiles
Karen N. Hanna
Karen has 17 years experience in the workers' compensation field. As a former lab technician, she brought her medical experience to the insurance field. Her past experience includes working as a workers' compensation adjuster with SC state government. Her background in workers' compensation also includes working as a paralegal for both plaintiff and insurance defense firms. She is a member of the S.C. Workers' Compensation Education Association and the Columbia Claims Association. In her spare time, she enjoys raising funds for organizations including Children's Miracle Network, the Leukemia Foundation, the American Heart Association and Breast Cancer Awareness. She also enjoys cooking, decorating, traveling and spending time with her husband, daughter and their Shih Tzu, Honeybelle.
Robin Foster
Robin is a native of the Carolinas. She graduated from Washington State University in 2003 (Go Cougs!) with a degree in Political Science/Pre-Law. She lived four years in East Lansing, Michigan, where she worked on various political grassroots campaigns. She's been a part of the Atkins Law Firm team since September of 2007. She enjoys long walks on the beach, Football Sundays, summer barbeques and Miller Lite.