Overview
Dolly Chisholm received her B.A. from Sophie Newcomb College in 1981 and her J.D. degree from Tulane University in 1987.
Chisholm practices estate planning and probate, including probate conservatorship and guardianship proceedings, real estate law, focusing on residential closings, corporate law, including the formation of limited liability companies, partnerships, corporations, and creditors’ rights, focusing on bankruptcy representation.
Chisholm was named one of the Best Lawyers in America in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. She is a member of the Savannah Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia. She is a member and past president of the Estate Planning Council, a past director of Georgia Legal Services Foundation, past president of the Savannah Community Foundation, secretary of the Beehive Foundation and the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, and trustee for the Telfair Museum. Chisholm is also a past member of the Executive Committee of the Savannah Bar Association and past director of the Coastal Bankruptcy Law Institute. She also currently serves as the Chancellor of St. John’s Episcopal Church.
Chisholm is involved in numerous community and legal organizations and received the Chief Justice Robert Benham Award for community service in 2001, the Sarah Nichols Pinckney Volunteer Award from the Georgia Historical Society in 2007, the John B. Miller Award from the Savannah Bar Association in recognition for community service in 2009 and the H. Sol Clark Pro Bono Award from the State Bar of Georgia in 2015. In 2008, she was named one of Georgia’s “Legal Elite.”