Nelson Mullins - Wallace Hollowell
Wallace C. Hollowell, III
Partner

Office
Raleigh
GlenLake One, Suite 200
4140 Parklake Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27612

Contact Details
Tel: 919.877.3803
Fax: 919.877.3823
Email: chuck.hollowell@nelsonmullins.com

Areas of Law
Administrative Law
Appellate
Business Litigation
Government Relations and Administrative Law
Healthcare
Litigation

Education
University of Virginia School of Law
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bar Admissions
North Carolina

Chuck Hollowell is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP practicing in Raleigh in the areas of healthcare law, administrative law, appellate litigation, and business litigation. Mr. Hollowell focuses his practice on assisting healthcare clients with regulatory and strategic planning issues and pursuing their interests through litigation in a variety of forums, including state and federal court and administrative proceedings. Mr. Hollowell has provided a broad range of legal services to hospitals, home health and hospice agencies, assisted living providers, physician groups, diagnostic imaging providers, dialysis providers, local management entities, and air ambulance providers.
 
A member of the North Carolina State Bar, Mr. Hollowell is admitted to practice before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina.
 
Mr. Hollowell's experience includes:

  • Representation of healthcare providers in numerous administrative appeals of Certificate of Need (“CON”) decisions by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services;
  • Representation of hospital medical staffs in compliance issues and peer review hearings;  
  • Representation of healthcare providers in contract disputes with insurance companies;
  • Representation of numerous clients in filing amicus curiae briefs in appellate litigation, including the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the North Carolina Medical Society, the North Carolina Hospital Association, the North Carolina Psychiatric Association,  and the North Carolina Psychological Association;
  • Representation of healthcare providers in appeals of licensure decisions by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services;
  • Representation of healthcare providers in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement disputes, including challenging recoupment decisions by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; and
  • Representation of healthcare providers in professional licensing matters before the North Carolina Medical Board and other professional licensing boards.

Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Hollowell served as law clerk to N.C. Supreme Court Justice Willis P. Whichard.  Mr. Hollowell has served as the Chair of the North Carolina Bar Association's Health Law Section (2010-2011). He has also served as President of the North Carolina Society of Healthcare Attorneys (2006-2007). Mr. Hollowell is also a member of the American Bar Association (Health Law Section) and the American Health Lawyers Association.

In 2004, Mr. Hollowell was selected by the Triangle Business Journal for its 40 Under 40 award, which recognizes outstanding Research Triangle leaders under 40 years of age. Mr. Hollowell has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2007-2012) in the area of Health Care Law. Mr. Hollowell is also a 2006 graduate of Leadership Raleigh, a select program of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. 

Mr. Hollowell also represents the North Carolina Guardian ad Litem program in the appellate courts. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross, Triangle Chapter and has also helped coordinate fundraising efforts for the Triangle United Way.

Mr. Hollowell earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1997, where he was a member of the Virginia Law Review. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, with honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was named to Phi Beta Kappa.