Darren J. Holst is a partner at the Harrisburg firm of Howett, Kissinger, Holst, & Bell-Jacobs, P.C., a firm limiting its practice to matrimonial law. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from West Virginia University in 1995 and his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University in 1998. He is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Family Lawyers. He is the President-Elect of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the AAML. Mr. Holst is a member of the family law sections of the Dauphin County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations and has written and lectured on family law topics for various continuing legal education seminars. He is a three-term council member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section and is a Past Chair of the Section. Mr. Holst is also past co-chair of the Programming Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section and is the past chair of the Family Law Section of the Dauphin County Bar Association as well as a two- term member of the Dauphin County Bar Association's board of directors.

Mr. Holst is a former adjunct professor in the paralegal studies program at the Harrisburg Area Community College, where he taught several subjects, including family law, legal ethics, legal research and writing, and the program's introductory class, which provides a broad overview of the American legal systems, court structure, and substantive areas oflaw. In 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2012, Mr. Holst was honored as a Rising Star Pennsylvania Super Lawyer and, in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 a Super Lawyer by Philadelphia Magazine.

AAML PA Officers

Chapter President-Elect
Julie Auerbach

Chapter First Vice President
Stephanie Winegrad

Chapter Secretary
Maris Weiner

Chapter Treasurer
Mary Vidas

Immediate Past President
Helen E. Casale

Chapter Delegate
Julia Swain

AAML PA Board of Managers