Marilee Fiebig, also known as Marilee Fiebig Holmes, is an Atlanta-based attorney born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is well known for being a journalist, T.J. Holmes's wife.
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Background
Marilee Fiebig was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and she is of African ethnicity. She completed her college education and graduated from the University of Michigan. Fiebig also went on to study law at the Law School of Vanderbilt University. Through hard work and dedication, she was able to obtain a law degree from that university.
Getting a law degree in America was a massive accomplishment for Marilee because it proved that she could do anything if she put her mind to it. She was just a girl from the Congo, but she decided on a career path that no one would be able to push her from.
Law Career
Initially, Marilee worked as an immigration associate attorney starting in 2005 at Powell Goldstein LLP. She worked there for three years and gained a lot of experience in the law field. In 2008, she left the company. Powell Goldstein eventually changed their name to Bryan Cave LLP.
In 2008, Marilee found a new opportunity to extend her career. She was hired as manager for all the immigration cases at a firm known as Alston & Bird LLP. To get a manager position just four years into her law career was a great sign that showed Marilee had what it took to become a success in her field. After three successful years at her first job, her new employer impressed her enough to give her a supervisor role. They also trusted her with essential cases because the immigration cases at the firm were high-profile cases.
She became a true professional at the Alston & Bird LLP firm before she departed in 2013. She went on to work at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bersen, and Loewy as an immigration associate attorney in New York. She was building upon her success at handling immigration cases. Even though she would no longer be a manager, the tradeoff was worth it to now be working in New York.
She worked in New York for a couple of years, from 2014 to 2016. After that, she started working at Wilhelmina International, and she is still working there as a General Counsel. She deals with the immigration needs of the company and also oversees the employee recruitment of the company. She also handles the company's legal and human resources department. She is trusted to address many areas of the company because of her versatility.
Ever since her career in 2005, she has worked in many firms and has made significant progress towards being a great lawyer. Marilee has worked for Immigration Services, Department of Labor, United States Citizenship, and Department of State as her law practice is concentrated on Business Immigration. Marilee has also assisted many NGOs, companies, and universities on global immigration issues. Currently, Marilee is on the board of directors (RRISA) Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta.
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Personal Life
Marilee Fiebig and her husband, T. J. Holmes, got married in 2010 in Memphis, Tennessee. Holmes was born in West Memphis, Arkansas. He completed his graduation from West Memphis High School. Later on, he went to the University of Arkansas to complete his Bachelor's Degree in Broadcast Journalism. Her husband's full name is Loutelious Ann Holmes Jr. T.J. Holmes is a journalist and national television personality. He started his career off in Missouri at KSNF Channel 19. Holmes then went on to CNN in 2006 and started working there as an anchor. He appeared on several shows on the network.
Then in 2011, he left CNN and then started working for the BET Network, and he signed a contract with them. He last appeared on CNN's shows in December 2011, and he has been working with BET ever since.
T.J. spoke to The Root about how he felt as he was getting ready to become engaged to Marilee, "What the hell was I thinking? I was 31, single, making good money and living in Atlanta, a city that's been described as "happy hunting" for a single guy. I was living the life my grandfather told me to live when I was a small child: "Why get married and try to make one woman happy … when you can stay single and make them all happy?" Granddad would have been proud. Lately, though, I've been trying to make one woman happy—one woman. Since 2010, I've woken up to, eaten my meals with, vacationed with, had sex with, done everything with the same woman.
As my fourth anniversary approached, I started contemplating my relationship and wondering how we'd made it this far. Of course, four years of marriage isn't a long time, yet some don't even make it to this point, including many of my close friends. And, I'll admit to my moments of self-doubt about how I'd handle commitment right after the glorious height of my singledom. We hadn't had any catastrophic issues come up in our marriage. Still, we had dealt with living in separate cities, career changes, the birth of our daughter, relocation, as well as some other marital challenges that are par for the course. "
His marriage with Marilee came after his divorce with his ex-wife and college girlfriend, Amy Ferson, in 2007. After the divorce, he dated an R&B singer named Rozonda Thomas from the female band TLC for a short time. For their honeymoon, T.J. and Marilee went to an island country called St Lucia.
Like Marilee, T.J. Holmes is also a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. When he married Marilee, he already had two children from his first wife and previous marriage. His children were a daughter named Brianna and a son named Jaiden.
Marilee and T.J. had their first child in January 2013. They were blessed with a beautiful daughter. They decided to give her a pretty name like Sabina. The couple is very wealthy and can provide their kids with a comfortable lifestyle because they earned a combined net worth of three million dollars.
Last Modified: Aug 12, 2021
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