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Douglas P. Rucker, Jr. to be Elected in Fellows of the American Bar Foundation

Published on: 7/03/2001

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA (July 3, 2001)... Douglas P. Rucker, Jr. has been elected to The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, an organization limited to one third of one percent of all practicing lawyers.

The American Bar Foundation is an organization of members of the legal profession who encourage and support research programs on law and legal institutions and the legal processes in society. The Fellows are lawyers whose colleagues find them to have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and to the objectives of the American Bar Foundation.

Rucker, a former President of the Virginia Bar Association, serves as one of our three managing directors, and practices with our Business and Professional Litigation Team. He concentrates on business litigation cases and the defense of professionals in malpractice cases.

Sands Anderson Marks & Miller is headquartered in downtown Richmond and has offices in Radford, Virginia, and the Research Triangle of North Carolina. Its three locations and over fifty attorneys allow it to respond to its clients' legal needs throughout the region.

Founded nearly 170 years ago, Sands Anderson has 70 lawyers practicing among its offices in Richmond, Christiansburg, Fredericksburg and McLean, Virginia, and Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2011, it was ranked 11th in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly annual listing of the state's largest law firms. Sands Anderson provides a full range of legal services to corporations and businesses, healthcare providers, financial institutions, state and local governments, the insurance industry and individuals.