Douglas P. Rucker, Jr.

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For the vast majority of legal malpractice cases Doug has defended since 1986, he has extricated his clients on summary judgment, pre-trial motions, or other pretrial dispositions.

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Doug Rucker offers legal guidance to business professionals across a range of industries, with a focus on serving lawyers and real estate professionals. With over forty years of experience, Doug brings diverse and in-depth knowledge to support his client’s business and litigation needs. Doug offers his individual strengths within Sands Anderson’s collaborative community to support your success.

Doug regularly defends malpractice claims against professionals including:

Accountants
Corporate Directors & Officers
House & Termite Inspection Companies
Insurance Agents
Insurance Brokers
Lawyers
Real Estate Agents
Real Estate Appraisers
Security Dealers and Brokers
Title Insurance Agents
Title Insurers

Doug also has extensive experience in commercial real estate and mortgage financing. His talents have helped financial institutions to finance and invest in office, retail, and industrial properties and developments throughout Virginia.

No matter the legal outcomes clients seek, Doug’s passion for the law and work ethic help professionals look forward, stay on track, and get ahead.

In his spare time, Doug’s interests include history and historic preservation. He and his wife, Marian, live in the Burton-Farrar House (circa 1818) in the Historic St. John’s District of Richmond.

Represented interveners in a suit for aid and guidance in the administration of a wealthy woman's estate, resulting in the formation of a world-class botanical garden
Represented real estate brokers in a multimillion-dollar case, which was successfully settled in mediation
Successfully defended an electrical engineer a multimillion-dollar case in a thirty-day jury trial

"Leaders in the Law" Virginia Lawyers Media 2012
AV rated (highest rating)
Martindale-Hubbell
"Best Lawyers in America®" for Corporate Law, Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, 2007 - 2022
"Super Lawyers" for Professional Liability: Defense
"Legal Elite" for Civil Litigation
Virginia Business magazine
Who's Who in American Law

The Bible
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee

Background

University of Virginia
J.D. 1972
Hampden-Sydney College
B.A. 1968

Virginia
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Western District of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Claims
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court

Involvement

The Virginia Bar Association
Chairman, Awards Committee (1997)
President (1996)
Member, Presidents' Council
Civil Litigation and Business Law Sections
Chairman, Membership and Member Services Committee (1993)
Virginia Substance Abuse Committee (1989 - 1990)
Chairman, Committee on Issues of State and National Importance (1991 - 1992) Executive Committee (1992 - 1997; Chairman, 1994)
American Bar Foundation - Fellow
Boyd-Graves Conference (1996 - 2016)
Defense Research Institute
Virginia State Bar
Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
Virginia Law Foundation - Fellow

The Center for the Book
Member, Board of Directors (1995 - 2003)
Central Richmond Association
Former Chairman, Board of Directors (Vice President 1990 - 1991)
Member of Executive Committee (1990 - 1996)
Needle's Eye Ministries, Inc.
Board of Directors

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