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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Biography

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.


Professional Highlights

  • 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

Recognition

  • "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 - 2023
  • Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" in Professional Malpractice Law, 2023
  • "Super Lawyers" for Professional Liability: Defense
  • "Legal Elite" for Civil Litigation
    Virginia Business magazine
  • Who's Who in American Law

Favorite Books

  • The Bible
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
    by Harper Lee

Background

Education

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

Admissions

  • 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

Professional Affiliations

  • 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)
  • Virginia State Bar
  • Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
  • Virginia Law Foundation - Fellow

Community Service

  • 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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