Doug is a seasoned trial lawyer and counselor with more than 40 years of experience. His practice focuses on professional liability, including Errors & Omissions defense of insurance and securities professionals; Directors & Officers liability defense; and legal malpractice defense. He also concentrates in the areas of securities litigation and arbitration; insurance coverage and defense; and financial institutions and securities.
For decades, he has concentrated on defending a wide range of claims against professionals, including insurance licensees, attorneys and securities professionals. His practice includes the representation of insurance agents and agencies; law firms; securities broker-dealers, registered investment advisers and individual securities brokers. Doug is regularly listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Insurance, Securities Litigation, and Capital Markets. He has also been recognized as a Virginia “Super Lawyer” in the field of Insurance and Securities Litigation.
Doug has tried dozens of jury trials, bench trials and arbitrations in Virginia and in other jurisdictions. In addition to trying cases in courts and before arbitration panels, he has extensive appellate experience in Virginia and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. A longtime member of the Virginia State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar, Doug has also handled cases in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado. He has also served as lead counsel to institutional and individual defendants in major multi-district cases involving insurer insolvencies and alleged securities fraud.
Doug’s practice includes handling regulatory issues before federal and state regulators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Institution Regulatory Authority and a host of state securities and insurance regulators. He is a 1978 graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, where he was Notes & Comments editor of the Journal of Criminal Lawa and Criminology and an instructor in legal writing.
Attorney Perspectives
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Open Registration: HR2023 Back on Track: WRVB’s 42nd Annual Labor & Employment Seminars
September 22, 2023 -
A Few Do’s and Don’ts of Purchasing Small Business Insurance
June 15, 2018
Speaking Engagements
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Open Registration: HR2023 Back on Track: WRVB’s 42nd Annual Labor & Employment Seminars
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IIAV's 125th Convention and Tradeshow | Past Mistakes that Lead to Future Lawsuits
June 26, 2023
Recognition
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Open Registration: HR2023 Back on Track: WRVB’s 42nd Annual Labor & Employment Seminars
September 22, 2023 -
Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 70 WRVB Attorneys
August 17, 2023 -
Thirty-Seven WRVB Attorneys Named to 2023 Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List
May 1, 2023 -
WRVB Attorneys Make Major Showing in Best Lawyers in America
August 16, 2022 -
Attorneys Selected for the 2022 Virginia Super Lawyers List
May 5, 2022 -
28 Vandeventer Black LLP lawyers named to 2022 Best Lawyers® list
August 19, 2021 -
14 Attorneys Selected for the 2021 Virginia Super Lawyers List
May 6, 2021 -
28 Attorneys Named to 2021 Best Lawyers® list
August 20, 2020 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Selected for the 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers List
May 7, 2020 -
Vandeventer Black’s Palais Honored with the Commonwealth Award by the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia
August 13, 2019 -
Richmond Attorney’s Selected for Inclusion on the 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers List
April 29, 2019 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Listed as ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ of 2019
August 24, 2018 -
27 Vandeventer Black Attorneys Named ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ of 2018
August 22, 2017