F. Douglas Ross

Doug Ross, who also serves as OFP's Managing Shareholder, understands that sometimes litigation is necessary to get the result sought by his clients. With 30 years of courtroom experience, he has the willingness and ability to efficiently try those cases that cannot be settled in a manner satisfactory to his clients. A seasoned trial attorney, Doug has extensive experience with both jury and non-jury trials. His broad litigation practice includes banking, real estate, title insurance, shareholder and partnership disputes, and defamation. While he primarily appears before the Virginia state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, on occasion he represents clients in courts outside of Virginia, participating in the jurisdiction pro hac vice, or with permission of the court for that particular trial. Awards and Honors Honors AV Preeminent Peer Rated by Martindale-Hubbell 2020-2026, The Best Lawyers in America - Commercial Litigation 2023, Arlington magazine’s Top Attorneys — Litigation 2023-2025, "Managing Partner Spotlight," Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2022, Arlington magazine's Top Attorneys – Appellate Law 2020, Virginia Business magazine’s “Legal Elite” – Appellate Law 2020-2022, Virginia 500 - The Power List - Law 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2023, 2024, Virginia Business magazine’s “Legal Elite” – Civil Litigation

• Shareholder

• Murnan v. Stewart Title Guaranty Company, 607 F. Supp. 2d 745 (E. D Va. 2009)
• Avila/Avila v. Community Bank of Virginia, et. al., 2003 WL 22002779 (Mo. App. W.D.)
• Berman v. Physical Medicine Associates, 225 F.3d 429 (4th Cir. 2000)
• FDIC v. Hish, 76 F.3d 620 (4th Cir. 1996)
• Successfully obtained a summary judgment in favor of a national underwriter on a title insurance claim, which ruling was upheld by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Successfully argued a Motion to Dismiss on a substantial defamation claim, which ruling was upheld in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Successfully defended breach of fiduciary duty claims against a corporation’s directors and shareholders, which ruling was upheld by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

• Virginia, 1983
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia