D. Rossen Greene - Virginia Beach, VA

Ross Greene is a firm shareholder and serves as the current chair of the Eminent Domain Practice Group. He focuses his practice in the areas of eminent domain, real estate, wills, trusts, estates, and business matters.

In his right-of-way practice, Ross represents condemning authorities, including state government agencies, utilities, municipalities, and right of way consultants. His right-of-way practice includes litigation in state and federal courts regarding property valuation, eminent domain, condemnation, inverse condemnation, and the Uniform Relocation Act.

In his real estate practice, Ross represents and advises residential and commercial clients on transactions and related litigation, including partition suits. He regularly represents churches in real estate matters.

Ross represents clients in estate planning and administration, including the preparation of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and related litigation.

Ross speaks regularly on topics related to eminent domain and right of way law. He is certified as a Senior Right of Way Professional (SR/WA) by the International Right of Way Association and as a Virginia Certified Title Examiner by the Virginia Land Title Association. The SR/WA designation is the most prestigious professional designation granted to right of way professionals and is granted to those who have achieved professional status through experience, education and examination.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES & TRANSACTIONS
Johnson v. City of Suffolk, 851 S.E.2d 478, 2020 Va. LEXIS 142, 2020 WL 7251969 (Va. 2020)

Michael Fernandez, D.D.S., Ltd. v. Comm'r of Highways, 298 Va. 616, 842 S.E.2d 200, 2020 Va. LEXIS 57, 2020 WL 2761282 (Va. 2020)

City of Chesapeake v. Clear Sky Car Wash, L.L.C., 89 Va. Cir. 27, 2014 Va. Cir. LEXIS 145 (Chesapeake Cir. Ct. March 11, 2014)

Commonwealth DOT v. Burton, 2012 AMC 2230, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 94015, 2012 WL 2785900 (E.D. Va. 2012)

Holloway v. City of Suffolk, 660 F. Supp. 2d 693, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92596 (E.D. Va. 2009)

MEMBERSHIPS
Virginia State Bar
Virginia Bar Association
Suffolk Bar Association - Past President
Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association
International Right of Way Association, Chapter 52 - President and Legal Committee Chair

HONORS & AWARDS
AV® Preeminent^TM Rated, Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings^TM
Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2016-2021
Coastal Virginia's Top Lawyers, Eminent Domain, 2021
Virginia's Legal Elite Rising Stars, 2013-2016
LEAD Hampton Roads, Class of 2012

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Ducks Unlimited, Suffolk Area Chairman
Virginia Club

ARTICLES
Inverse Condemnation of Oysters, Oyster Leases and Oyster Beds: A Podcast - March 2021
Inverse Condemnation of Oysters and Oyster Leases - January 2021
Virginia Supreme Court Creates New Uniform Scheduling Order for Eminent Domain/Condemnation Cases - September 2017
Unmarked Cemeteries and Gravesites in ROW Projects - October 2016
Eminent Domain: From Biblical Times to the Present - September 2015
Partition Suits - July 2013
Church Incorporation - February 2012

PRACTICE AREAS
Eminent Domain / Right of Way
Litigation
Local Government
Real Estate
Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning & Administration

EDUCATION
Juris Doctor, University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law, magna cum laude, 2007, Articles & Comments Editor, Law Review
Hampden-Sydney College, summa cum laude, 2003

ADMISSIONS
Supreme Court of Virginia, 2007
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2007
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2010