About Ross Greene

AV-Rated ("Preeminent") in Eminent Domain, Litigation and Real Estate by the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings system. Practices primarily in the areas of Eminent Domain / Condemnation, Civil Litigation, Real Estate, and Trusts & Estates. Named by peers as a member of Virginia's "Legal Elite" each year since 2013. Named as a member of Super Lawyer's "Rising Stars" since 2016. Member of the International Right of Way Association and certified as an Senior Right of Way Agent (SR/WA) by the International Right of Way Association.

March 2024

Is a Pretextual Taking Invalid? Not if you say it is for a park.

By |2024-03-26T02:45:03+00:00March 26th, 2024|Eminent Domain, New York, Pretextual Takings, Second Circuit|

The first paragraph  in Brinkmann v. Town of Southold, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 5994 (2nd Cir.  2024), may have gotten some takings mavens excited about pretextual takings, when the court stated The Defendant Town of Southold ("Southold" or the "Town") authorized the creation of a park on a parcel to be taken by eminent domain [...]

A Plateful About Louisiana Oyster Leases: CFC Dismisses Alleged Takings Case

By |2024-03-05T03:44:50+00:00March 5th, 2024|Inverse Condemnation, Louisiana, Oysters|

We just came back from a meeting of the International Governing Council of the International Right of Way Association in New Orleans, so it seems appropriate to post about a recent case out of New Orleans, involving everyone’s favorite delicious New Orleans bite to eat, oysters.  The United States Court of Federal Claims recently handed [...]

February 2024

17th Anniversary (LIVE!) Virginia Eminent Domain CLE: Continuing the Development of the Law

By |2024-02-06T01:14:04+00:00February 6th, 2024|Uncategorized|

The "Virginia Eminent Domain CLE" returns this year for its seventeenth iteration (if we're counting live and mostly for the landowner's bar anyway), this time at the lovely Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia, May 9-10, 2024. The conference agenda is available here.  My law partner Dave Arnold and I will be presenting on two different interesting [...]

December 2023

How do you know if your trial experts were well prepared?

By |2023-12-05T17:24:19+00:00December 4th, 2023|Eminent Domain, Expert Witnesses|

Expert witness testimony is a cornerstone of eminent domain litigation, and the key aspect to eminent domain trial work is expert witness preparation.  Even the best of experts will not fare well at trial if not sufficiently prepared.  And as we all know, being familiar with an appraisal assignment—including methodology and conclusions of value—will not [...]

September 2023

Mt. Valley Pipeline, LLC v. 2.20 Acres of Land, or What Not to Do As an Expert Witness

By |2023-09-24T20:36:07+00:00September 18th, 2023|Eminent Domain, Expert Witnesses, Gas, Pipeline|

Anyone who testifies regularly as an expert witness, will be expected to, or is responsible for obtaining expert reports that may be used in litigation, should know what is expected as far as the quality of expert reports in the jurisdiction in which they are working in order to avoid having reports excluded.  In the [...]

August 2023

May 2023

16th Anniversary (LIVE!) Virginia Eminent Domain CLE: New Issues & Critical Updates

By |2023-08-24T16:38:48+00:00May 1st, 2023|Conferences|

The 16th Anniversary Virginia Eminent Domain CLE makes its return this year again at the Delta Bayfront Suites in Virginia Beach, May 4-5, 2022. The conference agenda is available here. My law partner Dave Arnold and I will be presenting on two different interesting topics. I will be talking about standards for sound walls or noise [...]

April 2023

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