Douglas M. Foley

Biography

Doug has substantial experience representing large and small creditors and debtors in a variety of business Chapter 11 proceedings throughout the United States. He focuses his practice on all aspects of insolvency and debtor-creditor issues. He has had significant involvement in many of the largest Chapter 11 cases filed in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Doug was inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy (Class XXII) and served as Regent for the Fourth Circuit and D.C. from 2018-2022. He is certified in business bankruptcy law by the American Board of Certification Standards Committee, an affiliate of the American Bankruptcy Institute. He is also highly rated by Chambers USA. Furthermore, he is a regular speaker at various bankruptcy bar and trade association meetings on bankruptcy topics. He is also a past chairperson of the Virginia State Bar Bankruptcy Law Section Board of Governors.

Following law school, Doug served as a law clerk for the Honorable Loren A. Smith, Chief Judge at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and for the Chief Judge Douglas O. Tice Jr. of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of Virginia.