Scott Oostdyk is a partner in our Richmond, Virginia office. Scott has represented businesses and corporations in general commercial litigation matters, including contract disputes, insurance recovery, financial services actions, products claims, employment disputes and technology matters. He has extensive experience in, land use issues and a variety of pollution problems. He frequently counsels clients on litigation avoidance planning.

He has tried cases to jury in state and federal courts across the country and conducted international arbitrations under the laws of several nations.

Scott has considerable administrative law experience, having challenged federal agency rules before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, and defended environmental class actions. He is one of the leading experts on loss portfolio transfers in the insurance industry, and frequently represents policyholders faced with no-pay, slow-pay or excess exposure claims.

Scott is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Virginia School of Law. He served former Virginia Governor George Allen as Virginia’s deputy secretary of Health and Human Resources, where he managed twelve (12) health, social service and environmental agencies with a combined $4 billion in budget.

Scott is an inaugural member of the Supreme Court of Virginia’s Access to Justice Commission, on which he has served since 2012.  He is past president of the Greater Richmond Bar Foundation and former Chair of the Virginia Bar Association’s Pro Bono Council. Scott is currently the pro bono partner for O’Hagan Meyer, a role he previously held at McGuire Woods for nearly thirty years.

In July 2019, a Princeton Tigers Football committee of coaches and players recognized Scott, a 1982 alumnus as one of its “best-ever players”, citing his achievements as a tight end on the Princeton offense.  The Princeton football program is one of the nation’s oldest, having played Rutgers in the first intercollegiate football game ever held.