Industries
Insurance
General Liability
Insurance “Bad Faith”
Mass Torts

Education
J.D.  University of Virginia School of Law 1990, Order of the Coif, Executive Editor, Virginia Law Review
B.A.  University of Virginia 1987, with high distinction, Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
Virginia

Court Admissions
U.S. District Court - District of Columbia
U.S. District Court - E.D. Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals - 4th Circuit

Clerkships
U.S. Court of Appeals - 4th Circuit
Honorable H. Emory Widener, Jr.

 
Charles  T. Blair,  Partner

Washington, DC
(202) 662-2076
(202) 662-2190


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Tom Blair is a partner in Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP’s Washington, DC office. He joined the firm in 1991.

Mr. Blair has extensive civil litigation experience in state and federal courts throughout the country. His practice primarily involves advising insurers on a wide variety of coverage and extracontractual matters. He has served frequently as defense counsel in bad faith litigation against insurers.

Mr. Blair received his J.D. in 1990 from the University of Virginia, where he was Executive Editor of the Virginia Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. Following his graduation, Mr. Blair served as law clerk to the Honorable H. Emory Widener, Jr. on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He received his B.A. with high distinction from the University of Virginia in 1987.

Mr. Blair was a co-author of an article entitled “Developments in West Virginia’s Bad Faith Law: Where Do We Go From Here?,” which was published in the West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 98. No. 1.


Publications
10/1/1995  “Developments in West Virginia’s Bad Faith Law: Where Do We Go From Here?” West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 98. No. 1

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