Whittman, who is a licensed broker in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia, is suing NAR, Virginia Realtors, Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, Maryland Realtors and the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors, claiming that the three-way membership agreement structure has caused him to suffer millions of dollars in damages. In the complaint Whittman argues that the Realtor association membership dues structure hampered his firm’s ability to expand. Whittman is asking for damages and injunctive relief preventing the Realtor associations from enforcing three-way membership. In an emailed statement, a NAR spokesperson wrote that NAR membership is optional. “Similar to other national membership organizations, NAR’s integrated structure at the national, state and local level is fundamental to the value we deliver to members.