1. Douglas M. Stringer
Douglas M Stringer is a seasoned legal professional with nearly two decades of
experience at the Session Law Firm, providing support, policy analysis, and lobbying
initiatives in the areas of Healthcare, Real Estate, and Community Development, along
with securing opportunities in local, state and federal Small Business Procurement.
Among his accomplishments, Mr. Stringer is proficient in the collection, extraction, and
dissemination of information relevant to legislative matters to support the representation
of major business entities, national trade associations and major U.S. cities through the
United States Conference of Mayors. Also having extensive experience in corporate
formation, Mr. Stringer has most recently gained knowledge in the areas of assisting non-
profit organizations file for 501(c) (3) tax exempt status with the Internal Revenue
Service and the process of registering trademarks with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
Having gained knowledge in several areas of the Session Law Firm, Mr. Stringer has also
worked with many of the Firm’s residential and commercial real estate concerns, as a
liaison between lenders, brokers, and borrowers. His duties included being in contact
with lenders to ensure loan compliance, quality assurance for deeds, deeds of trust, and
other recorded instruments, and the timely submission of those documents for recordation
at the District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds. Mr. Stringer also worked extensively in
areas such as title processing, disbursement of settlement proceeds, and the remittance of
title insurance policies.
Before joining the Session Law Firm, Mr. Stringer worked in the district office of United
States Representative Mike Ward (3rd-KY, 104th Congress) in Louisville, KY, first as
district office intern, then as staff assistant for constituent services, where he conducted
legislative and policy analysis, and research for district case work. Mr. Stringer also
worked in local government as administrative and associate legislative assistant to
Twelfth Ward Alderman Paul Bather of the City of Louisville, KY.
A graduate of the University of Kentucky, Mr. Stringer participated in the Charles
Hamilton Houston Preparatory Institute for Legal Studies before he received his Juris
Doctor from the University of the District of Columbia’s (“UDC”) David A. Clarke
School of Law. While there, he served as student counsel for both the Housing and
Consumer Law Clinic and the Community Development/Small Business Law Center.
Mr. Stringer also studied Public Relations in the University of Louisville’s Department of
Communications, and is currently in pursuit of a Master’s Degree in Public
Administration at UDC.
Mr. Stringer’s writing experience includes serving as a contributor to the National
Minority Business Coalition Magazine. He also worked with the AFL-CIO’s Frontlash,
and is a Notary Public in the District of Columbia.
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