Fredric A. Press

Founding Member

Fredric Press, the founding member of Press, Dozier & Hamelburg, LLC is a general business attorney who, throughout his career, has complemented his business law practice serving as a commercial real estate attorney, with special expertise including real and personal property purchases and sales, acquisitions, construction and permanent loan financing, credit enhancement using letters of credit, construction contract negotiation, corporate, partnership and limited liability company formations and syndications, refinancing and work-outs, foreclosures, title matters, sale-leasebacks, lease and other real estate related transactions and negotiations and UCC Article 9 secured transactions. He also represents clients in the area of bankruptcy and creditor's rights.

Prior to coming to Washington, D.C. in 1977, Mr. Press was an associate at the New York City law firm of Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer and Wood. Shortly after his arrival in Washington, DC, Mr. Press became an Assistant General Counsel of The Rouse Company.

From 1985 to 1990, Mr. Press was the managing partner of Leva, Hawes, Mason & Martin in Washington, D.C. In 1990, Mr. Press was a founding partner of Ridberg, Press and Sherbill, LLP in Bethesda, Maryland.

From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Press was an Adjunct Professor at American University's Kogod School of Business, where he taught a course in Real Estate Principles and Transactions, and from 2012 to 2014, Mr. Press was a member of Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot's Business Advisory Council. He is active in municipal and community affairs; from 2001 to 2005, he was on the Board of the Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County, an organization dedicated to making affordable dispute resolution services available to all residents of Montgomery County, Maryland at low or no cost, and he formerly served as Chairman of the Village Council of Chevy Chase Section 3.

Since 2019, Mr. Press has been a Guest Co-Host on Executive Leaders Radio. 

Mr. Press graduated in 1973 from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an editor of the Journal of International Law and Policy. He is licensed to practice in Maryland, Washington, DC and New York.

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1974
• District of Columbia, 1975
• Maryland, 1980

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, J.D., – 1973
• Editor, Journal of International Law and Policy
• Union College, Schenectady, New York, B.A. cum laude – 1970

Classes/Seminars

• Adjunct Professor, Real Estate Principles and Transactions, American University Kogod School of Business, 2000 – 2005
• Lecturer, National Business Institute, 2001 – Present

Professional Associations & Memberships

• New York State Bar Association
• DC Bar Association
• Maryland State Bar Association