Fredric Press | Bethesda Real Estate Lawyer

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 with special expertise in commercial real estate, 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.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Founding Member	Press, Dozier & Hamelburg, LLC	Bethesda, MD	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Georgetown University Law Center	J.D.	Law School	1973
Union College	Bachelors		1970

State / Court	Date
Maryland	1980
District of Columbia	1975
New York	1974

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

• Selected as a finalist for the 2015 CPA & ESQ Awards | SmartCEO | 2015
  Washington, DC and Baltimore Top Rated Lawyer | National Law Journal | 2012
  AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated | Martindale-Hubbell

• Lease of Industrial Property that was radioactively contaminated
  Execution of a 10-year triple net lease with one executed 5-yr renewal.

• Firm Website | Multiple Commerical Real Estate Blogs | 2011

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