Douglas W. Stoddart (born March 5, 1952, in

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) is a private attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A native of

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, Stoddart graduated from

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in 1974, where he played on the Red Raiders men's soccer team, and

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in 1977. From 1978 to 1986 he worked for the

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District Attorney's Office. In 1986, Stoddart returned to Massachusetts to work as a private practice attorney in

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. From 1991 to 1999, Stoddart represented the 5th Middlesex District in the

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. He resigned his seat after he was appointed as a judge in Middlesex District Court, where he served for 17 years before returning to private practice.

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