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Louis B. Stokes
Friday, July 4, 2008
Now in practice in an international
law firm in Washington, D.C., Louis Stokes is a former member
of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Eleventh Congressional
District of Ohio. A graduate of Case Western Reserve University,
he earned his J.D. at Cleveland Marshall Law School, served in
the United States Army, was admitted to the bar, and practiced
law in Cleveland, Ohio. A much in demand lecturer and writer
for universities and bar associations, he was the first African
American elected to Congress from the State of Ohio and the first
African American to retire from the House of Representatives,
having completed 30 years of service. During his tenure in Congress,
he served as chair of the House Select Committee on Assassinations,
the House Intelligence Committee, and the House Ethics Committee.
He was a three time chair of the Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct, as well as chair of the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence. Mr. Stokes also served as a member of the House
Appropriations Committee, and chaired the House Appropriations
Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development,
and Independent Agencies. He served as the second-ranking Democrat
of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,
and Related Agencies.
Former Congressman Stokes now
focuses his practice on legislative counseling in the domestic
and international public and private sectors, and counsels clients
on regulatory matters, specifically federal government and federal
legislative issues, with an emphasis on legislative enactments
and processes and effective legislative and administrative strategies.
Internationally, he advises foreign government representatives
and multilateral funding organizations on federal policies and
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