Expertise:
- Financial Services
Education:
- JD, with honors, The George Washington University, 1988
- BA, Franklin & Marshall College, 1985
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
Doug Nappi is a legislative strategist and financial services policy expert. He has worked on every major financial services law enacted over the last three decades. A banking and securities lawyer by background, Mr. Nappi specializes in legislative and regulatory policy, with an emphasis on financial services regulation, bankruptcy and financial institution resolutions, and securities market structure.
Mr. Nappi has twice served in senior positions in the U.S. Senate. Most recently, he was the Chief Counsel of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for Chairman Richard C. Shelby from 2003-2005. In this capacity he oversaw the Committee’s legislative and oversight efforts. He played a leading role in drafting and negotiating laws such as Check 21, the FACT Act, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, SAFE TEA, and GSE legislation that eventually became the Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2008.
Formerly, from 1993-1998, Mr. Nappi was Banking Committee counsel for Chairman Alfonse M. D’Amato. He was deeply involved in the passage of many laws, including the RTC Completion Act of 1993, the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Relief Act, the Truth in Lending Act Amendments, the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act and the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act. He also was a primary author of much of the legislation that ultimately became the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
Mr. Nappi has also spent a considerable portion of his career representing clients on public policy issues. He remains actively engaged in the financial policy debate on Capitol Hill and in regulatory agencies. He zealously advocated for his clients during the consideration of the Dodd Frank Act, and accomplished notable achievements in a challenging environment. He continues to assist his clients in crafting legislative and regulatory solutions to Dodd Frank implementation issues.
Mr. Nappi was previously a Vice President for Government Relations at the New York Stock Exchange, where he successfully advocated for the NYSE during the passage of laws like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act and the Commodities Futures Modernization Act.
Prior to his career in public policy, Mr. Nappi practiced banking and securities law as an associate in the New York office of Winston & Strawn (then known as Winston & Strawn, Cole & Dietz) and as an enforcement attorney in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s New York Regional Office. He is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College, and received his Juris Doctor, with Honors, from George Washington University. He is a member of the Bar in New York State and the District of Columbia.