David R. Straus

I will always remember David as a really bright guy with a great sense of Humor.

All the entries to this point in this book have been serious & reverent. While I respected & liked David greatly, there was also a Humorous side to him that deserves remembering.

"I'll never forget seeing David sitting in an aluminum beach chair on his little porch on Franklin Street,
while watering his " postage stamp sized lawn" and wearing a sleveless T-Shirt "al la Archie Bunker"

David was a great colleague and mentor. To this day, my writing is positively influenced by his guidance when I was a junior lawyer. Mark Hegedus (Washington, DC).

I am sorry to hear of David's passing. He was one of the very good ones. A great lawyer , a great person, and a great family man.

Easy to talk about the many cases we worked on together, when I was with FERC staff and he was with Spiegel and then Thompson. But the thing I remember is meeting him at Fuddruckers in Annandale. He was with his family, I was with mine. We introduced each other to our families. And I remember how he was obviously happy to be doing something as...

David was a great guy, fun to be around and a really good lawyer. I first met him in the mid-80s when we were looking for a good DC lawyer. He impressed our group immediately and got the assignment - one he kept for a long time. Even later, I would enjoy seeing him at APPA meetings and I'm so sorry to learn of his death.

He was a great guy, I worked with him in a coalition for about 10 years on postal legislation. He always provided good counsel; added wisdom and insight to a conversation at precisely the right time and always put things in perspective with his sense of humor. I learned a great deal from him. My sympathies to the entire Straus family.

For many years, I have known David as an in-law, not always the setting for fellowship. Through countless encounters, and especially in working together recently on a business matter, I came to view David with great admiration and affection. His cunning sense of humor and cut-to-the-chase cynicism were tempered by a widely open heart, steadfast loyalty, and remarkable generosity. I will miss you David; but for Iris, Brian, and Carrie, especially, and his many friends and family, I can only...

Our Deepest symphathy to Davids family. I knew him from early 1990's, when was at Speigle McDiarmid. His passion for the subject and his intutiveness to go after the issues, made him to remain in our hearts for ever. His contributions to public power are greatly appreciated by many communities in the country.

My deepest sympathy to the Strauss family. His dedication and commitment to supporting the B2B publishing business were so much appreciated.