Paul Bangser has a dual career as a musician/music educator and practicing lawyer, dividing his time between the two professions. As a music teacher, he has spent time as director of guitar studies at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington D.C.’s performing arts high school, where he taught guitar, theory, and arranged for and led the school’s guitar ensemble. He currently runs a private teaching studio. As a performer, he has led his own jazz quintet at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage and has performed over many years at various Washington D.C. venues. Paul has also been a practicing lawyer for over 25 years. Starting his career at law firms in Boston and Washington, DC, he represented clients in real estate, regulatory, and litigation matters. Later he moved to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at its DC headquarters, where he currently serves as a senior attorney handling regulatory and litigation matters. Mr. Bangser is a graduate of MIT and Boston College Law School.