Douglas W. Stoddart (born March 5, 1952, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a private attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

A native of Wellesley, Massachusetts, Stoddart graduated from Colgate University in 1974, where he played on the Red Raiders men's soccer team, and Syracuse University College of Law in 1977.

[1] From 1978 to 1986 he worked for the Monroe County, New York District Attorney's Office.

In 1986, Stoddart returned to Massachusetts to work as a private practice attorney in Natick.

[1] He resigned his seat after he was appointed as a judge in Middlesex District Court,[3] where he served for 17 years before returning to private practice.