Regina H. Shaw, Esq. is an Associate General Counsel in Freddie Mac’s Litigation Department, where she manages litigation involving single-family loans and properties owned by Freddie Mac and provides support and guidance to multiple business units, such as drafting policies and procedures and analyzing legislation. Before joining the Litigation Department, Ms. Shaw worked in Freddie Mac’s legislative and regulatory practice group. In this role, Ms. Shaw analyzed a wide range of financial services and consumer protection legislation and regulations.  As co-chair of the Legal Division’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council, Ms. Shaw plays a key role in developing and implementing policies and programs designed to increase the recruitment and retention of diverse attorneys in Freddie Mac as well as the overall legal profession. Ms. Shaw joined Freddie Mac in 2007.    

Prior to joining Freddie Mac, Ms. Shaw worked for the Fannie Mae Foundation as an attorney handling contract and procurement matters; the D.C. Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking as an Associate General Counsel where she focused on regulatory and legislative issues governing financial institutions and the Council of the District of Columbia where she drafted and analyzed legislation.

Ms. Shaw earned a Political Science degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, a Juris Doctorate degree from the UDC School of Law and a Master of Laws in Securities and Financial Regulation from the Georgetown University Law Center. 

Freddie Mac’s Legal Division is committed to supporting the company’s mission of equity and sustainable housing by providing quality and effective legal advice responsive to client needs on all legal and corporate secretarial matters affecting Freddie Mac. Their commitment does not end here. 

Freddie Mac’s Legal Division also has a strong commitment to invest in its employees as well as the communities in which we live and work. The Legal Division’s commitment focuses on three key areas: diversity, equity and inclusion; community service and pro bono. The Legal Division offers various ways employees can serve our communities in ways that are meaningful to both the communities and employees.   

Below is a description of a few community service-related programs and initiatives undertaken by the Legal Division and its employees:

• Recruiting and hiring recent diverse law school graduates for a two-year rotational program at Freddie Mac as well as recruiting diverse law students for summer internships.
• Providing annual financial support to fund UDC Law students’ participation in the law school’s “Fellows” internship program.
• Partnering with various nonprofit organizations to provide free legal assistance and services to local residents who cannot afford to pay for legal services. Immigration, juvenile & domestic relations, uncontested divorces, trust & estate planning, access to health benefits and name & gender changes are among the legal services we provide to our communities.
• Partnering with community organizations in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia to deliver money, food, clothing, school supplies and toys to needy and disadvantaged families and children in the respective communities.