Commercial Civil Litigation Attorney
Professional Biography
Howard is an attorney admitted to practice in
the States of New York and New Jersey as well
as being a businessman and entrepreneur.
As a trial lawyer focusing on business and
commercial litigation, he has tried cases to
verdict in the United States Federal District
Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts
of New York, the District of New Jersey, the
Middle District of North Carolina and the
United States Bankruptcy Courts for the
Southern District of New York and District of
New Jersey. He has also successfully argued
before the United States Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit.
Howard has been an associate attorney at a
New York based litigation boutique, General
Counsel for a stock trading company, having
also previously held Series 7, 24 and 63
securities licenses. From 1995 to 2007 he was
a partner and chair of the litigation department
for a NY and NJ based law firm specializing in
business, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation.
While maintaining a private practice, Howard
has been the President and General Counsel for
a multi-million-dollar retail lighting
manufacturing and distribution company.
Howard currently serves as General Counsel for
the TLC Companions Home Health Care companies,
and Champion Foods, Inc., which has been
involved in the commodities business for over
30 years. Howard also regularly advises and is
retained to represent companies in commodities
transactions and is often requested to act as
escrow agent in those transactions.