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Charles L. Howard
Partner

Hartford
(860) 251-5616 (tel)
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Chuck Howard has extensive litigation experience in state and federal court in a wide range of matters, including over seventy appeals. His intellectual property litigation experience encompasses copyright, trademark, trade secret, covenant not to compete and patent litigation, including proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. His business and public sector litigation experience includes representation of the State of Connecticut, quasi-public state agencies, municipalities, and business clients in many diverse matters.

Mr. Howard is the author of The Organizational Ombudsman: Origins, Roles and Operations-A Legal Guide, and has a national practice in representing organizational ombudsmen at universities and multinational corporations. In January of 2002, he was appointed by the United States Sentencing Commission to serve as one of sixteen members to a national Advisory Group to review and recommend revisions to the federal organizational sentencing guidelines.

Mr. Howard is Chair of the firm’s E-Discovery and Information Governance Group and served as Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department from 1985-2000. He is an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. He was an Assistant Attorney General for Attorney General John C. Danforth of Missouri from 1975-1976.

Chuck Howard has extensive litigation experience in state and federal court in a wide range of matters, including over seventy appeals. His intellectual property litigation experience encompasses copyright, trademark, trade secret, covenant not to compete and patent litigation, including proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. His business and public sector litigation experience includes representation of the State of Connecticut, quasi-public state agencies, municipalities, and business clients in many diverse matters.

Mr. Howard is the author of The Organizational Ombudsman: Origins, Roles and Operations-A Legal Guide, and has a national practice in representing organizational ombudsmen at universities and multinational corporations. In January of 2002, he was appointed by the United States Sentencing Commission to serve as one of sixteen members to a national Advisory Group to review and recommend revisions to the federal organizational sentencing guidelines.

Mr. Howard is Chair of the firm’s E-Discovery and Information Governance Group and served as Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department from 1985-2000. He is an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. He was an Assistant Attorney General for Attorney General John C. Danforth of Missouri from 1975-1976.

EDUCATION

University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1975
Princeton University, A.B., 1972, cum laude

Bar Admissions

Connecticut
Missouri

Court Admissions

United States District Court District of Connecticut
United States District Court District of Arizona
United States District Court District of Colorado
United States District Court District of Vermont
United States District Court Western District of Missouri
United States District Court Northern District of Florida
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States Tax Court
United States Supreme Court

Distinctions

  • AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Listed as a Connecticut Super Lawyer®: Intellectual Property Litigation; 2006, 2009-2010
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®: Commercial Litigation; 2007-Present 
  • Connecticut Supreme Court Judicial-Media Committee; Member
  • Connecticut Criminal Justice Commission, Commissioner (1995-2005)
  • Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission (1992-1995)
  • Connecticut Commission on the Compensation of State Elected Officials and Judges (1983-1991)
  • James W. Cooper Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation
  • Connecticut Secretary of State Public Service Award
  • Trustee appointed by Superior Court for clients of disbarred lawyers

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • Connecticut Bar Association
  • Hartford County Bar Association
  • Missouri Bar Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • American Arbitration Association: Arbitrator
  • Oliver Ellsworth Inn of Court

Community Involvement

  • Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society: Incorporator; Board of Directors; Secretary
  • President and Member of Board of Trustees, Simsbury Land Trust
  • Lawyers for Children America: Pro Bono Attorney
  • Town Of Simsbury Charter Revision Commission (2004-2006): Chair
  • First Church of Christ, Simsbury: Former President
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Practice Areas

Intellectual Property
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Business Litigation
Appellate

Industries and Featured Services

Ombudsman Programs


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The Organizational Ombudsman
Origins, Roles, and Operations
A Legal Guide
By Charles L. Howard
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