Howard has represented a range of clients in his career, including both public and private companies. He has 25 years of experience in public and private securities offerings for REITs and other real estate companies, 1934 Act reporting, corporate and securities compliance issues, corporate governance matters, employment matters and litigation related matters. Howard has extensive experience counseling executive teams and public company boards of directors and their committees. He has worked with investment management firms and worked on offerings for several private equity firms. Howard has more than seven years of experience as a general counsel and chief legal officer for multiple private and public companies.
He has detailed involvement and responsibility with investor relations, human resources, intellectual property, cybersecurity, and insurance related matters along with other company operations. Howard has led or participated in over $20 billion in public company registrations with the SEC over his career. He has counseled public companies on corporate governance best practices and compliance matters, and represented issuers on SEC, FINRA, and "Blue Sky" regulatory matters. Howard also has extensive experience representing broker dealers on FINRA compliance matters.