Practice Focus

Energy, Health Care, Intellectual Property and Technology

Experience

Howard's practice is concentrated in the areas of energy, health care, and intellectual property. His experience includes:

• Representing energy clients before the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the First Circuit Court of Appeals, on matters ranging from the sale of interests in nuclear generating facilities and the acquisition and operation of gas-fired merchant power plants to the licensing and operation of hydroelectric generating facilities.
• Representing hospitals and physician groups in regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, employment issues, disciplinary proceedings, corporate governance, and medical staff bylaws. He has recognized expertise in health information law, including the Privacy, Security and Transactions rules issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• Negotiating and drafting software development and licensing contracts and technology transfer agreements, and arguing the seminal New Hampshire case involving an employee's rights in the job-related inventions of its employees: Vigitron, Inc. v Ferguson, 120 N.H. 626, 419 (1980).

Practice Areas

• Energy and Telecommunications
• Health Care
• Intellectual Property and Technology

Professional Activities

• ABA Section on Environment, Energy and Resources
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Frequent lecturer on the HIPAA Privacy Rule

Honors and Distinctions

• Won appeal aginst Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals
• Cited in The Best Lawyers in America 2005, 2006 and 2007 for health care law

Community Involvement

• Board of Trustees, New Hampshire Historical Society
• Board of Trustees, President, and Corporator, Canterbury Shaker Village
• Board of Directors and President, Concord 20/20
• Canterbury Conservation Commission, Member

Bar Admissions

Howard is admitted to practice in the state courts in New Hampshire, the Federal District Court in New Hampshire, and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

Education

Yale University, B.A., History, 1966; Cambridge University (England), M.A., Economics, 1969; University of California at Berkeley Law School, J.D., 1975; Member, California Law Review