James R. Howard - Columbia, MO

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Missouri School of Law (Columbia), Columbia, Missouri, May, 2005
    Juris Doctorate
    Law Review: Missouri Law Review, Associate Editor-in-Chief, 2004 - 2005

• Non Legal Education

  • Truman State University, 2001
    B.S., Bachelor of Science
    Major: Business-Finance
    Minor: Economics

Current Employment Position(s)

• Senior Principal

Past Positions

• Brown & James, P.C., Senior Associate Attorney, 2005 - 2011
• Rogers, Ehrhardt & McGuire, L.L.C., Law Clerk, 2003 - 2005
• Hon. Mary Rhodes Russell, Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals, Intern, - 2004
• Asst. Majority Floor Leader James Foley, Missouri House of Representatives, Intern, - 2000

Classes and Seminars

• National Business Institute - Managing Liens and Subrogation in Auto Accident Litigation Seminar -2010, Ethics and Resolution Strategies
  
• National Business Institute - Settling Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims - 2010, Avoid Ethical Potholes and Defend UM/UIM Cases And Win
  
• Institute for Paralegal Education - Automobile Cases From Start to Finish - 2009, What to Do in the First 90 Days and Mediation: The Best Approach to Avoiding Trial

Representative Cases

• R.E.I. Transport, Inc. v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., 519 F.3d 693 (7th Cir. 2008)
• Parmelee v. The Standard Fire Insurance Company, 697 F. Supp.2d 1069 (E.D.Mo. 2010)

Bar Admissions

• Missouri
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers ("MODL") (Board of Directors: 2015 - 2020; Annual Meeting Chair: 2016, 2017)
• Boone County Bar Association (2011 - Present)
• DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar (2007 - Present)
• Mid-Missouri Estate Planning Council (2016 - Present)
• Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, International (Blue Goose of Mid-Missouri - Most Loyal Gander (President) and Founding Member: 2011 - 2020)