Blair D. Howard - Warrenton, VA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 1963
    LL.B.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Virginia, 1960
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Past Positions

• U.S. Army, Captain, 1963 - 1965

Classes and Seminars

• Virginia State Bar (Faculty Member, Ethics)
  
• Panelist on Virginia CLE programs regarding criminal law (4 or 5 years)

Pro Bono Activities

• Pro bono, capital murder case in Alexandria Circuit Court
• Member of the Old Dominion Hunt, Fauquier Club, and Fauquier County Bar Association

Representative Cases

• United States v. Stevens, 475 F.2d 1401, 1973
• Commonwealth v. Lorena Bobbitt
• Commonwealth v. Susan Cummings
• Co1mnonwealth v. Theodore Gregory
• Commonwealth v. William Cowhig
• Commonwealth Attorney for the City of Alexandria, Commonwealth v. Luisa Cutting
  • Year: 2019
• Gregg v. Commonwealth, 295 Va. 293, 811 S.E.2d 254, 2018
• Gregg v. Commonwealth, 67 Va. App. 375, 796 S.E.2d 477, 2017
• Jones v. Commonwealth, 50 Va. App. 437, 650 S.E.2d 859
• Allen v. Commonwealth, 1995 Va. App. LEXIS 69
• Talbert v. Commonwealth, 17 Va. App. 239,436 S.E.2d 286, 1993
• William Evan-Smith v. Commonwealth, 5 Va. App. 188,361 S.E.2d 436, 1987

Bar Admissions

• Virginia, 1964
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1964
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• American College of Trial Lawyers
• Fauquier County Bar Association (Member)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Association for the Administration of Justice