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Lewis S. Howard Jr. 
Knoxville, Tennessee
Managing Partner
phone 865-588-4091
fax 865-588-4206
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Lewis S. Howard, Jr. was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on January 1, 1959. Mr. Howard graduated from the University of Tennessee, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1982. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama in 1985. While at Cumberland School of Law, Mr. Howard studied international and commercial law at Cambridge University, and was a member of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. He was one of the first and youngest attorneys in Tennessee to be certified as a Civil Trial Specialist and was certified for over 10 years as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He serves as Senior Vice-President and a Director of The Coal Creek Company, a publicly traded land development and natural resource company. Mr. Howard's primary practice involves general civil litigation, real estate and business law.

Mr. Howard is married with two daughters and enjoys multiple outdoor sports.  He competed for over 20 years in endurance and triathlon events, including the Ironman Triathlon.

Year Joined Organization:
Areas of Practice:
Real Estate
Business Law
Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Tennessee, 1985
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 1985
U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee, 1985
U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 1985
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1985
Education:
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1985
J.D.
Honors: Phi Delta Phi


University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1982
B.A.
Major:  Political Science


Representative Cases:
Brown v. Gutierrez, 2004 WL 2086308 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004)
Osborne v. Mountain Life Ins. Co., 130 S.W.3d 769 (Tenn. 2004)
Davis v. Estate of Flynn, ex rel. Poole, 2002 WL 31174229 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002)
Omohundro v. Harrison, 2000 WL 1877495 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000)
Davis v. Flynn, 2000 WL 807613 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000)
Justus v. Mountain Life Ins, Co., 1999 WL 894194 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999)
Ruth v. Cove Creek, 1999 WL 172644 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999)
Norton v. Mountain Life Ins. Co., 1999 WL 172649 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999)
Canonie Energy, Inc. v. Tennessee Energy Pipeline and Storage Co., 1998 WL 334438 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998)
Perry v. Flatford, 1997 WL 44438 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997)
Horton v. Mountain Life Ins, Co., 1996 WL 585281 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996)
Scandlyn v. McDill Columbus Corp., 895 S.W.2d 342 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1994)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Knoxville Bar Association


Tennessee Bar Association