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Attorney Howard Friedman has been representing plaintiffs in civil rights litigation for over thirty years. He began practicing law as a staff attorney at the Prisoners' Rights Project in Boston in 1977. He has been representing victims of police misconduct for many years. Howard is committed to enforcing the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution by bringing cases on behalf of people who were injured as a result of illegal conduct by police officers. He has managed complex class actions on behalf of thousands of class members. Howard is rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell.
Howard frequently speaks on the subject of civil rights and police misconduct. He spoke to lawyers and judges at the 2007 District Court of Massachusetts Judicial Conference. He has lectured to police groups such as the Boston Police Academy, FBI National Academy Associates of New England, and International Association of Chiefs of Police. He also spoke at the International Criminal Justice Expo & Conference. He has trained lawyers in civil rights law at continuing legal education seminars for various groups including: the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Maine Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the National Lawyers Guild. He has been a speaker at many local law schools including Boston University School of Law, George Washington University Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, Harvard Law School, Northeastern University School of Law, Suffolk University School of Law, University of Washington Law School and Vermont Law School.
Howard is active in community groups concerned with civil rights. Howard is the President of the National Police Accountability Project. He has also participated in the Police Practices Coalition in Boston, the Greater Boston Civil Rights Coalition, and the ACLU of Massachusetts. He served on the police committee of Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger's Civil Rights Task Force.
Howard has written articles for lawyers on civil rights litigation. He is the author of a chapter on intentional torts for "ATLA's Litigating Tort Cases," published by Thompson/ West.
Howard is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the Supreme Court of Illinois. He received his J.D. from Northeastern University Law School in 1977 and a B.A. from Goddard College in 1974.
Howard was selected as a Massachusetts “super lawyer” in each Massachusetts Super Lawyers poll published in Boston Magazine in 2004-2007. Only 5% of the lawyers in the state were selected as “Super Lawyer” based on a poll of practicing lawyers. Howard was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 in the field of civil rights law and is also listed in Boston's Best Lawyers® 2008.
