Danny Howell has been representing
attorneys in professional liability suits, bar investigations and complaints,
and disbarment actions before the federal courts and the United States Patent
& Trademark Office, for 30 years.
Danny also has an extensive insurance coverage practice in the areas of professional
liability and commercial general liability insurance. He has lectured and published extensively on
legal ethics and insurance topics.
Danny
is admitted to practice and has practiced extensively in the state courts in Virginia,
Maryland, and the District of Columbia, the United States Courts of Appeals for
the Fourth, Sixth, and Federal Circuits, the United States District Courts for
the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and
Maryland, and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia. He has also appeared pro hac vice in federal court cases in
the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of New
York and the District of Minnesota.
From
2003 through 2016, Danny was a partner with the McLean, Virginia office of Richmond-based
Sands Anderson, P.C. He joined Sands as part of its 2003 merger with Schraub
Howell & Company, Chartered, where he served as managing partner. In 2016 Danny opened the Law Offices of Danny
M. Howell, PLLC, a five-attorney litigation boutique in McLean, Virginia.
Danny
carries an AV® Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell. He was a 2007 Fellow of the National
Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism and has served as an Adjunct
Professor with the University of Richmond’s Public Safety Program.
of the National Instutute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism. Danny has written numerous articles and contributed to continuing education materials on insurance coverage, legal malpractice, legal ethics and civil litigation topics. Prior to joining Sands Anderson PC, Danny was a partner with the law firm of Schraub, Howell & Company, Chtd.
Publications
"Surviving Allegations of Professional Misconduct" (with Stephen M. Goldman), Washington Lawyer, Oct. 2004.
"Defense Counsel and Coverage Implications of the Tripartite Relationship", Coverage (a publication of the Committee on Insurance Coverage Litigation of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation), November/December 2003.
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