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Don Howarth is a partner and
co-founder of the Los Angeles law firm of Howarth
& Smith. Mr. Howarth has extensive litigation experience and
has tried numerous high-profile cases and class actions to verdicts.
He represents both plaintiffs and defendants.
Mr. Howarth received a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from
Harvard College, and earned a Juris Doctor cum lau de from Harvard
Law School, as well as a Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy
School of Government at Harvard University. Mr. Howarth served
as a Law clerk for the Honorable Shirley M. Hufstedler, United
States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Mr. Howarth is admitted to practice in California as well as
the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, United States
District Courts, Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California,
and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mr. Howarth is an elected Fellow of the American College of
Trial Lawyers, of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers,
and of the American Bar Foundation; a member of the American Bar
Association, Litigation Section and Contributor to the Litigation
Journal; a certified Provider for Continuing Legal Education in
Litigation for the State Bar of California, of which he is a member;
a featured speaker for ATLA and CTLA; a member of the Federal
Bar Association and the Los Angeles County Bar.
Mr. Howarth maintains an active commitment to legal
scholarship and continuing legal education. In Spring 1994 and 1996, he
gave lectures in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. In 1997, he was
made a Visiting Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge
University in England.
Mr. Howarth has authored many articles and symposia on trial
and litigation subjects. One book is in process based on his lectures
at Oxford University and one has been published by Callaghan Publishing
Company in 1989, Case Assessment and Evaluation with Suzelle
Smith.
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