Tim Howard

Philip Timothy Howard (born March 7, 1961) is a Florida attorney who was disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court by Order issued March 24, 2022, accepting the Referee’s Report that found Howard had committed nine of the ten violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility charged against Howard by The Florida Bar. He is the former director of the College of Professional Studies' Doctorate Program in Law & Policy at Northeastern University. He is a former assistant attorney general of Florida and nominee for United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Howard also had a private law practice, Howard & Associates, P.A., which was permanently closed by order of the Florida Supreme Court in its March 24, 2022, order of disbarment. Education In 2005 Howard received his Ph.D. from Northeastern University in law, policy & society after defending his thesis "We've Been Framed!: Progressive Cause Lawyer Leadership in Florida Tobacco Liability Litigation." He received his Juris Doctor from Florida State University in 1986 and was admitted to the bar in 1987. He received his Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, in Government, with minors in history, law & society, and Spanish, from Florida State University in 1983. He is a former health law scholar and instructor in constitutional law, civil liberties, judicial process, and media & politics at Boston University. Litigation