Blair D. Howard
Attorney
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Practice Areas
- Civil Litigation
- Criminal Litigation
- Appellate Practice
Education
- American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia
- LL.B. - 1963
- University of Virginia
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 1960
Bar Admissions
- Virginia, 1964
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1964
- U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
Honors
- Recognized as one of the top lawyers in the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. area by Washingtonian magazine
- Super Lawyer in the areas of personal injury law and criminal defense
- Listed in Virginia’s Legal Elite by Virginia Business magazine
- Listed in: “The Best Lawyers in America,” areas of Personal Injury and Civil Litigation, Criminal Defense, 1990
- Moot Court Judge, American University, Washington College of Law
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, since 1996
- AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Recipient of IACDL "Superstar" 1994 award, Columbus, Ohio
- Northern Virginia Magazine "Top Lawyers" in 2018
Representative Cases
- United States v. Stevens, 475 F.2d 1401, 1973
- Commonwealth v. Lorena Bobbitt
- Commonwealth v. Susan Cummings
- Co1mnonwealth v. Theodore Gregory
- Commonwealth v. William Cowhig
- Commonwealth Attorney for the City of Alexandria, Commonwealth v. Luisa Cutting , 2019
- Gregg v. Commonwealth, 295 Va. 293, 811 S.E.2d 254, 2018
- Gregg v. Commonwealth, 67 Va. App. 375, 796 S.E.2d 477, 2017
- Jones v. Commonwealth, 50 Va. App. 437, 650 S.E.2d 859
- Allen v. Commonwealth, 1995 Va. App. LEXIS 69
- Talbert v. Commonwealth, 17 Va. App. 239,436 S.E.2d 286, 1993
- William Evan-Smith v. Commonwealth, 5 Va. App. 188,361 S.E.2d 436, 1987
Past Positions
- U.S. Army, Captain, 1963 to 1965
Classes & Seminars
- Virginia State Bar (Faculty Member, Ethics)
- Panelist on Virginia CLE programs regarding criminal law (4 or 5 years)
Pro-Bono Activities
- Pro bono, capital murder case in Alexandria Circuit Court
- Member of the Old Dominion Hunt, Fauquier Club, and Fauquier County Bar Association
Professional Associations
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fauquier County Bar Association, Member
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Association for the Administration of Justice