Lewis S. Howard, Jr.

Founder and Managing Partner

Lewis S. Howard, Jr. is the Founder and Managing Partner of Howard & Howard and was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on January 1, 1959. Mr. Howard graduated from the University of Tennessee, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1982. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama in 1985. While at Cumberland School of Law, Mr. Howard studied international and commercial law at Cambridge University, England and was a member of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. He was one of the first and youngest attorneys in Tennessee to be certified as a Civil Trial Specialist and was certified for over 10 years as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He serves as General Counsel/CEO and a Director of Windrock Land Company, a publicly traded land development and natural resource company which operates the largest privately owned Off-Highway Vehicle Park in the country. Mr. Howard’s primary practice involves general civil litigation, real estate, and business law.

Mr. Howard is married with two daughters, enjoys outdoor sports and activities, is a certified scuba diver and bareboat captain. He competed for over 20 years in endurance and triathlon events, including the Ironman Triathlon, and remains an avid cyclist.

Practice Areas

Real estate
Business law
Litigation

Bar Admissions

Tennessee, 1985
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 1985
U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee, 1985
U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 1985
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1985

Education

J.D., Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, 1985
B.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1982
Honors: Phi Delta Phi

Professional Associations and Memberships

Knoxville Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association

Representative Cases

Gibbons v. Bennett, Tenn. Ct. App. 2021
Keck v. Meek, 2018 Tenn. App. LEXIS 370, 2018 WL 3199220
Nat'l Parks Resort Lodge Corp. v. Perfetto, 2018 Tenn. App. LEXIS 296, 2018 WL 2411590
Coal Creek Co. v. Anderson Cty., 546 S.W.3d 87, 2017 Tenn. App. LEXIS 668, 2017 WL 4457589
Huddleston v. Harper, 2015 Tenn. App. LEXIS 519
In re Estate of Kirbus, 2015 Tenn. App. LEXIS 702, 2015 WL 5157058
Wright v. Dixon (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012)
Covered Bridge Resort on Waldens Creek, LLC v. Johnson, Murrell & Associates, P.C. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012)
Cameron General Contractors, Inc. v. Kingston Pike, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010)
Richard L. Hollow, Trustee, et al., v. Michael L. Ingram, et al (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010)
Leedy v. The Realty Store, Inc., et al. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010)
Abouelata v. Davis (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006)
Rice v. Andrew Johnson Bank, 2005 Tenn. App. LEXIS 177, 2005 WL 711973
Brown v. Gutierrez, 2004 WL 2086308 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004)
Osborne v. Mountain Life Ins. Co., 130 S.W.3d 769 (Tenn. 2004)
Anderson v. Wilder (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003)
Davis v. Estate of Flynn, ex rel. Poole, 2002 WL 31174229 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002)
Omohundro v. Harrison, 2000 WL 1877495 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000)
Davis v. Flynn, 2000 WL 807613 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000)
Justus v. Mountain Life Ins, Co., 1999 WL 894194 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999)
Ruth v. Cove Creek, 1999 WL 172644 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999)
Norton v. Mountain Life Ins. Co., 1999 WL 172649 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999)
Canonie Energy, Inc. v. Tennessee Energy Pipeline and Storage Co., 1998 WL 334438 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998)
Conley v. McDonnell, 1988 Tenn. App. LEXIS 488
Perry v. Flatford, 1997 WL 44438 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997)
Horton v. Mountain Life Ins. Co., 1996 WL 585281 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996)
Gatlinburg Summit Horizontal Property Regime Council of Co-Owners v. Jarvis, 1995 Tenn. App. LEXIS 13, 1995 WL 10343
Hudson v. Head, 1995 Tenn. App. LEXIS 606
Clark v. Cochran, 1995 Tenn. App. LEXIS 563, 1995 WL 507794
Bales v. FMP Dev. Corp., 1994 Tenn. App. LEXIS 194, 1994 WL 116068
Scandlyn v. McDill Columbus Corp., 895 S.W.2d 342 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1994)
Ford v. Knoxville, 1991 Tenn. App. LEXIS 785, 1991 WL 192502
Anderson County v. Coal Creek Mining & Mfg. Co., 1988 Tenn. App. LEXIS 875, 1988 WL 138921
Southern Industrial Banking Corp. v. Foster, 809 F.2d 329 (6th Cir. 1987) (6th Circuit Ct. App. 1987)

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