He serves on the editorial board of the ABA’s The Health Lawyer and is a Commissioner on the ABA’s Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Howard graduated summa cum laude from Wartburg College and received his J.D. degree with high honors from the University of Texas in 1985, where he was awarded the Order of the Coif. He is a former editor and contributing author of EBIA’s HIPAA Portability, Privacy & Security manual, and is currently a contributing author of EBIA’s Group Health Plans: Federal Mandates and Employee Benefits for Domestic Partners manuals, and a contributor to EBIA’s Self-Insured Health Plans manual.