About Danny Mark Howell

Danny Howell has been representing attorneys in professional liability suits, bar investigations and complaints, and disbarment actions before the federal courts and the United States Patent & Trademark Office, for 30 years. Danny also has an extensive insurance coverage practice in the areas of professional liability and commercial general liability insurance. He has lectured and published extensively on legal ethics and insurance topics.

Danny is admitted to practice and has practiced extensively in the state courts in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth, and Federal Circuits, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland, and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He has also appeared pro hac vice in federal court cases in the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of New York and the District of Minnesota.

From 2003 through 2016, Danny was a partner with the McLean, Virginia office of Richmond-based Sands Anderson, P.C. He joined Sands as part of its 2003 merger with Schraub Howell & Company, Chartered, where he served as managing partner. In 2016 Danny opened the Law Offices of Danny M. Howell, PLLC, a five-attorney litigation boutique in McLean, Virginia.

Danny carries an AV® Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell. He was a 2007 Fellow of the National Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism and has served as an Adjunct Professor with the University of Richmond’s Public Safety Program.

 

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Posted by anonymous
September 19, 2017
Hired Attorney Danny Mark Howell

Danny Howell has superbly handled many complex litigated insurance coverage matters for me over a number of years. Danny is whip-smart, aggressive and hard working. Danny is an affable, knowledgeable well connected attorney I trust to handle the most difficult of coverage matters, including complex DJs and related litigation. I highly recommend attorney Danny Howell!

 
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September 19, 2017
Hired Attorney Danny Mark Howell

Danny Howell is a lawyer's lawyer. He represents the intersection of immense stock knowledge and the ability to craft the right arguments. And while thoughtful and professorial, Danny remains a zealous advocate.

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Areas of Law

  • Professional Liability
  • Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
  • Appellate Practice
  • Insurance 1
    • Automobile Insurance
  • Constitutional Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Business Law 1
    • Business Litigation
  • Other 23
    • Business & Professional Litigation
    • Insurance Coverage
    • Construction Insurance
    • Professional Negligence
    • Directors and Officers Errors and Omissions
    • Civil RICO
    • Professional Liability Insurance Coverage
    • Professional Malpractice
    • Insurance Agents and Brokers Malpractice
    • Psychiatric Malpractice
    • Insurance Coverage Defense
    • Insurance Bad Faith Defense
    • Commercial Insurance Defense
    • Fraud and Deceit
    • Federal Civil Practice
    • College and University Law
    • Nonprofit Corporations
    • Federal Administrative Law
    • Accident Insurance
    • Consumer Protection
    • Commercial Fraud
    • Business Fraud
    • Ethics / Professional Responsibility

Practice Details

  • Payment Information
    Payment & Cost Features
    Fixed hourly rates
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Managing Partner
    Firm Name
    Law Offices of Danny M. Howell, PLLC
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases

    reversed, 2014 Va. Unpub. LEXIS 29, *1 (Va. Oct. 3, 2014) (McClanahan, Chief J. dissenting)


    affirmed, Smith v. Purnell, 475 F. App'x 464, 465 (4th Cir. 2012) (per curiam).



    (E.D.Va. 2010) (“Chinese Drywall” remediation claim dismissed for failure to allege that insured was legally obligated to pay)
    709 F. Supp. 2d 441 (E.D.Va. 2010) (amended complaint adequately pleads legal obligation)
    793 F. Supp. 2d 785 (E.D. Va. 2011) (granting summary judgment to insurers where insured was not legally obligated to pay for remediation)
    dismissed on jurisdictional grounds, Builders Mut. Ins. Co. v. Dragas Mgmt. Corp., 497 F. App'x 313, 314 (4th Cir. Oct. 23, 2012).


    th Cir. Dec. 9, 2009) (abuse of discretion not to hear insurer’s declaratory judgment action involving defense duties in a lawsuit arising out of the $600 million Blackberry settlement, where decision was limited to “eight corners” of the policy
    the complaint)
    2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122836 (E.D. Va. Nov. 18, 2010) (on rem
    ) (summary judgment granted to insurer declaring no duty to defend because business enterprise exclusion precluded coverage).


    affirmed, Minn. Lawyers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Batzli, 442 F. App'x 40, 55 (4th Cir. 2011) (Shedd, J., dissenting).




    Great American Ins. Co. v. Gross, 2005 WL 2009284 (E.D.Va. Aug 19,2005), rev’d, 468 F.3d 199 (4th Cir. 2006)
    on rem
    ,
    2007 WL 1577503 (E.D.Va. May 30, 2007)
    2008 WL 376283 (Feb. 11, 2008) (rescission of directors & officer insurance policy)



    reconsid. denied, 2004 WL 1080187 (E.D. Va. April 5, 2004)
    rev'd
    rem
    ed,
    142 Fed. Appx. 147 (4th Cir. July 20, 2005) (insurance coverage, construction defect, subcontractor exception to “your work” exclusion)




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    Time Spent on Pro Bono Work: 10%
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
    1989, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
    United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    United States Bankruptcy Courts
    1989, Virginia
    1990, District of Columbia
    1997, Maryland
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
    U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
    U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
    2016, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    Bar Fellowship
    of the National Instutute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism. Danny has written numerous articles and contributed to continuing education materials on insurance coverage, legal malpractice, legal ethics and civil litigation topics. Prior to joining Sands Anderson PC, Danny was a partner with the law firm of Schraub, Howell & Company, Chtd.

    Publications

    "Surviving Allegations of Professional Misconduct" (with Stephen M. Goldman), Washington Lawyer, Oct. 2004.

    "Defense Counsel and Coverage Implications of the Tripartite Relationship", Coverage (a publication of the Committee on Insurance Coverage Litigation of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation), November/December 2003.

    News about Danny M. Howell:

    • D. C. Regional Law Office Relocates

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    George Mason University School of Law
    Class of 1989
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Indiana University
    Class of 1978
    B.A.
  • Special Agencies

    Board Member, Center for Auto Safety

  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1955
    Bedford, IN, 1955

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    Danny Mark Howell attended George Mason University School of Law.
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    Law Offices of Danny M. Howell, PLLC was established in 2016.