Chase A. Howard

Associate

Chase’s practice involves a wide array of complex commercial litigation matters. In the software sector, Chase litigates on behalf of domestic and international software companies and implementation partners in disputes arising out of enterprise resource planning software (ERP). He provides deeply researched counsel to clients while tackling the ever-evolving field of business technologies, licensing disputes, and large-scale implementations. Chase also counsels insurance clients in secondary market litigation, including fraud and stranger-originated life insurance.

Active in pro bono work, Chase represents and assists veterans in matters before the Department of Veterans Affairs, Military Discharge Review Board, and the Board for the Correction of Military Records.

Chase graduated undergraduate school, magna cum laude, with a bachelor's degree in political science. He then earned his law degree, cum laude, from Temple University Beasley School of Law. While in law school, he was the note/comment editor of the Temple Law Review.

During law school, Chase served as a judicial intern to Chief Judge Eric L. Frank of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and to the Honorable M. Teresa Sarmina, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division - Complex Litigation.

Experience

Publications

The US Supreme Court to Consider Fraud Theory in 'Ciminelli' [The Legal Intelligencer]

November 02, 2022

Stephen Miller and Chase Howard published an article in The Legal Intelligencer discussing Ciminelli v. United States.

US Supreme Court Confronts Federal Jurisdiction of Arbitration Awards [The Legal Intelligencer]

December 21, 2021

Stephen Miller and Chase Howard published an article discussing how the U.S. Supreme Court has considered several arbitration-related challenges in recent years due to parties often preferring to arbitrate disputes rather than litigate in (public) courts.

Supreme Court Confronts Whether Computer Code Can Be Copyrighted

November 04, 2020

Stephen Miller and Chase Howard contributed an article to The Legal Intelligencer explaining how in October, the court heard oral argument in Google v. Oracle America, a case that is being closely watched by the software industry.

NY DFS’s Regulation 187 – Consumers’ Best Interests [Alert]

January 29, 2020

Mike Miller, Laura Zulick, and Chase Howard discuss how this rule will impact life insurers beginning February 1.

US Supreme Court Considers Reach of Copyright Laws [The Legal Intelligencer]

January 08, 2020

Stephen Miller and Chase Howard published an article to The Legal Intelligencer discussing the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration for whether a state can copyright annotated complications of its own statutes.

Industry Sectors

Education

  • Temple University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2018
  • Slippery Rock University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2014
  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. District Court -- Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court -- Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court -- Western District of Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania Supreme Court