Biography of Howard Siegel http://www.hsiegelaw.com/

• Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Maryland in 1970 and Georgetown University Law School in 1974.
• 23 years of complex civil trial litigation experience.
• Author of "Winning Without Precedent," in the American Bar Association's Litigation Magazine.
• Lawyers for Public Justice nominee as Trial Lawyer of the Year in 1986.
• Guest lecturer at numerous universities, colleges, and law schools.

Major Litigation Accomplishments

Rice v. Paladin Press in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the publisher of a "how-to" murder instruction manual may be held accountable when the instructions in the publication were used to carry out a triple murder. Rice has been hailed as a landmark victim's rights case and the most important First Amendment decision in the past half-century.

Kelley v. R.G. Industries a case of first impression in the United States that remains the only appellate case in the country which to hold that the manufacturer of a firearm can be held strictly liable to the victim of a crime.

Gray v. Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which established the right of an insured to bring suit against his insurer for a verdict in excess of his policy limits when the insurer is negligent in failing to settle the claim within policy limits.

Earnest v. Sikorsky Aircraft Company co-counsel in a suit on behalf of seven Green Berets, who were in a military helicopter crash in Arkansas that settled for 9.6 million dollars.

Mr. Siegel has appeared as a featured guest on the "Today Show" three times, "60 Minutes," "Larry King Live," the PBS series "Inside the Law," "Court TV," "British Television," "Mitchell in the Morning," and "Univision." His cases have sparked two editorials in the Washington Post, and columns in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and Denver Post.

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