Howard Friedman

attorney

Attorney Howard Friedman has been representing plaintiffs in civil rights litigation for over thirty years. He began practicing law as a staff attorney at the Prisoners' Rights Project in Boston in 1977. He has been representing victims of police misconduct for many years. Howard is committed to enforcing the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution by bringing cases on behalf of people who were injured as a result of illegal conduct by police officers. He has managed complex class actions on behalf of thousands of class members. Howard is active in community groups concerned with civil rights. Howard is the president of the National Police Accountability Project. Howard is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the Supreme Court of Illinois. He received his JD from Northeastern University Law School in 1977 and a BA from Goddard College in 1974.