Malcolm Jones Howard

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Malcolm Jones Howard (born 1939) is a United States federal judge.

Born in Kinston, North Carolina, Howard received a B.S. from United States Military Academy at West Point in 1962 and a J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1970. From 1962 to 1972, he served as a major in the United States Army. He was a Legislative counsel, U.S. Secretary of the Army, from 1971 to 1972. After his military service, he worked as General counsel and marketing manager for Dixon Marketing, Inc., Kinston, North Carolina, in 1972. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District of North Carolina from 1973 to 1974. In 1974, he was a Deputy special counsel, Executive Office of the President of the United States. He was in private practice in Greenville, North Carolina from 1975 to 1988, and was a Civilian aide, U.S. Secretary of the Army for North Carolina, from 1986 to 1988.

Malcolm Howard has been a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina since 1988. President Ronald Reagan nominated him on September 10, 1987, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1988, and received his commission on February 26, 1988. He assumed senior status on December 31, 2005.

Sources

• Malcolm Jones Howard at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by James Carroll Fox	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina 1988–2005	Succeeded by vacant