Attorney Howard M. Bushman of The Moskowitz Law Firm is a seasoned litigator with over 23 years of experience prosecuting nationwide class actions and mass tort litigation. Most recently, Howard led the firm’s prosecution of In re: Lincoln National COI Litigation Case No.: 2:16-cv-6605-GJP (E.D.Pa..) and In re: Lincoln National 2017 COI Rate Litigation 2:17-cv-04150-GJP (E.D.Pa.) which reached a finally-approved nationwide settlement for a class of nationwide consumers who purchased life insurance policies serviced by Lincoln National, recovering a Settlement Common Fund of over $100 million.
Howard prosecuted claims on behalf of investors who invested in a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Equialt, LLC. These claims resulted in a settlement of $44 million. See SEC v. Davison, et al., Case No. 8:20-cv-00325-MSS-UAM, pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He has also effectively litigated the following class actions:
Kenneth F. Hackett & Associates, Inc. v. GE Capital Information Technology Solutions, Inc. et al., Case No.: 10-20715-CIV-ALTONAGA/BROWN (S.D. Fla.) (multi-million dollar settlement on behalf of a nationwide class of copier lessees whom were overcharged for their monthly payments)
Aarons et al. v. BMW of North America, LLC, Case No. 2:11-cv-07667-PSG (S.D.Cal.) (multi-million dollar settlement on behalf of a nationwide class of owners of defective Mini-Cooper vehicles)
Lockwood et al. v. Certegy Check Services, Inc., Case No.: 8:07-CV-01657-SDM-MSS (M.D. Fla.) (nationwide data breach action resulting in a settlement valued at over $75 million dollars
Brenda Singer v. WWF Operating Company, Case No.: 13-CV-21232 (S.D. Fla. 2013) (nationwide litigation regarding alleged deceptive marketing of evaporated cane juice; successfully settled nationwide class action over deceptive labeling of evaporated cane juice)
In Re: Countrywide Financial Corp. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, Case No. 3:08-MD-01998-TBR (WDKY) (class action on behalf of over 17 million consumers, achieved a settlement valued at over $300 million dollars)
Eugene Francis v. Serono Laboratories, Inc., et al. (“Serostim”), Case No. 06-10613 PBS (U.S. District Court of Mass.) ($24 million cash settlement in a nationwide class action litigation against multiple entities regarding the deceptive and illegal marketing, sales and promotional activities for the AIDS wasting prescription drug Serostim)
In Re: Guidant Corp. Implantable Defibrillators Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1708 (U.S. District of Minnesota) ($245 million dollar settlement for patients in this nationwide mass tort class action regarding the sale of defective cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers)
In Re: Zicam Cold Remedy Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2096 (mass tort involving over $15 million settlement).
Howard has extensive experience litigating antitrust matters throughout the state of Florida as well. See In re: Photochromic Lens Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2173, No. 8:10–md–02173–T–27EA (M.D. Fla.) (nationwide indirect purchaser antitrust class action on behalf of purchasers of photochromic lenses); In re Florida Cement and Concrete Antitrust Litigation (Indirect Purchaser Action), No. 09-23493-CIV-Altonaga/Brown (S.D. Fla.) (statewide indirect purchaser antitrust class action on behalf of purchasers of cement); Anna Vichreva v. Cabot Corporation, et al., No. 03-27724-CA-27 (Fla. 11th Jud. Cir. Ct.) (litigated and obtained the largest per-consumer Carbon Black state court antitrust class action settlement in the country).
Howard received an undergraduate degree in Hospitality Business from Michigan State University (B.A., 1997) and is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). While at the University of Miami, he served as the Executive Editor of The University of Miami Business Law Review. Additionally, Howard was a member of the National Mock Trial Team and The International Legal Honor Society of Phi Delta Phi.
Howard was named a Super Lawyer and Rising Star by Super Lawyers® several times from 2009 to the present, and was selected as one of South Florida's Most Effective Litigators by The Daily Business Review.
He is a Member of the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar, the Dade County Bar Association, the American Association of Justice, and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida.
As passionate for the law as he is for giving back to the local community, Howard received the Eleventh Judicial Circuit and Miami-Dade County Bar Associations' Put Something Back Pro Bono Service Award.
