Howard M. Richard

Howard M. Richard has extensive experience in all aspects of real estate practice, Mr. Richard concentrates in the representation of lenders, developers and occupants of sports facilities. He has played a major role in five major stadium developments over the past several years, including U.S. Cellular Field and the United Center in Chicago, the Rose Garden in Portland, the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, South Carolina, and the Manchester (N.H.) Arena. He is currently working on three additional facilities in the early stages of development.

He has extensive experience as counsel to all manner of developers, including those interested in sports facilities. He and his firm have particular experience in developments involving governmental subsidies, such as bond financing, federally-insured multi-family financing and low-income housing tax credits.

Mr. Richard has lectured for the Chicago Bar Association, Council of Urban Economic Development and The Bond Buyer on stadium finance. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at John Marshall Law School in Chicago, and the co-author of Jacobson, Richard & Banoff, Illinois Limited Liability Company (1996). Mr. Richard has been listed in Illinois Super Lawyers (2005–2012). He received a Bachelor or Arts degree from Cornell University in 1965 and a J.D. from The Harvard Law School in 1968, where he was a member of the Board of Editors of The Harvard Law Review.