Howard Scher

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ABOUT HOWARD SCHER

Specialties: Complex Business Trial LawyerHoward D. Scher specializes in presenting complex law and facts to courts throughout the United States. He has achieved victories in the prosecution and defense of complex and sophisticated business litigation, including business torts, RICO, antitrust, franchise, intellectual property, securities, fraud, tax and accounting and class action and has a national reputation in these areas. He consistently achieves the goal of meeting the client\'s objectives.Scher has been recognized by his peers. He is a Fellow of the nation’s two most prestigious, peer-selected, invitation-only trial lawyer associations – the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, in which he serves as director. Chambers USA has described Howard as \"[an] incredibly hard-working, aggressive attorney\";\"a strong advocate, professional and extremely good in court\"; and \"a rocksolid guy, trustworthy and will stick with his word.\" He represented a major consumer products business in defense of a claim alleging its widely-sold product has caused injuries to a large group of consumers. He succeeded in defeating the plaintiffs’ claim in a preliminary ruling on the admission of expert testimony which was followed by the resolution of a large percentage of claims. He has also represented large and small businesses in a wide variety of disputes both in the trial and appellate courts. Howard is a frequent author and a pioneer in the use of electronics as an advocacy tool in discovery and at trial.