Board of Directors
Howard Friedman - President
Howard Friedman has a private practice in Boston, Massachusetts.
His practice emphasizes plaintiff's civil rights litigation, particularly
claims alleging abuse by police officers and private security guards.
He has represented plaintiffs in several class actions alleging unconstitutional
strip searches at jails or police stations.
Friedman is a frequent lecturer on police misconduct and civil rights
issues. He is the author or co-author of numerous articles on these
issues including a chapter on Strategies in Litigating Intentional
Tort Cases in ATLA’s Litigating Tort Cases. Among his reported
cases are: Pinshaw v. Metropolitan District Commission, 406
Mass. 687 (1988) (Indemnification for civil rights violations); Ocasio
v. City of Lawrence, 788 F.Supp. 99 (D.Mass. 1992) (1983 class
action challenging a policy of the City of Lawrence Police Department
requiring the unlawful seizure of food stamp identification cards); Pasqualone
v. Gately, 422 Mass. 398 (1996) (1983 liability for the warrantless
seizure of firearms and ammunition); Ford v. Suffolk County,
154 F. Supp. 2d 131 (D.Mass. 2001) (Granting summary judgment on
declaratory relief and liability for women who were strip searched
while being held pre-arraignment at the Suffolk County jail); and Tardiff
v. Knox County, 365 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2004) (Affirming class certification
in strip search cases against both Knox County and York County in
Maine).
Friedman was a founding member of the Police Practices Coalition
in Boston. He served as the Chair of the Civil Rights Section of
the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), 1996-1997. He
also served as the Chair of the Police Misconduct Committee of the
Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section of the Massachusetts
Bar Association (MBA), 1988-1997. Friedman is a member of the NLG,
ATLA, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers, MBA and the Federal
Bar Association. He is a graduate of Northeastern University School
of Law and Goddard College.
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