Philip Howard is a well-known leader
of legal reform in America. He is the author of the best-seller The Death of Common Sense and The Collapse of the Common Good, and he is a
periodic contributor to the op-ed pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,
and The Washington Post. He advises leaders of both parties on legal and regulatory reform
issues. A practicing lawyer, Howard is vice-chairman of the law firm Covington &
Burling LLP.
In 2002, Howard founded Common
Good (www.cgood.org), a national bipartisan coalition organized to restore common sense to
American law. The Advisory Board of Common Good is composed of leaders from a broad
cross-section of American political thought including, among others, former U. S. Senators
Howard Baker, Bill Bradley, George McGovern and Alan Simpson. Howard has long been a civic
leader in New York. He is chair of the Committee that installed the "Tribute in
Light" Memorial for those who died on September 11th.
He is also chairman of the Municipal Art Society of New York, a leading
civic group that spearheaded initiatives to preserve Grand Central Terminal. |
