Dean T. Howell

Member

Dean T. Howell is a member in the firm whose practice is focused primarily on construction and civil litigation. A
significant part of his practice involves representing owners, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in all
aspects of construction phases, including licensing and contract drafting as well as the prosecution and defense
of payment claims, delay claims, and differing site condition claims. Mr. Howell is a member of the Tennessee
Association of Construction Counsel and the Associated General Contractors. He also represents clients in
commercial litigation involving contract disputes, business disputes, insurance coverage, commercial and
residential landlord/tenant matters, and insurance defense.

Mr. Howell was born in Morristown, Tennessee. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Tennessee
in 1999 with a B.A. in history. Mr. Howell obtained his J.D., magna cum laude, from Washington and Lee
University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia, in 2002. While in law school, Mr. Howell served as a Lead Articles
Editor for the WASHINGTON AND LEE LAW REVIEW. He is co-author of the articles Trace Benzene Cases in the
Real World: Is a Trace Benzene Case Really a Benzene Case? LITIGATION WATCH: BENZENE June 2005 and
Mechanism or Causation? The New Battle Over Benzene Metabolites. LITIGATION WATCH: BENZENE May 2006.
Mr. Howell has also presented seminars on construction law issues before the Knoxville Association General
Contractors.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Howell served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. W. Harold Albritton III, Chief United
States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama, from August 2002 until August
2003. From August 2003 until August 2004, Mr. Howell served as a judicial law clerk in Abingdon, Virginia, to
the late Hon. H. Emory Widener, Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit.