Jim Howell (Michigan politician)

{{Short description|American politician}}

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|name = Jim Howell

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|state_house = Michigan

|district = 94th

|term_start = January 1, 1999

|term_end = December 31, 2004

|predecessor = Michael Goschka

|successor = Roger Kahn

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|04|29}}

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|party = Republican

|spouse = Maureen

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|residence = St. Charles, Michigan

|education = Delta College (A.A.)
Saginaw Valley State University (B.S.)
Cooley Law School (J.D.)

|branch = United States Air Force

|serviceyears = 1967-1971[https://m.facebook.com/jim.howell.123829 Facebook Profile]

|rank = Sergeant

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James C. Howell{{cite web| url = https://www.martindale.com/st-charles/michigan/james-c-howell-731684-a/| title = James C. Howell Profile {{!}} St. Charles, MI Lawyer {{!}} Martindale.com}} (born April 29, 1949) is an American lawyer and politician from Michigan.

He is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives who represented a portion of Saginaw County from 1999 through 2004.2003-2004 Michigan Manual: [http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(r4mkuoe2ily2vf45ohqkx3ag))/documents/2003-2004/michiganmanual/2003-mm-p0201-p0201.pdf State Representative Jim Howell]

He attended Millington High School and is a 1967 graduate of St. Paul's Seminary in Michigan.

He graduated from Delta College with an Associate of Arts, Saginaw Valley State University with a Bachelor of Science, and from Cooley Law School with a Juris Doctor.[https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/20053/jim-howell Jim Howell's Biography]

Howell was an air traffic controller in the United States Air Force and an officer with the Saginaw County Sheriff's Department and the Saginaw Police Department from 1972 to 1981. He also was an attorney for Dow Chemical from 1981 to 1983, and practiced privately from 1983 until his election to the House in 1998.

Howell is a vocal advocate for Michigan's system of no-fault auto insurance because his son was critically injured in an accident in 2005.{{cite news|last1=Anders|first1=Melissa|title=Michigan man, who beat the odds after car crash, fights against no-fault insurance reform|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/michigan_man_who_beat_the_odds_1.html|work=MLive|date=1 November 2012}}

From 2005 to 2009 he was an Assistant Attorney General of Michigan.

Since 2010 he has served as President of Sammael, Inc.

He was a judicial candidate for the 10th Circuit Court in Michigan in 2010.[https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2010/07/candidate_saginaw_couty_circui.html Candidate: Saginaw County Circuit Court hopefuls 'very different individuals'] He lost to James Borchard.[https://mielections.us/election/results/10GEN/#15010000 Election Results]