User:ErieSwiftByrd/sandbox/Randall M. Howe

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| office = Judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals

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| appointer = Jan Brewer

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Randall M. Howe (born 1963) is a Judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals, serving since 2012. He is the first person with cerebral palsy to argue at the United States Supreme Court.{{cite web |title=State appeals judge challenged biases as first person with cerebral palsy to argue before SCOTUS |url=https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/randall-howe-my-path-to-law |publisher=ABAJournal |access-date=25 April 2022}}

Early life and education

Howe was born with cerebral palsy. He has only one functioning arm, a speech impediment, and could not walk until age 9. Growing up in Brighton, Colorado, Howe's parents had to threaten legal actions against the local school board after officials refused to enroll him in elementary school. A school across town eventually agreed to enroll him.{{cite news |last1=Howe |first1=Randell |title=A Mother's Advocacy |url=https://www.azattorneymag-digital.com/azattorneymag/201505/?pg=21#pg21 |access-date=25 April 2022 |work=Arizona Attorney Magazine |issue=May 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Kinnerup |first1=Taylor |title=Arizona judge with cerebral palsy credits his mom with his success |url=https://ktar.com/story/2570728/arizona-judge-with-cerebral-palsy-credits-his-mom-with-his-success/ |access-date=25 April 2022 |work=KTAR |date=May 12, 2019}}

After moving to Arizona, Howe graduated from Arizona State University summa cum laude in 1985, majoring in business administration with an emphasis in finance. He earned his Juris Doctor from Arizona State University College of Law, graduating cum laude in 1988.{{cite web |title=Application for Nomination to Judicial Office |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413094052/http://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/75/applications/Appellate/Howe-Public.pdf |access-date=25 April 2022}}

During law school, Howe was selected as a member of ASU's national moot court team.

Legal career

In 1988, Howe began his legal career as an associate with the law firm of Storey & Ross. The following year he joined the Arizona Attorney General’s Office where he worked in the criminal appeals section, and then in the liability management section as an appellate supervisor. In 2001, he became chief counsel of the criminal appeals section. From 2008 until his judicial appointment, Howe served in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, first as an assistant U.S. attorney, and then as deputy chief of the appellate division.

Howe personally argued 84 appellate cases before the Arizona Supreme Court, the Arizona Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In 2006, Howe represented Arizona at the United States Supreme Court when he argued Clark v. Arizona, in which the Court upheld the constitutionality of the insanity defense used by Arizona.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oyez.org/cases/2005/05-5966|title=Clark V. Arizona|last=|first=|date=|website=oyez.com|publisher=|access-date=}}{{cite news |last1=Howe |first1=Randall |title=Editorial: That time I nearly (accidentally) mowed down the Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2020/09/21/ruth-bader-ginsburg-smiled-time-almost-ran-her-over/5838725002/ |access-date=25 April 2022 |work=The Arizona Republic |date=21 September 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Greenhouse |first1=Linda |title=Arizona's Strict Approach to Insanity Defenses Gets a Hearing Before the Supreme Court |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/20/us/arizonas-strict-approach-to-insanity-defenses-gets-a-hearing-before-the.html |access-date=25 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=April 20, 2006}}

In 2019, Howe was a finalist for a seat on the Arizona Supreme Court.{{cite news |last1=Rosenblatt |first1=Dillon |title=Montgomery becomes finalist for Arizona Supreme Court |url=https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2019/07/27/montgomery-becomes-finalist-for-arizona-supreme-court/ |access-date=25 April 2022 |work=Arizona Capital Times |date=July 27, 2019}}

Arizona Court of Appeals

Howe was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals by Republican Governor Jan Brewer in April 2012 to succeed Daniel Barker.{{cite news |title=Ariz Court of Appeals judge, ASU law alum Randall Howe to have investiture |url=https://news.asu.edu/content/ariz-court-appeals-judge-asu-law-alum-randall-howe-have-investiture |access-date=25 April 2022 |work=ASU News |date=September 24, 2012}} He was retained by the voters in 2014{{cite web |title=2014 General Election: Official Election Canvass of Results |url=https://apps.azsos.gov/election/2014/general/Canvass2014GE.pdf |publisher=Arizona Secretary of State}} and 2020.{{cite web |title=2020 General Election: Official Election Canvass of Results |url=https://azsos.gov/sites/default/files/2020_General_State_Canvass.pdf |publisher=Arizona Secretary of State |access-date=25 April 2022}}

In 2015, Howe was selected to serve on an Arizona Supreme Court case involving judicial pensions filed by judge Jon W. Thompson after the justices recused themselves.{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Craig |title=Arizona Supreme Court picks five judges to hear pension case |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2015/07/13/supreme-court-picks-five-judges-hear-pension-case/30114893/ |access-date=16 June 2022 |work=Arizona Republic |date=July 13, 2015}} Howe ultimately authored the 3-2 decision in favor of the plan members and found the proposed changes violated the pension clause of the Arizona Constitution.[https://casetext.com/case/hall-v-elected-officials-ret-plan Hall v. Elected Officials' Ret. Plan]{{cite news |title=Arizona Supreme Court sends Hall lawsuit to trial court |url=https://www.psprs.com/article/supreme-court-sends-hall-lawsuit-to-trial-court |access-date=16 June 2022 |work=Public Safety Personnel Retirement System |date=March 9, 2017}}

In 2022, Howe authored a [https://www.omlaw.com/uploads/docs/Blog_Cases/CV_21-0069_RIDGELL_v._ADCS.pdf opinion] ordering the Department of Child Safely to remove a women from the registry of child abusers, because the medical marijuana she consumed while pregnant "must be considered the equivalent of the use of any other medication under the direction of a physician."{{cite news |last1=Abbott |first1=David |title=Cannabis Conundrum |url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/cannabis-conundrum/Content?oid=32248131 |access-date=25 April 2022 |work=Tucson Weekly |issue=April 14, 2022}} Howe also authored an opinion in [https://images.law.com/contrib/content/uploads/documents/292/108661/CV-20-0431-ALOIA-v.-GORE.pdf Aloia v. Gore], reinstating a $58.9 million judgment against the former owners of a medical company for selling donated bodies on the black market.{{cite news |title=Appellate Court Reinstates $58.9M Judgment in Case Over Black-Market Body Parts |url=https://www.law.com/2022/02/17/appellate-court-reinstates-58-9m-judgment-in-case-over-black-market-body-parts/?slreturn=20220325190007 |access-date=April 25, 2022 |work=Law.com |date=February 7, 2022}}

References

External links

[https://www.azcourts.gov/coa1/Judges/RANDALL-M-HOWE Biography on Arizona Judicial Branch website]
{{Ballotpedia|Randall_M._Howe|Randall M. Howe}}

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