Roger H. Howard

Partner and Co-chair of the Corporate Department
310.556.7822
RHoward@GlaserWeil.com
Century City
10250 Constellation Blvd.
19th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Practice Areas
  • Real Estate
    • Acquisitions, Sales & Leasing
    • Secured Lending/Finance Transactions
    • Land Use & Entitlements
  • Corporate
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Limited Liability Partnerships/Corporate Transactions
Education
  • University of California, Los Angeles, J.D.

  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., Economics and Political Science, outstanding graduating senior

State Bar Admissions
  • California

As one of California’s most experienced and savvy real estate, corporate, and mergers & acquisitions lawyers, Glaser Weil Partner and Corporate Department Co-chair Roger Howard specializes in finding strategic solutions to complex business and real estate transaction issues. 

Roger’s corporate and business work focuses on mergers and acquisitions as well as corporate restructuring and tax. Roger works with numerous national and local manufacturing companies, oil/gas companies, financial institutions, national investment banking and private equity companies, worldwide importers and foreign entities. His transactional real estate practice is focused on acquisitions, residential and commercial development, negotiation/documentation of complex ground leases, sales, restructuring, workouts, title issues and leasing. His practice includes purchases, sales and leases of residential/condominium and large commercial properties, including, for example, sales of major studios, high-rise residential properties, subdivisions, negotiating/documenting complex multi-family/restaurant ground leases in Marina del Rey/Malibu, gas station portfolios, high-rise office buildings, regional shopping centers, historical monuments and hotels. Roger’s extensive knowledge of high-stakes real estate issues has led some of the country’s largest title insurance companies to seek out his knowledge and expertise to help them resolve complex title insurance issues on their highest-priority claims.

Roger received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received recognition as the outstanding graduating senior. He received his law degree from UCLA School of Law.

Additionally, Roger is a frequent lecturer on real estate, business and corporate issues, and has spoken before organizations that include the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Fidelity National Financial and Chicago Title Insurance Company, UCLA Extension Programs and California CEB.

Roger has been selected for inclusion on the Southern California Super Lawyers list and in the Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel edition. He was also a recipient of the 2010 Humanitarian Award from the Los Angeles Cedars Sinai Hospital Tower Cancer Research Foundation.

News

As Seen In Fortune & Bloomberg Businessweek: A Full-Service Real Estate Powerhouse, October 23, 2014

Glaser Weil Named One of 2012 Top Ranked Law Firms by Fortune Magazine

Partner Roger Howard Honored with Tower Cancer Research Foundation Humanitarian Award

Honors & Awards

Best Lawyers in America, multiple years

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Rated

Southern California Super Lawyers, multiple years

Included in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel edition

2010 Humanitarian Award from the Los Angeles Cedars Sinai Hospital Tower Cancer Research Foundation

Publications

"Speculative Lending is Returning,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, March 16, 2012

Solving the Creditors’ Rights Quagmire, Title News, April 2010

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