Born in Ellsworth, Kansas. Steve Howard is a 1985 graduate of Creighton University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, completing Creighton's 3-3 program, he graduated law school in 1987. As a deputy public defender, he tried four jury trials in his first year out of law school, prevailing on three of them. He holds one of the largest jury verdicts in the history of Nebraska

He has helped shape the law for Nebraska children. In the 1990's his clients, who were small children, were discriminated against in a workers compensation case involving their father's death. Steve Howard thought it was unfair to them and should not be legal. He fought the their case all the way to the Nebraska Supreme Court and the law was changed as a result of his efforts. He is one of the few Nebraska lawyers that has ever been awarded punitive damages. He has handled complex legal cases for clients whose conditions include lumbar and cervical fusion, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, ventricular septal defects, joint replacement, carpal tunnel syndrome, pars defect, discectomy, laminectomy, fractured ribs, radicular pain, complex regional pain syndrome, aggravation of a pre-existing condition, traumatic brain injury, closed head injury, post traumatic stress syndrome, and other complicated medical diagnoses. Steve believes it important for the lawyer to understand what the client is going through in order to properly present their case in a court of law. He has settled and tried civil cases in state and federal court for over 22 years. He grew up in central Nebraska and his office is in Omaha but his work over the years includes cases in Douglas, Lancaster, Gage, Dodge, Hall, Adams, Platte, Colfax, Lincoln, Nemaha, Custer, Valley, Garfield, Scottsbluff, Antelope, Dakota, Sarpy, Cass, Clay, Phelps, Buffalo and Johnson Counties.

Trials usually last about one half day. Claimants are not entitled to a jury trial. One of the seven judges of the Court will preside over a trial where their authority is limited to award past and future medical expenses/treatment, temporary disability benefits for any lost time from work from the date of the accident until they are released by their doctor, permanent disability benefits for the injuries sustained, and future vocational rehabilitation rights.

Areas of Practice: Workers’ compensation, automobile accident, insurance litigation and catastrophic and life altering injuries.
Bar Admission: Nebraska, 1987
Education: Creighton University, Business Administration; Creighton Law School
Professional Associations: Nebraska State Bar, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, American Association for Justice, Workers’ Injury Litigation Group.