Faculty BiosHoward Katz
From 1998 to 2004, Professor Katz served as Director of Strategic Planning and Policy for the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Treasurer’s office where he oversaw a half-billion dollar fixed-income investment portfolio and insured the implementation of the treasurer’s reform agenda. He designed a linked-deposit program that provides residential loans for first-ring suburbs which won the U.S. EPA 2003 Award for Smart Growth Achievement. Earlier in his career, Professor Katz was chief counsel to the Cleveland City Council. Professor Katz has hosted public affairs shows on the radio, and has spoken on the topic of suburban revitalization at the annual meetings of the American Planning Association, the American Collegiate Schools of Planning, and the Government Finance Officers Association. In 2003 he was awarded a Knight Foundation Fellowship in Community Building, and he is a member of the Congress for the New Urbanism. Professor Katz will be teaching Torts and Property. His most recent article, “Strategies and Techniques of Law School Teaching: A Primer for New (and Not So New) Professors,” co-authored with Kevin Francis O'Neill, can be found on the ssrn page in draft form at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=982234. E-mail Professor Katz at hkatz@law.capital.edu. |
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Visiting Professor of Law Howard E. Katz has been an associate professor at Charlotte School of Law since August 2006. Professor Katz has an extensive and varied background as a law professor, director of strategic planning and policy, and prolific lecturer on topics such as urban development, business ethics, and socially responsible investing. Professor Katz has been a visiting professor at Cleveland State University’s Marshall College of Law and the Senior Fellow at the American Architectural Foundation in Washington, D.C., where he recently coordinated content for the National Summit on School Design. Professor Katz has taught at several law schools, including George Washington, Tulane, Pittsburgh and Howard, and in two M.B.A. programs.