Malcolm Jones Howard (June 24, 1939 – January 12, 2025) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Malcolm Jones Howard
North Carolina Eastern District Court
Born 1939 in Kinston, NC
Died 2025
FJC ID: 1104
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 17/year
North Carolina Eastern District Court · 1988–2025
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Greenville, North Carolina1975–1988
secretary of the U.S. Army for North CarolinaCivilian aide · 1986–1988
Assistant U.S. attorney · 1973–1974- Executive Office of the President of the United StatesDeputy special counsel · 1974
- U.S. Army major1962–1972
- secretary of the U.S. ArmyLegislative counsel · 1971–1972
- Dixon Marketing, Inc., Kinston, North CarolinaGeneral counsel/marketing manager · 1972
Appointments
1988–2025 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1970- U.S. Military AcademyB.S. · 1962