Howard S. Master

Howard Master is a Partner and Counsel to the CEO of Nardello & Co.  Howard supports the firm’s global practices, including white collar criminal defense; anti-corruption and fraud investigations; civil litigation and arbitration support; and monitorship and compliance efforts.  While at Nardello & Co., Howard has led investigations for cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the unsecured creditors of Infowars creator Alex Jones, as well as other significant matters for clients in criminal, civil litigation, and bankruptcy proceedings.  He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where he teaches an advanced seminar on corruption law.  Howard joined Nardello & Co. after service as a leader, investigator, and trial lawyer at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the New York State Office of the Attorney General, and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, where he created and led the office’s Conviction Integrity Bureau.  He is a graduate of Yale University and the New York University School of Law, and a former law clerk to the Hon. José A. Cabranes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Hon. Victor Marrero of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.