Howard A. Spalding, Q.C.

Practice Areas: Commercial and General Litigation, Insurance, Personal Injury, Torts, Construction, Municipal and Environmental Law as well as class action lawsuits

Law School: University of New Brunswick

E-Mail: has@barryspalding.com
Phone: (506) 633-4215
Assistant: Cecilia Duncan (506) 633-4229 cjd@barryspalding.com

Practice Areas

Howard Spalding is a distinguished litigator, with particular focus on personal injury, torts, construction, commercial litigation, municipal and environmental law, as well as insurance law.

Professional Experience

Born in Manitoba, Howard received his B.A. in 1976, his LL.B. in 1978 from the University of New Brunswick, and was a Beaverbrook scholar. Admitted to the bar in 1978, he worked for two other firms before joining Barry Spalding, where he has been a partner since 1982. Howard is affiliated, and has held numerous roles, with a number of legal organizations including the Saint John Law Society, the Canadian Bar Association and its New Brunswick branch, and the New Brunswick Law Society. He has also chaired and presented seminars for the Health Law sector of the New Brunswick Law Society. Howard is presently the Chair of the litigation sub section of the Canadian Bar Association.

Outside the Office

Howard, like many of his colleagues at Barry Spalding, holds an active record of community involvement. He has worked as president with the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce; as director with the Rotary Club, the Hampton Youth Center, and the United Way of Greater Saint John; and as a committee member for the United Way Allocations Committee. Howard is also Chairman of the Board of the Dr. V.A. Snow Center, a senior citizen's home in Hampton.

Howard and his wife Donna have seven children.