Scott Howard and Lucy Kivel are the founding members of Kivel & Howard LLP, a Portland-based law firm. Kivel & Howard provide legal services to closely held businesses, to families in need of proactive estate planning, wills, trusts and probate management.
In addition to his primary role of guiding the overall direction of the firm, Mr. Howard conducts on-line educational presentations on estates and trusts for clients and members of the Legal Shield program.
His expertise in estate planning and governance is also well known and respected throughout the entire Oregon non-profit community. This has led to his service on multiple Boards of a diverse group of 501c3 organizations in Education, Arts and Culture, youth sports, and from Oregon History to health care.
In addition to his work within the Portland philanthropic community, Mr. Howard is an active participant in a national printer’s group and continues to learn and practice the art of type-set printing and typography while also collecting rare books that used unique printing processes.
He is an alumnus of Occidental College and of Whittier College School of Law.
He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1978 and to the Oregon State bar in 1979.
