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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 17, 2022

After 32 years in private practice and eight years as a prosecutor, Gary Howell is set to retire, according to 22nd Judicial District Attorney Brent Cooper. Howell graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1981 and began practicing law with the Columbia law firm of Jack and Edwards. He opened a solo practice in Columbia in 1987 and moved his office to Mt. Pleasant in 2000. He joined the district attorney’s office in 2014, and served his entire tenure in the Lawrence County office, handling a number of high profile murder cases. “Having prosecuted several cases with Gary on the opposing side certainly made me better as an attorney and a prosecutor," Cooper said in a release. “Because of that, I didn’t hesitate to offer him a job when he asked to close out his career as a prosecutor.” The Daily Herald has more on Howell’s career.