The Howard East attorneys counsel owners and operators through the moments that define a company: the sale of a practice built over decades, the acquisition that changes everything, the partnership that has to be restructured — or unwound — and the license a regulated business cannot open without.

Meet the Howard East Attorneys

Thomas Howard — Managing Attorney. Corporate, M&A, and commercial litigation. A former Series 7 & 66 securities licensee, Thomas reads deals the way the other side’s bankers do — and litigates the disputes that follow when deals go wrong. Selected to Illinois Super Lawyers, 2025-2026. Admitted in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Terron East — Partner, Corporate. M&A, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and a rare niche: cryptocurrency regulatory counsel and state Money Transmitter License work. Harvard Law-trained, with big-firm deal-room discipline from Kramer Levin and Zuber Lawler. Admitted in New York.

One Firm, Admitted in Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin & New York

Howard East pairs Midwest litigation depth with East Coast transactional practice. Much of our work is offered at transparent flat fees — a DSO offer review for dentists weighing a sale, a clinic formation & MSO package for founders of ketamine, TRT, and med-spa practices, and a partnership dispute strategy session for owners whose co-owner has become the problem.

Schedule a confidential consultation with the Howard East attorneys. Call 833-952-3111.