Julie McGhee Howard, Esq.

Julie Howard is co-founder and managing partner of NowackHoward in Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Howard practices community association law and represents condominium and homeowner associations in the Atlanta region and throughout Georgia.

Ms. Howard is licensed as an instructor for the Georgia Real Estate Commission for community association management license and post license courses and is a Registered Neutral with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution for General Civil Mediation.

Ms. Howard has extensive experience advising community associations in real estate matters and general counsel issues, including association meetings and parliamentary guidance, assessment collection, covenant and rule enforcement, developer transition and disputes, Fair Housing Act claims, lien foreclosure, owner bankruptcy, owner dispute resolution, property tax appeals, and other general litigation.

Ms. Howard graduated from Furman University and earned her law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law. She gained valuable legal experience by clerking for a judge and practicing as a shareholder and managing partner at another private Georgia-based firm. She has been admitted to practice law in Georgia since 1993.

Using her legal experience and skills to the fullest, Ms. Howard has made significant contributions to the legal profession. She has assisted in the drafting of amendments to the Georgia Property Owners’ Association Act and the Georgia Condominium Act since 2007 and has testified many times before the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia State Senate committees on proposed community association laws.

Ms. Howard is a Past President and member of the Board of Trustees of the international Community Associations Institute based in Washington, DC. She is also a Past President and Board Member, in addition to many other roles, of the Community Associations Institute of Georgia. Ms. Howard is a fellow in the College of Community Association Lawyers and served on the College’s Board of Governors from 2016 through 2019. She served as the College’s 2018 President and 2019 Immediate Past President and has presented many times at the College’s national law seminar. Ms. Howard is an active member of her local Sandy Springs Bar Association, serving as its 2023 and 2024 President, and she is a member of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta.

Ms. Howard is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and has been designated a Georgia Super Lawyer in Real Estate since 2011.

• Registered Neutral, Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution
• License Instructor, Georgia Real Estate Commission