Chuck Howard is a Partner and former chair of the Litigation Department at Shipman & Goodwin LLP, in Hartford, Connecticut. From 2002-2004 he served on the Ad Hoc Advisory Group appointed by United States Sentencing Commission to review and recommend revisions to the federal organizational sentencing guidelines. In addition to his extensive litigation experience, he has a national practice representing organizational ombuds programs at major multinational corporations and universities and has represented ombuds programs in courts throughout the country to protect the confidentiality of their communications.