He earned his Juris Doctor from Arizona State University College of Law, graduating cum laude in 1988.
[8] Howe was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals by Republican Governor Jan Brewer in April 2012 to succeed Daniel Barker.
[11] In 2015, Howe was selected to serve on an Arizona Supreme Court case involving judicial pensions filed by judge Jon W. Thompson after the justices recused themselves.
[12] Howe ultimately authored the 3-2 decision in favor of the plan members and found the proposed changes violated the pension clause of the Arizona Constitution.
[15] Howe also authored an opinion in Aloia v. Gore, reinstating a $58.9 million judgment against the former owners of a medical company for selling donated bodies on the black market.