Recognized in Ones to Watch since 2023 
La’Tika D. Howard is a corporate attorney in Baltimore, Maryland, who counsels start-ups, emerging companies, investors, and privately held businesses on strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, investment, financing, and general business operations. She provides outside general counsel services throughout the business lifecycle, from formation and financing through business exit and succession.
La’Tika takes a practical, business-minded approach to each engagement, whether counseling a founder through an initial financing round, assisting with corporate governance matters, or supporting a company through a complex acquisition.
La’Tika is committed to leadership and service in Maryland’s legal community. She served on the Board of Maryland Volunteer Legal Services from 2021 through 2024, completed the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinder Program, and mentors current and future law students through the Fannie Angelos Program for Academic Excellence.
La’Tika graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and magna cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law. While in law school, she served as a Rule 19 Student Attorney in the Saul Ewing Civil Advocacy Clinic and as a Staff Editor of the University of Baltimore Law Review.
