Brooklyn ADA Howard Jackson recognized by NYC Bar Association

December 20, 2018 By Rob Abruzzese, Legal Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Howard Jackson was given the Thomas E. Dewey Medal by the NYC Bar Association. Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

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Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Howard Jackson was given the Thomas E. Dewey Medal by the New York City Bar Association during a ceremony in Manhattan on Tuesday, Dec. 4.

The medal is presented annually by the bar association to one outstanding prosecutor from each borough district attorney’s office, and one more is awarded to a lawyer from the office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.

“Howard is a model prosecutor, dedicated to upholding the rule of law and fiercely committed to pursuing justice for victims,” Eric Gonzalez said in a statement. “Please join me in congratulating Howard on this well-deserved honor.”

Jackson is a 17-year veteran of the Brooklyn DA’s Office, where he started in the Domestic Violence Bureau. He later moved on to the Green Zone Trial Bureau in 2003, then to the Homicide Bureau in 2006, where he tried 35 homicide cases.

Jackson has secured convictions on high profile cases, including the case of Daniel Ignacio in 2010, in which a man set fire to a building vestibule that caused the death of five people. He also successfully tried Daquan Breland and Daquan Wright for the shooting death of a 16-month-old in a stroller.

Jackson currently works as a deputy bureau chief where he trains and guides the Homicide Bureau’s more inexperienced prosecutors. He’s known as a person who is approachable, down to earth and always willing to help a colleague, Gonzalez said.