For over forty years, Howard L. Stovall assisted multinational companies on commercial law matters throughout the Arab Middle East, including Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen.

Mr. Stovall also served as an expert on Arab commercial law, providing advice for federal court proceedings in Florida, Virginia and Washington, D.C. (federal district and appellate), in Brussels, The Hague, and Amsterdam, as well as in International Chamber of Commerce and American Arbitration Association arbitration proceedings. Formerly a partner in a large international law firm, Mr. Stovall established his own (solo) law office in Chicago in October 1996.  In November 2024, Mr. Stovall retired from the active practice of law.