text: Howard M. Rosenblatt : NetWorth Asset Management
  J.D, CLU, ChFC, AEP, Investment Adviser Representative
  J.D., CLU, ChFC, AEP, Investment Advisor Representative
  Howard is an Investment Advisor Representative with NetWorth Asset Management. Howard has held an insurance license since 1970. He is and has been a licensed member of The Florida Bar since 1982. He is an Accredited Estate Planner (AEP) and his law practice focuses on Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning and Elder Law. He earned his Chartered Life Underwriter designation in 1977, his Chartered Financial Consultant's designation in 1984 and his Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow status in 1991.
  Howard earned his bachelor's degree (B.A.E. from the University of Florida) in 1969, taught school for a couple of years, entered graduate school at UF studying educational psychology and then enrolled in law school at the Levin College of Law (UF) where he received his J.D. in December 1981. He passed The Florida Bar in 1982 and was sworn in by his cousin, Judge Louis Safer, the following week.
  He is an active member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA), having served the Florida Association as its chaplain, as a regional Vice President and member of their state Political Action Committee for several years and Gainesville-NAIFA as President from 1981 to 1983. For his years of service, he was honored with the Herb Morgan Award of Excellence in 2014. In 2018, he was honored with the Snead-Bryan Award as NAIFA-Florida's Advisor of the Year. In 2020, Howard was honored with the Philip A. Hoche Award for distinguished service, making him only the second NAIFA-Florida member to have received all three of NAIFA-Florida's leadership awards. He currently serves on the NAIFA Government Relations Committee. He is currently President of the Gainesville chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals and currently serves as immediate Past President of the North Central Florida Estate Planning Council (1983). He is a life member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) with over 40 years of active membership.
  He is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), The Florida Bar, Eighth Judicial Bar Association (EJCBA) and the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (former board member and past president of the Clare Gehan chapter of FAWL). He has been very active in The Florida Bar having served off and on for 18 years on the Member Benefits Committee (one year as chair), Prepaid Legal Insurance Committee (two years as chair), and Senior Lawyers Committee. He has also served the Florida Lawyers Legal Insurance Corporation (FLLIC) as a President and is currently Vice President. In 2019, he was honored by The Florida Bar and the Florida Supreme Court with the Pro Bono Award for Florida's Eighth Judicial Circuit.
  His philosophy is "Do for your client as you would do for yourself if you were in the client's situation." He has been married to Eve Ackerman (who writes novels under the nom de plume of Darlene Marshall) for 45 years. They have two sons, Raphi (who lives in Portland, OR) and Micah (who lives in Brooklyn, NY).