James C. Howell (born April 29, 1949) is an American lawyer and politician from Michigan.He is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives who represented a portion of Saginaw County from 1999 through 2004. He attended Millington High School and is a 1967 graduate of St. Paul's Seminary in Michigan. He graduated from Delta College with an Associate of Arts, Saginaw Valley State University with a Bachelor of Science, and from Cooley Law School with a Juris Doctor. From 2005 to 2009 he was an Assistant Attorney General of Michigan. Since 2010 he has served as President of Sammael, Inc.