Howard Elias (b. 1952; d. 1998) was the husband of Millie Elias, the father of Martin Elias, and a civil rights attorney in Los Angeles who built his career by representing citizens who sought to sue the Los Angeles Police Department for brutality. In the 10 years prior to his death he sued the department over 100 times and won more cases than he lost. He and his family lived in a two-story brick colonial-style house on Beck St. in Baldwin Hills, a suburb of Los Angeles sometimes referred to as the Black Beverly Hills. He also maintained an apartment near his office in a complex called The Place. He operated his law office out of the Bradbury Building. Elias was carrying on an affair with Carla Entrenkin.