ATTORNEY PROFILE

Tim is recognized as an experienced and accomplished trial lawyer. One of the co-founders of Neville, Richards & Wuller, LLC, Tim has tried and won jury trials ranging from claims of asbestos exposure, to first and third-party insurance issues, intellectual property and trade secrets, and medical malpractice and premises liability. He has successfully handled numerous appeals in the Illinois Supreme Court, the Illinois Appellate Court, and the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal for the Seventh and Eighth Circuits. His trial and appellate record, experience, and reputation have earned him an AV rating*, the highest rating awarded to law firms by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating process. He has been inducted into select honor organizations Leading Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Litigation Counsel of America, and ABOTA. He served as president of the Missouri-Southern Illinois Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a national trial lawyer honor organization devoted to improving trial advocacy and preserving the jury system in American civil courts. Among his clients, colleagues, and judiciary, Tim is respected as a forthright and experienced advocate, who zealously represents his clients with skill and efficiency. He has published in peer review legal journals and frequently lectures to physician and lawyer organizations on several law related topics. Beyond his family and firm, Tim is an avid fan of history, loves reading, working out, and traveling. He is a black belt in Okinawan karate.

* AV Pre-eminent and BB Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsever Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary.  Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall in two categories—legal ability and general ethical standards.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

99% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Personal Injury Defense

Professional Liability Claims

Medical Malpractice

First and Third-party Insurance Litigation

Products Liability

Toxic Tort Claims

Transportation Industry Claims

Personal Injury Asbestos Litigation

Trial and Appellate Practice

HONORS AND AWARDS

American Board of Trial Advocates, Past President

Illinois Leading Lawyers: St. Clair County Medical/Legal Committee

Super Lawyers

Litigation Counsel of America

Expert Witness in Professional Liability and First-Party Insurance

PUBLISHED WORKS

Rule 213: Lost in Translation?

IDC Quarterly, 2nd Qtr. Vol. 19, 2009

Retaliatory Discharge: Its Applicability to Employees Protected by a "Just Cause" Provision

(Co-Author), 72 Ill. B.J. 480, 1984

ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Illinois State Bar Association, Member

The Missouri Bar, Member

Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, Member

American Board of Trial Advocates

American Bar Association, Member

Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, Member

National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Member

Omicron Delta Kappa

BAR ADMISSION AND EDUCATION

BAR ADMISSIONS

Illinois

Missouri

EDUCATION

Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Illinois. J.D. (Cum Laude). Honors: National Order of Barristers. Honors: Legal Writing and Moot Court, Second and Third Year. Honors: Instructor, Southern Illinois University School of Law. Law Journal: SIU Law Journal, Articles Editor.

Augustana College, A.B.

PAST EMPLOYMENT

Hon. James L. Foreman, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, Law Clerk

NEVILLE, RICHARDS & WULLER, LLC

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