Bio

Tim is a recognized trial attorney who has tried multi-million dollar cases through to verdict. Tim has served as lead trial counsel in class action and mass joinder litigation, and as trial counsel in several cases outside of Louisiana. His railroad practice includes the defense of employee lawsuits arising under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and the defense of grade-crossing accidents, derailments, and trespasser claims.

His pharmaceutical practice includes the defense of cases involving both drugs and medical devices. In addition, he defends personal injury and property damage litigation arising out of products liability, business premises, automobile, and environmental accidents.

Tim has tried many cases in the thirty years of his legal career, including railroad, products liability, insurance, casualty, and premises liability cases.

Experience

  • Orthopedic Hip Implants: Trial Counsel
  • Contraceptive Implants: Lead Louisiana Class Action Trial Counsel
  • Gentilly Tank Car Fire Class Action: Trial Counsel
  • Water Heater Class Action: Trial Counsel
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy Litigation: Trial Team Member
  • Quadruple Fatality Railroad Crossing Case: Lead Trial Counsel

Honors & Affiliations

Honors & Recognitions

The Best Lawyers in America: Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Railroad Law (2011-2022)

LMG Life Sciences, Non-IP Litigation & Enforcement (Product Liability)

AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell rating

Louisiana Super Lawyers

New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyers: Railroad Law

LSU Law Center Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, 2019

CityBusiness Leadership in Law, 2009

Civic Affiliations

  • LSU Law Center Board of Trustees
  • Big Brother Big Sisters of Greater New Orleans, Past Board Member, Past Vice-President

Professional Affiliations

  • Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
  • American College of Trial Lawyers, Louisiana State Committee Chair (Present)
  • National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, President (2024), President Elect (2023), Central Vice President (2018-2019), Executive Committee (2017 - 2020), Trial College Faculty Member (2011, 2012, 2014)
  • International Association of Defense Counsel, 2006 Trial Academy Faculty Member
  • Defense Research Institute
  • New Orleans Bar Association, President (2013)
  • American Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association

News

Publications & Presentations

Publications and Presentations

  • Conversations with NOBA Legends, Panelist

    New Orleans Bar Association (NOBA) Conversations with NOBA Legends in Honor of African-American History Month

    Presentation, Presenter
  • Litigation Strategy Alert Panel: Understanding How New Rule 702 Amendments will Impact the Future Admissibility of Expert Testimony

    American Conference Institute (ACI) 27th Annual Drug and Medical Device Litigation Conference

    Presentation, Moderator
    December 6, 2022
  • Professionalism, Its Importance to Attorneys, Clients, and Justice

    New Orleans Bar Association Inn Of Court CLE

    Presentation, Presenter
    November 4, 2015
  • Trial Court Grants Motion for Summary Judgment on Behalf of Amtrak and Illinois Central

    National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel Newsletter

    Publication
    March 2013
  • Voir Dire Panel Demonstration

    International Association of Defense Counsel

    Presentation, Presenter
    2007
  • The Locomotive Video Tells The Real Story!

    National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel

    Presentation, Presenter
    2014 Fall Meeting
  • The Anatomy Of A Federal Employers Liability Act Action And Its Multiple Challenges

    International Association of Defense Counsel

    Presentation, Presenter
    November 2014
  • LSU Law Apprenticeship Week, Adjunct Professor

    LSU Law Center, Baton Rouge, LA

    Presentation, Presenter
    2014-2017
  • Practical Matters in Court

    NOBA Bench Bar Conference, Beau Rivage Hotel, Biloxi, MS

    Presentation, Presenter
    Spring 2012
  • Faculty: National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel Trial College

    Courtroom Sciences, Inc, The Four Seasons, Irving, TX

    Presentation, Presenter
    2011, 2012, 2014
  • The Basic Principles of Voir Dire

    National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel Trial College, The Four Seasons, Irving, TX

    Presentation, Presenter
    Summer 2012
  • Litigation Lessons: Mock Trials - What Have We Learned

    Courtroom Sciences, Inc., NOBA CLE Litigation Series, New Orleans, LA

    Presentation, Presenter
    Fall 2011
  • Ethics, This is Jeopardy!

    NOBA Bench Bar Conference, Beau Rivage Hotel, Biloxi, MS

    Presentation, Presenter
    Spring 2011
  • Ethics CLE Presentation

    New Orleans Bar Association

    Presentation, Presenter
    2009
  • Ethics, Not a Matter of Choice

    New Orleans Bar Association

    Presentation, Presenter
    Fall 2009
  • Ethics, The Foundation of the Professional Lawyer

    New Orleans Bar Association

    Presentation, Presenter
    Spring 2009
  • Ethics in the Legal Profession, The Beginning and the End

    New Orleans Bar Association

    Presentation, Presenter
    October 2008
  • The Locomotive Video Stars in Successful Motion for Summary Judgment

    IADC Transportation Committee Newsletter

    Publication
    May 2013

Admissions

  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • Louisiana and Texas state courts
  • United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • United States District Court Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana

Education

J.D., Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center (1985)

B.A., Louisiana State University (1982)

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