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Tim is Co-chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Group. He and his colleagues at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP are absolutely committed to protecting an employer’s right to run its business freely, within the law.  With both the rise in the number of employment claims and the amounts of jury verdicts, Tim prefers to keep his clients out of trouble by having them follow a comprehensive program of rigorous training, full faith compliance, strict recordkeeping and vigorous enforcement to improve morale and boost workplace productivity.

Tim’s clients include Fortune 100 companies with a national presence, as well as start-up enterprises in only one or two locations.  When his clients have been sued, Tim has been there for them. Named a Massachusetts "Super Lawyer" in the area of Labor & Employment for three years and recognized in the Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition in the area of Employment & Labor, Tim routinely tries cases in both state and federal courts throughout the country and has successfully defended his clients against virtually every conceivable type of employment claim that exists.  Tim has also successfully resolved a number of wage and hour collective/class actions on behalf of his clients.  Tim regularly counsels telecommunications companies, financial institutions, insurers, retailers, manufacturers, and construction companies, among others.  Besides defending his clients against employment related claims, Tim also advises employers on the entire spectrum of employment issues, including sexual harassment investigations, employment counseling and terminations, retaliation claims, FLSA, FMLA and ADA issues, and reductions in force.

• Tim successfully defended a company through trial and appeal of sexual harassment claim, where First Circuit, in published opinion, commented on Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP's “skillful defense.”
  
  
• Tim successfully obtained complete summary judgment, in an arbitration before JAMS, for medical group against former physician/employee claiming, among other things, breach of employment agreement and breach of fiduciary duty.
  
  
• He successfully obtained complete summary judgment for Fortune 100 client against former employee claiming sexual harassment and sex discrimination.
  
  
• He successfully dismissed a whistleblower claim against a national chemical company.
  
  
• Tim successfully dismissed RICO and common law related claims against a corporation and its officers by a former union steward claiming constructive discharge due to union activities.  The judgment was affirmed by the First Circuit, marking the first time the First Circuit had addressed the issue of NLRB preemption.
  
  
• He obtained a complete defense award, including damages in favor of the employer, plus all attorneys’ fees, in a two week arbitration, in which former employee sought $5 million for breach of contract and fraud under a separation agreement.
  
  
• Tim has successfully defended a myriad of sexual harassment and discrimination claims brought against Fortune 500 companies, including claims that have gone to full trial and hearing before various state agencies.
  

• "Massachusetts Legislature to Consider "Noncompetition Agreement Act"," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, May 2010.
  
  
• "President Signs HIRE Act - Gives Employers Incentives To Make New Hires," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, March 2010.
  
  
• "So, You're Thinking About Jumping Ship . . .  How Departing Executives and Employers Can Minimize their Risks," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Labor & Employment Bulletin, Winter 2010.
  
  
• "Have You Taken Steps to Comply with GINA Yet?," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, December 2009.
  
  
• "Massachusetts' Highest Court Announces New Standard for Awarding Punitive Damages in Discrimination Cases under State Law," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, October 2009.
  
  
• “Making Tough Personnel Decisions in a Global Recession: How to Do them Right and Minimize Liability - Implementing Lay-Offs in the United States,” speaker, webinar presented by the Employment Law Alliance, March 24, 2009.
  
  
• "A Sign of the Times:  Employers Confront Reductions in Force," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Labor & Employment Bulletin, Winter 2009.
  
  
• "Preparing and Implementing Employee Evaluations," speaker, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Labor & Employment Webinar, December 11, 2008.
  
  
• "Blog to Executive:  It's Hip to be Square," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Labor & Employment Bullletin, Fall 2008.
  
  
• "Massachusetts Becomes First in Nation to Mandate Triple Damages for Employer Wage and Hour Violations Under New Law," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, April 2008.
  
  
• "Picking the Wrong Fight:  Legislation That Needs Bullying," co-author, Mealey's Litigation Report:  Employment Law, Vol. 3, #11, June 2007 and Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Labor & Employment Bulletin, Summer/Fall 2007.
  
  
• A House Divided:  When the Board Investigates Senior Management - Key Issues to Consider in Internal Investigations, panelist, Boston, Massachusetts, May 8, 2007.
  
  
• "Employees Charged with a Crime: What is an Employer to Do?," co-author, Employment Law 360, October 27, 2006 and Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Labor & Employment Bulletin, Fall 2006.
  
  
• "Violence in the Workplace: Legal Issues, Practical Approaches," speaker, seminar hosted by Fresenius Medical Care North America, Lexington, MA, October 4, 2006.

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During college, Tim studied theology at Oxford University and crewed in the “engine room” for Linacre College. 

Lawyer by day and countertenor by night, Tim, along with his son, sings in a professional Men & Boys Choir.  His favorite composers include Tallis, Byrd and Palistrina.  When not working or singing, Tim and his family can be seen heading up to Nova Scotia where they enjoy sailing, fishing, and swimming.  Tim is also quite fond of rowing his 17’ wooden Swamscott dory.