
Tim is a shareholder in the Wilmington, Delaware, office of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin. Since 1982, he has devoted his practice to Delaware workers' compensation on behalf of self-insured employers and insurance carriers. Tim has handled thousands of workers' compensation cases over the course of his career and has experience in all types of claims including complex litigation involving repetitive trauma claims, occupational diseases, mental stress cases, chemical sensitivity claims and sick building syndrome cases. Representative clients include automobile assembly plants, large international consumer products companies, hospitals and regional medical centers, and an international telecommunications company.
Tim has handled numerous workers' compensation cases before the Delaware Superior and Delaware Supreme Courts. He was involved in the representation of employers in two separate quadriplegic cases involving a successful global resolution of both claims, including related third party negligence actions.
Tim is a graduate of the University of Delaware and the Dickinson School of Law. He served as the deputy attorney general for the state of Delaware from 1979 to 1982, acting as counsel to the Delaware Industrial Accident Board. Tim is the past chair of the Delaware State Bar Association's Workers' Compensation Section and past co-chair of the Industrial Accident Board Rules Committee. He is a member of the Defense Counsel of Delaware and the Delaware State and American Bar Associations. As a member of the Defense Research Institute, he serves as the Delaware state liaison for the Workers' Compensation Section.
Tim has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1995. He was also featured in Delaware Today magazine as one of Delaware's top lawyers in the workers' compensation field. Tim lectures frequently on workers' compensation topics at seminars sponsored by the Delaware State Bar Association, the Industrial Accident Board, the Delaware Claims Association and other business and professional groups.
Tim devotes valuable time to community activities for the Highlands Community Association, Ulster Project Delaware, and St. Ann's Parish Council.
Areas of Practice
Classes/Seminars Taught
Workers' Compensation in Delaware
Return to Work Issues in Delaware
Interaction of Delaware Workers' Compensation, the ADA and the FMLA
Advanced Workers' Compensation in Delaware
Past Employment Positions
State of Delaware, deputy attorney general, counsel to Industrial Accident Board, 1979-1982
Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., managing partner, executive committee, 1982-1999
Education
The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1978 J.D.
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 1975 B.A.
Areas of Practice
Education
- The Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1978)
- University of Delaware (B.A., 1975)
Bar Admissions
- Delaware, 1979
Associations & Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Defense Counsel of Delaware
- Defense Research Institute, state liaison for Delaware
- Delaware State Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section, Rules Committee, co-chair (2006-2009); Workers' Compensation Section, chair (1994-1995)


