Patrick C. Timoney
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Partner

Patrick C. Timoney focuses his practice on insurance recovery litigation, with an emphasis on the litigation of workers' compensation subrogation matters throughout the United States. He assists clients in recovering workers' compensation benefits paid by identifying third party recovery opportunities, by pursuing third party claims, and by intervening in pending personal injury claims. He has also been retained by clients to provide legal opinions concerning workers' compensation subrogation issues, to conduct file audits, and to provide advice to help clients improve their workers' compensation recovery results.

Formerly, Mr. Timoney practiced in civil litigation with a focus on personal injury litigation, in which he represented both plaintiffs and defendants. With his expertise in the area of workers' compensation subrogation, Mr. Timoney frequently speaks on this topic to clients and trade groups across the country. In addition, he regularly contributes articles discussing workers' compensation subrogation issues to national insurance industry periodicals.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Montgomery County Bar Association, Member
• American Trial Lawyers Association, Member
• Montgomery County Young Lawyers, Past President

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• "Recent Trends, Developments and Decisions in Property Subrogation", NASP 2008 Annual Conference, November 2, 2008 - November 5, 2008
• "Third Party Litigation Management and Supervision", Workers' Compensation Subrogation Strategies and ExecuSummit", June 10, 2008
• "Construction Site Accidents and Workers' Compensation Subrogation", Workers' Compensation Subrogation Strategies ExecuSummit, August 8, 2007

Published Works:

West Virginia Has Made Significant Changes to Its Workers' Compensation Subrogation Statute, The Subrogator, Winter, 2006

Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Subrogation: A Pennsylvania Appellate Court Allows a Widow to Disclaim Her Share of Proceeds from a Wrongful Death Claim to Avoid Satisfaction of a Subrogation Lien, The Subrogator, Spring/Summer, 2005

Defendants Are Using The Workers Compensation Recovery Statute To Defeat Both Injured Workers' Claims and Workers Compensation Carriers' Liens, The Subrogator, Spring/Summer, 2004

Recovery in Workers Compensation, Risk & Insurance Magazine, January, 2000

Practice Disciplines:

Workers' Compensation Subrogation

Bar Admissions:

New Jersey, 1992

Pennsylvania, 1992

U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2006

U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2006

U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 2005

U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1992

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1993

U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1999

U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 2000

Education:

Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992
J.D.

Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 1988
B.A.
Major:  English and Economics