Overview
Tim is a shareholder in Reminger's Cleveland office and serves as chair of the firm's Guardianship Practice Group. He focuses his practice on probate litigation. In this capacity, he leverages his jury trial experience to provide representation in probate and trust disputes involving will contests, charges of undue influence, breach of fiduciary duty actions, and other potential issues that can complicate the settling of an estate.
Tim also is experienced in legal matters involving probate, guardianship, trust, and estate administration. Tim represents trustees and executors of estates, creating flexible plans to meet their needs. Tim's experience in the area of probate and trust administration includes the drafting of estate plans for both individuals and families, and assisting them through the probate process. He also advises institutions on a variety of trust administration issues.
Tim has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine for seven consecutive years (2018-2024), a recognition given to less than 2.5% of lawyers in the State of Ohio. He is also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Litigation - Trusts and Estates.
Honors & Recognitions
Recognized as a Rising Star by Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine, 2018-2024
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Trusts and Estates
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Litigation - Trusts and Estates 2021-2022
Selected as a recipient of the American Bar Institute and American Bar Association Scholar/Leader Award, 2010
Community & Professional
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
-Leadership Academy, Class of 2022
Ohio State Bar Association
Parma Bar Association
Juvenile Diversion Program in Parma, Ohio
-Volunteer Magistrate
Results
- May 29, 2024, Judgment AffirmedEighth Appellate District, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
Judgment affirmed in will contest case.
- Aug 2, 2023, Summary Judgment GrantedCuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
Motion for summary judgment granted in will contest case.
- Nov 17, 2022, Judgment Affirmed8th Appellate Dist
Judgment affirmed in undue influence case.
- Mar 10, 2022Cuyahoga County Probate Court
Successfully represented client in will contest case, obtaining a 7-1 jury verdict after four days of trial and thirty months of litigation.
- Aug 30, 2021, DismissalU.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Defense of an attorney-trustee in trust lawsuit. The Federal Court dismissed the Plaintiff’s federal lawsuit on res judicata grounds.
- Oct 13, 2020, Motion to Dismiss GrantedUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Plaintiff Beneficiary has been litigating for years in state court over Plaintiff’s parents’ estate plan with varied results. Presumably dissatisfied with the rulings in state probate court, Plaintiff tries to bring new suit against Trustee in Federal Court which has limited subject matter jurisdiction. Trustee client successfully moved the Court to abstain or defer to multiple state court proceedings where all parties represented before a single probate judge. Federal Court stayed proceedings before it pending outcome of state probate and appellate matters.
- Aug 21, 20206th District Court of Appeals
A defendant appealed the unanimous jury verdict which overturned the decedent’s last will and testament. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision, found there was ample evidence at trial supporting a finding that the will was the product of undue influence. As a result, our clients will share equally in their mother’s estate.
- Nov 19, 2019, Unanimous Jury VerdictHuron County, Probate Court
A daughter of the decedent unduly influenced her mother to change her will to benefit only her. We filed a will contest on behalf of the other two daughters of the decedent. After a two day trial, we won a unanimous jury verdict setting aside the invalid will and ensuring that the decedent’s assets would transfer equally to her children, as she had truly intended.
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Education
J.D., The University of Akron School of Law, 2010
-Student Bar Association, Executive President
B.S., Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, 2007
Admissions
- State of Ohio, 2010
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 2015