Practice area

Dispute resolution

Experience

Tim is a partner in our litigation practice group, based in Washington, DC. He focuses his practice on representing corporations and individuals in criminal and regulatory investigations, and in related civil proceedings. Tim has represented clients in matters involving securities fraud, antitrust violations, commodities fraud, health care fraud, official corruption and other substantive areas of the law.

Prior to joining Freshfields Tim's experience included representing:

  • the former CFO of Pixar Animation Studios in connection with a stock options backdating investigation by the SEC. In August 2009, after a lengthy investigation and the issuance of a Wells notice, the SEC closed the case without taking any enforcement action;
  • Wextrust Capital (acting as Receiver), a multinational private equity firm. In August 2008, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York appointed Tim to this role. He was appointed after the CEO and COO of Wextrust were charged with securities fraud by the SEC and arrested by the United States Attorney's Office. As Receiver, Tim manages an enterprise with more than $250 million in assets and operations throughout the United States, in Africa and the Middle East; and
  • a former presidentially appointed Bush Administration official who was investigated for alleged violations of conflict of interest laws by the United States Attorney's Office in Washington, DC. In September 2008, after an intensive investigation, the government closed the investigation and declined prosecution.

Tim previously served for more than eight years with the U.S. Department of Justice, where he played a leading role in some of the most notable corporate fraud cases in recent times. As a senior advisor to the Department's leadership, Tim supervised the work of federal prosecutors throughout the United States on major corporate investigations. He has testified before the United States Senate and House of Representatives on white collar crime issues and is a frequent public speaker on such topics as corporate compliance, internal investigations and the role of in-house counsel.

Tim earned his JD, cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 1990 and his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Northern Kentucky University in 1987. He has also studied at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and the French National School for the Judiciary in Paris, France. He is admitted to practice in New York, the District of Columbia and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the District of Columbia, the Southern District of Texas and the U.S. Courts of Appeals, Second and Ninth Circuits.

Contact details

tim.coleman@freshfields.com

  • Washington, DC office
  • 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 600
    Washington, DC 20004-2692
    United States
  • Telephone
  • +1 202 777 4560
  • Fax
  • +1 202 777 4555