Overview
Tim joined Sher Edling in 2017. Tim has dedicated his career to fighting for vulnerable communities that bear the severest hardships when powerful interests abuse natural resources and the environment. His work with the firm focuses on protecting vulnerable communities by holding accountable those responsible for the enormous costs of adapting to the physical, environmental, economic, and social impacts of the climate crisis; the devastating impacts of and profligate evasion of responsibility for transnational water pollution; and threats to the public’s basic right to contaminant-free drinking water from legacy contamination in groundwater.
Before joining Sher Edling, Tim was the Executive Director of the nonprofit Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, where he advocated for sustainable natural resource management and habitat protection for commercially valuable marine fish species. Tim’s work bridged the legal and political gap between conservation and consumptive use.
In 2013, he earned his law degree with honors from Golden Gate University, where he was a member of the Environmental Law Journal and GGU’s National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition team. He is a 2006 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.
Representative Matters
- City of Imperial Beach et al. v. International Boundary & Water Commission et al., No. 18-cv-457 (S.D. Cal.)
- Suffolk County Water Authority v. The Dow Chemical Co. et al., No. 17-cv-6980 (E.D.N.Y.)
Education
- Golden Gate University, J.D.
- UC Berkeley, B.A.
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Featured Results
$630 million to address environmental and health crisis at the US-Mexico border
Strategic litigation and a powerful coalition combine to secure $630 million to mitigate transboundary sewage pollution in the Tijuana River Valley—one of the most polluted waterways in America.
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