Profile

Tim represents clients in various industries, including staffing, technology, Internet and E-Commerce, hospitality and food, and professional services.

His corporate practice includes counseling clients with respect to intellectual property portfolio management, corporate formation and governance, corporate finance, commercial transactions, growth strategies, and mergers and acquisitions. Tim often serves as a trusted business advisor and general counsel to mid-cap companies helping those clients address everyday operational issues while at the same time planning for the long term. With respect to staffing industry clients, Tim provides counsel regarding growth strategies, mergers and acquisition, intellectual property issues, operational issues, indemnity and risk management issues, and the structure and content of SaaS, Employment, Phantom Stock, MSA, VMS and PEO agreements.

Tim is a frequent contributor to legal and business publications and lectures across the country on emerging issues impacting the Staffing Industry.

Tim enjoys spending time with his Fiancé and their blended family of three young men and four cats. In his spare time, Tim runs, hikes, plays tennis and golf—he especially enjoys playing rounds of golf with his Fiancé, Michelle.

Panels and Webinars

• “Remote Work and Employment Law”— The Background Check Podcast, Season 1, Episode 5 June 2022
• “Remote Work and Vaccinations – The New Business Realities”– Tricom Industry Insider Webinar November 2021
• “Staffing in the Time of Covid-19,” American Staffing Association, Webinar Panelist, April 2021
• “The New Realities of Remote Work: Formulating Effective ‘Telework’ Policies,” Chicago &
  Northeastern Illinois Association of Health Underwriters, Webinar Panelist, October 2020
• “Preparing to Reopen: Getting the Workforce Back into the Workplace,” Precision Global Consulting
  Webinar, Panelist, June 2020
• “Force Majeure and Other Impacts on the Performance Of Contracts in the Age of COVID-
  19,” ASG, Webinar Panelist, May 2020
• “The New Realities of Remote Work: Formulating Effective ‘Telework’ Policies,” Webinar
  Planner and Moderator, May 2020
• “Minimizing Your Risk: Employment and Contractual Best Practices,” Tricom 2019 Client
• “Legal Issues Round Table” – AtWork Group Franchise Conference, March 2019
• “Keepin’ It Legal” – AtWork Group Franchise Conference, March 2019
• “Marijuana and Its Effects on the New Jersey Staffing Industry”– NJSA, Law Day VIII 2019
• “Predictive Scheduling & Fair Work Week Ordinances” – Webinar Panelist – January 9, 2019.
• “Is Your Company Ready To Disclose its Employer-Sponsored Health Offerings?” December
  2018
• “Marijuana and Its Effects On The Staffing Industry” – TempNet Webinar August 2018
• “Cutting Edge Legal Issues” – AtWork Group Franchise Conference, May 2018
• “Jeopardy: Keeping It Legal” – AtWork Group Franchise Conference, May 2018
• “The Effects of Cannabis On Background Screening” – Mid Atlantic Staffing Association Annual Conference 2018

• “Policy Considerations for Paid Time Off” – Tricom Industry Insider Webinar March 2018
• “Marijuana and New Jersey State Law: Greener Grass?” – NJSA, Law Day VII 2018
• “Exit Strategies and Succession Planning: Myths and Realities” – Mid Atlantic Staffing
  Association Annual, Conference 2017
• “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Staffing Liability Claim Scenarios” – NJSA, Law Day VI
  2017
• “Navigating the New Ban on Salary Disclosure – A Primer for Staffing Companies” – Tricom
  Industry Insider Webinar, November 2017
• “Entering Cyber Space – Cyber Security” – Launch 2017 Annual Staffing
  Conference, September 2017
• “Legal Dilemmas Facing the Staffing Industry” – AtWork Group Franchise
  Conference, September 2017
• “Legal Issues Round Table” – AtWork Group Franchise Conference, September 2017
• “Navigating the New Ban on Salary Disclosure – A Primer for Staffing Companies” – Becker
  LLC Webinar, June 2017
• “Legal Considerations When Entering the U.S. Market” – Talent Tech Labs Transatlantic
  Conference, April 2017
• “Better On-boarding: Creating a Competitive Advantage” – Tricom Industry Webinar 2016
• “Exit Strategies and Succession Planning: Myths and Realities” – Tricom 2016 Client
  Conference
• “Effectively Passing the Blame: A look at Contractual Obligations & Liability
  Requirements” – Tricom 2016 Client Conference
• “ACA – Past, Present & Future,” – Tricom 2016 Client Conference
• “How to Protect Your Startup’s Intellectual Property” – Talent Tech Labs Meet Up 2016
• “Effectively Passing the Claim Blame: A Look at Contractual Obligations & Liability
  Requirements” – NJSA Law Day V 2016
• “A Look at Contractual Obligations and Liability Requirements – Part 2” – NJSA Conference
  2016
• “Better On-boarding: Creating a Competitive Advantage” – Mid Atlantic Staffing Association
  Annual Conference 2016
• Moderator, “To Infinity and Beyond – Technology Panel” – Launch 2016 Annual Staffing
  Conference 2016
• “How to Attract, Retain, and Engage Talent” – Launch 2015 Annual Staffing Conference 2015
• “Mergers and Acquisitions: Preparing for Growth” – NJSA Law Day III, February 2014
• “How to Increase the Value of Your Staffing Firm” – ASJ Partners Webinar, March 2014
• “Protecting Your Trade Secrets and Confidential Information: A Practical Guide” – Mid
  Atlantic Staffing Associate Law Day Conference 2014
• “Contracts and Agreements for Everyday Life” – South Jersey Paralegal Association Paralegal
  Educational Symposium, March 2013
• “Contempt Hearings in Patent Litigation” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, August 2011
• “Protecting Your Trade Secrets: A Practical Guide,” – Becker Meisel Seminar Series,
  December 2011
• “Intellectual Property and Other Personal Property Exchanges” – 20th Annual Meeting of the
  Federation of Exchange Accommodators 2009
• “Protecting Brand and Reputation: the Communication Decency Act and Beyond” – West
  Legal works, Issues of Liability in Online Business Commentary Webinar 2008
• “Knowing What You Don’t Know – How to Profit from Hidden Risks that Threaten Your
  Company” – The Entrepreneur Institute, President’s Forum 2007 Technology Law Fora, Pennsylvania Bar Institute 2007
• The Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Technology Law Fora 2005, 2006 and 2007
• Intellectual Property Developments Impacting E-Commerce 2006, 2007 and 2008
• “Why Can’t I Upload My iTunes to your computer?” Copyrights in the Age of File Sharing,”
  Garden State Alliance of Paralegal Associations, Fourteenth Annual Convention

Publications

Tim is a frequent contributor to legal and business publications and lectures across the country on emerging issues impacting the Staffing Industry.

• “Remote Work or Remotely Working? Formulating Effective “Telework” Policies” April 24,
  2020
• “Privacy and Intellectual Property Rights: Important Links in the Blockchain” January 2020
• “Blockchains and Smart Contracts: From Cryptocurrencies to Everywhere?” April 2019
• “Four Legal Trends Staffing Firms Should Prepare for in 2019” – January 2019
• “Cannabis and the Banking World” – Tricom Blog, January 2018
• “Marijuana and its Effects on the Staffing Industry” – Tricom Blog, December 2017
• “Cybersecurity, Hacking and Thefts on the Rise: Protect That Data” – The Staffing Stream 2014
• “Increasing Staffing Company Value” – The Staffing Stream 2014
• “How to use background information wisely” – Staffing Industry Review, February 26, 2014
  (Co-Author)
• “A Chance to Select a Standard for Use of Summary Contempt in Patent Cases” – New
  Jersey Law Journal, March 21, 2011
• “Trademark Practice After In re Sones: Subtle but Important Shift in IP Law Opens Door for
  Internet Businesses” – The Legal Intelligencer, May 11, 2010
• “Internal Cross-Marketing: Picking the Low-Hanging Fruit” – The Legal
  Intelligencer, December 28, 2009
• “Brand Building and Asset Protection: Adding Value to Amusement Business” – Park World,
  November 2009
• “What is a ‘Patented Invention’ The Federal Circuit’s Decision in Proveris Scientific Corp. v.
  Innovasystems, Inc.” – Upon Further Review, April 4, 2009
• “Loan Workouts Superfund and Lender Liability De Minimis Settlements – the Magic
  Bullet” – Akron Law Review , 1991
• “Environmental Self-Audits: Enough Rope to Hang Oneself?” – 88th Annual Meeting and
  Expo of the American Oil Chemists’ Society

Charitable, Community and Civic Involvement

Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education Board of Trustees, Past President
Mid-Atlantic Staffing Association, Past Director
Talent Tech Labs Community Companies, Mentor