Patrick C. Timoney

Patrick 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, conduct file audits and 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. Mr. Timoney has been awarded the AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. With his expertise in the areas of workers' compensation subrogation, products liability and vehicle crashworthiness, Mr. Timoney frequently speaks on these topics 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:

• American Association for Justice
• Montgomery County Bar Association
• Montgomery County Young Lawyers, Past President
• National Association of Subrogation Professionals

Speaking Engagements:

• "Recent Developments, Trends, and Decisions in Workers Compensation Subrogation", NASP 2011 Annual Conference, November 7, 2011
• "Recent Developments Related to the Toyota Recall", National Auto Subrogation Strategies ExecuSummit, April 5, 2011
• "Recent Developments Relating to The Toyota Recall", 6th Annual National WC Subrogation Strategies ExecuSummit, 2010 Summit Chair & Presenter, June 15, 2010 - June 16, 2010
• "Recent Trends, Developments and Decisions in Workers' Compensation Subrogation for 2009", NASP 2009 Annual Conference, November 3, 2009
• "Hidden Deadlines and Advanced Diary Management in Workers' Compensation Subrogation", Workers' Compensation Subrogation Strategies ExecuSummit, August 11, 2009
• "Recent Trends, Developments and Decisions in Workers' Compensation Subrogation for 2008", NASP 2008 Annual Conference, November 2, 2008
• "Third Party Litigation Management and Supervision", Workers' Compensation Subrogation Strategies, ExecuSummit, June 10, 2008
• "Recent Trends, Developments and Decisions in Workers Compensation Subrogation for 2007", NASP 2007 Annual Conference, November 7, 2007
• "Construction Site Accidents and Workers' Compensation Subrogation", Workers' Compensation Subrogation Strategies ExecuSummit, August 8, 2007

Published Works:

Pursuing Claims Against Foreign Manufacturers, Claims Magazine, April, 2011

Toyota Recall Claims: Issues to Consider When Investigating Accidents Involving Toyota Vehicles Sudden Acceleration, Subrogator, Spring/Summer, 2010

West Virginia Has Made Significant Changes to Its Workers' Compensation Subrogation Statute, 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, Subrogator, Spring/Summer, 2005

Defendants Are Using the Workers Compensation Recovery Statue to Defeat Both Injured Workers' Claims and Workers Compensation Carriers' Leins, Subrogator, Spring/Summer, 2004

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