Contact Info

Phone: 270-926-4000
Fax: 270-691-1637
Email: tkline@smlegal.com

Tim’s Practice Areas

• Banking Law and Litigation
• Bankruptcy Law and Litigation
• Business and Corporate Law and Litigation
• Construction Law and Litigation
• Employment Law and Litigation
• Insurance Defense and Insurance Coverage
• Litigation
• Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
• Real Estate Law and Litigation
• Utility and Energy Law and Litigation
• Wills, Trust and Estate Planning and Litigation

Tim focuses his legal practice on businesses that find themselves needing general legal advice or may need his help with litigation. He helps his clients understand the legal implications of corporate governance, and assists them with employment matters, collections and dispute resolution. Generally, Tim likes to serve as a consultant to his client and be their “general counsel” for all areas of the law related to running a business. Tim also assists banks, large and small, in resolving difficult loan relationships.

His clients include large businesses in the western Kentucky region as well as individuals who need legal advice from time-to-time concerning employment contracts, non-competes, or estate planning. Tim brings his experience from practicing law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City to the local market. Because of this experience, he has broad and sophisticated knowledge ranging from antitrust to personal injury that can be brought to bear in western Kentucky to help his clients achieve the best possible result for their particular situation.

Bachelor of Science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Distinguished Graduate – 1999

Master of Arts, University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce – 2000

Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif, University of Kentucky College of Law – 2007

Kentucky Bar Association

Owensboro-Daviess County Estate Planning Counsel

Owensboro Rotary Club – President

Daniel Pitino Shelter – Board of Directors

Care Net Pregnancy Center – Board of Directors

RiverPark Center – Board of Directors

Commonwealth of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

State of New York

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

CALI Awards in Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, International Law and Statutory Civil Rights