Tim’s business clients range from Fortune 500 companies to startup ventures, including middle market companies, multistate and multinational companies, privately held and family businesses, investment funds, closely held S corporations, LLCs and partnerships, start-ups, entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals. Tim offers extensive experience in the tax implications of structuring business combinations, new business formations, pass-through entities (partnerships, S corporations, and LLCs) and tax exempt organizations.

Tim also represents individuals and families in the areas of charitable giving, foundations and gift and estate taxation, and universities, hospitals, museums and other non-profit organizations in tax exemption and unrelated business income tax matters. In addition, he advises fiduciaries and beneficiaries involved in probate, guardianship and trust administration matters.

Dedicated to consistently delivering clear, concise and practical tax counsel, Tim guides clients through complicated federal and state tax laws and regulations with the goal of helping them to achieve their overall objectives. He is appreciated by clients and colleagues alike for prompt and efficient tax advice that actually parallels and enhances their financial goals, and is committed to structuring transactions and resolving matters with solutions that ensure tax efficiencies.

Notably, Tim is co-author of the Indiana Limited Liability Company Forms and Practice Manual (Data Trace Publishing, 1996).

Tim has spent his entire career in private practice at Barnes & Thornburg, beginning as an associate in 1983. A resident of both Greenwood, Indiana, and Bloomington, Indiana, Tim has been married to Sarah since 1986 and has two children, Madeline, a researcher with a Fortune 500 corporation, and Mark, a lawyer.