Tim began his legal career at Dechert Price & Rhoads, one of the largest law firms in Philadelphia, where he represented health care and business clients in transactional and corporate matters, and also advised on health care regulatory issues. After five years, Tim left Dechert to become Associate Counsel at Graduate Health System in Philadelphia, an integrated health care delivery system of seven hospitals, several ancillary provider entities, and a health maintenance organization. After a year he became Director of Legal Affairs for the system. His responsibilities included tax-exempt organization issues, fraud and abuse advice, and joint ventures and other transactions.

Tim returned to private practice with Alice G. Gosfield and Associates, a nationally known boutique health law firm, where he represented physicians and other providers in payment and regulatory matters, with an emphasis on Medicare Part B issues. After working at Gosfield and Associates, Tim returned to in-house practice as Associate Vice President, Legal Affairs of Mercy Health System of Southeastern Pennsylvania, which operates five hospitals in Philadelphia and the surrounding area as well as a home health company, a physician network and Medicaid HMO partnerships in several states. While at Mercy, he had principal responsibility for regulatory, payment and compliance matters and also negotiated and documented major corporate transactions.

Tim moved from Philadelphia to Amarillo to join the Health Care Group of Brown & Fortunato. Tim advises health care entities on reimbursement issues, compliance with Medicare regulations and managed care contracting. He also advises health care facilities and providers on HIPAA issues. Tim is a member of the Institutional Review Board of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Amarillo, which reviews research protocols to protect human research subjects. He is licensed to practice in Texas.

Tim was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1971, with an A.B. in Social Relations. At Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia, Tim was selected for membership on the Temple Law Quarterly, and became Managing Editor of the Quarterly in his third year. Tim received his J.D. magna cum laude in 1987.

Tim is married to Jennie Sparks, an instructor in the Occupational Therapy Assistant program at Amarillo College. They enjoy travel and outdoor activities such as hiking and bicycling.