Mr. Tims practices primarily in the areas of civil litigation and criminal defense. He joined Zeldes, Needle & Cooper in 2008, shortly after graduating from the University of Connecticut School of Law. During law school, he studied Comparative Law in Germany and also interned for the Honorable Alvin W. Thompson, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Mr. Tims earned his undergraduate degree with the distinction of summa cum laude in Risk Management & Insurance from the University of Connecticut School of Business in 2005. While an undergraduate student, Mr. Tims interned in the United States Senate. He was also inducted into the UConn School of Business Hall of Fame as a Student Fellow.

Education
University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., Honors, 2008)
CALI Award for Excellence, Constitutional Law
CALI Award for Excellence, Trial Advocacy

University of Connecticut (B.S., summa cum laude, 2005)
School of Business Hall of Fame, Inductee (2005)
Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society, Inductee (2004)

Juducial Internship
Hon. Alvin W. Thompson, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut (2006)

Bar Admissions
Connecticut (2008)

Memberships
American Bar Association
Connecticut Bar Association
Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Greater Bridgeport Bar Association

Reported Decisions
Oronoque Shores Condominium Ass'n No. 1, Inc. v. Smulley, 114 Conn. App. 233, cert. denied, 292 Conn. 922 (2009)
White Oak Corp. v. American Int’l. Group, 44 Conn. L. Rptr. 763 (2007)