Timothy R. Lawn

Annually ranked as one of the Top 10 lawyers in Pennsylvania in the SuperLawyers voting, Tim Lawn is recognized as one of the leading trial attorneys in the state. He has spent more than 30 years litigating complex injury and death cases throughout the Commonwealth. Tim was selected as the “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation in Philadelphia by U.S. News & World Report’s publication Best Lawyers in America in 2021. He has secured numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for clients injured or killed by medical malpractice, defective products, motor vehicle accidents, and workplace injuries; including the largest personal injury verdict ever returned by a jury in Delaware County, PA.

Tim has been inducted as a Fellow of both the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Trial Lawyers, two preeminent trial lawyer organizations whose membership is by invitation and extended only to those who have demonstrated exceptional courtroom skill and the highest standards of professionalism and ethics.

Frequently asked to share his insights with other attorneys, Tim has given more than one hundred presentations, lectures and seminars on trial advocacy and civil litigation to lawyers and judges. He has testified in Legislative hearings before members of the Pennsylvania House and Senate on issues concerning Pennsylvania medical malpractice laws. He provides the Civil Law Update to trial judges from across the Commonwealth at the Pennsylvania State Conference of Trial Judges. He serves as editor/reviewer of two textbooks on Pennsylvania Civil Trial Practice and is one of the three Editors of the Civil Practice Manual for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. He has served as President of both the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Outside of the office, Tim is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Dave Palmer Memorial Foundation, a tax-exempt public charity he founded in 1992 after the passing of a dear friend. Since its inception, the Foundation has provided more than a half million dollars of financial assistance to children in the Delaware Valley who have lost a parent to an untimely death. Tim is also a member of the Board of Directors of Frankie’s World Foundation, a non-profit daycare provider for children with medical needs in North Philadelphia. In recognition of his professional accomplishments and commitment to his community, Tim was inducted into the Bishop McDevitt High School Alumni Hall of Fame in 2008.

AFFILIATIONS

  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers – Fellow
  • American College of Trial Lawyers – Fellow
  • American Board of Trial Advocates; past-President Eastern PA chapter
  • Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association; past-President
  • American Association for Justice; member Birth Trauma Litigation Group
  • United States Supreme Court Historical Society

EDUCATION

  • Spring Garden College, 1984, cum laude
  • Delaware Law School of Widener University, 1989, cum laude

$23,000,000 Verdict for Delayed Diagnosis of Encephalitis
A 36-year-old successful businesswoman was found by her mother to be confused and lethargic. As her mother drove her to the nearest emergency room, she developed a droop on one side of her face, strongly suggesting a potential disease process in the brain. Tragically, the emergency room staff delayed the proper treatment until after she had suffered a profound brain injury. Tim Lawn and Steve Raynes convinced the jury that viral encephalitis should have been high on the doctor’s list of potential diagnoses shortly after her arrival at the hospital. By presenting the testimony of highly respected doctors, Lawn and Raynes persuaded the jury that time was of the essence, and that a timely first dose of medication could have stopped reproduction of the virus before it caused a permanent brain injury. The result achieved allowed this family to provide for their daughter’s needs over the remainder of her life.

$9,700,000 Arbitration Verdict In York, PA for Child Victim of Missed Diagnosis of Meningitis
A young central Pennsylvanian couple, concerned about their infant son’s fevers and loss of appetite, brought him to his local pediatrician. The doctor’s incomplete evaluation, coupled with his improper instructions to the parents as to how they should monitor their son at home, delayed the diagnosis of the boy’s blood infection, which progressed to bacterial meningitis. The meningitis caused the child to become deaf and blind. After two law firms told the family that the malpractice case was too challenging, they came to Tim Lawn. Tim worked to assemble the missing pieces of the puzzle, consulting with a half dozen experts from around the country. Tim was able to win an arbitration verdict that will help take care of this special child’s needs.

$10,000,000 Settlement During Trial for Birth Injury
Labor and Delivery staff failed to recognize the signs of distress from a drop in fetal heart rate during labor.  As a result, the baby’s brain was deprived of oxygen causing permanent brain injury and cerebral palsy.  Tim Lawn analyzed the fetal monitor strips and was able to document that a timely C-section delivery would have prevented any injury. After Mr. Lawn had completed jury selection, the Hospital finally started settlement negotiations. As the trial progressed, the child’s case was settled for $10,000,000.00, which ensured her future.

$5,000,000 Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Settlement in Montgomery County
Jason arrived at an emergency room of a Montgomery County hospital complaining of a very severe headache. The emergency room physicians who saw him disregarded the significance of Jason’s complaints, attributed his headaches to be migraine, and discharged him to home without performing any diagnostic studies. In fact, Jason’s severe headaches were being caused by a rare colloid cyst in the ventricle of his brain. Had a CT scan been performed, this cyst would have been diagnosed and treated. Because Tim Lawn had successfully tried another client’s case related to an emergency room in New Jersey also failing to diagnose a colloid cyst, he led the Raynes McCarty team representing Jason’s family. Mr. Lawn’s questioning of the doctors at deposition established that the care was negligent. Shortly thereafter, a $5,000,000 settlement was negotiated well before the case could be listed for trial.

$3.8 Million Pre-suit Recovery for Trucking Accident
After 71-year-old Terry was seriously injured when his vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer, he and his wife turned to Raynes McCarty for help. Tim Lawn and Regina Foley led the Raynes McCarty team who took on the out-of-state trucking company. Terry had a remarkable physical recovery from his orthopedic injuries but continued to suffer from the effects of the closed-head injury. Because the effects on short-term memory and cognitive processing were not noticeable during short interactions, Lawn and Foley completed video interviews with friends and family, who could vividly describe the changes in Terry. Once it received the video settlement presentation, the trucking company requested mediation even before the suit was filed. The case resolved for $3,800,000.

Timothy R. Lawn
Attorney At Law
Office: 215.568.6190
Toll Free: 1.800.535.1797
trlawn@rayneslaw.com

Timothy R. Lawn

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