Timothy A. Duffy

Tim is an Illinois licensed attorney.  His practice focuses on providing a wide variety of services to startups, small businesses, and individuals in many different states and countries He regularly helps clients form and restructure corporate entities, raise funds and managing investor relationships, contract with clients, vendors, and employees, establish and protect intellectual property, resolve disputes, and plan and manage taxes. Tim’s legal and business experience allows him to provide practical, high-quality legal advice quickly and efficiently.

Prior to establishing his solo practice, Tim was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he practiced for 22 years as a commercial litigator.  His practice focused on financial, accounting, shareholder, and corporate governance, as well as employment, trade secret, and contract work.

Tim received his B.A. from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 1994, and his J.D. from The Law School of The University of Chicago in 1994, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. Prior to entering private practice, he clerked for the Hon. Douglas H Ginsburg on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.