Tim received his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in psychology from Butler University. He earned his juris doctorate, cum laude, from Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, where he served as the Executive Notes Editor of the Indiana Law Review and his student note was selected for publication. During law school, Tim also served as an Executive Board Member and Civil Procedure classroom tutor for the Dean’s Tutorial Society, as Secretary of the International Human Rights Law Association, and as a representative member of the Student Government Association.
Prior to joining G. Gene Arnholt, Attorney at Law, Tim worked as a solo practitioner focusing on motions and appellate law, and he served as a judicial clerk to the Hon. Nancy J. Vaidik on the Indiana Court of Appeals. While still in law school, Tim served as a judicial intern for the Hon. William H. Lawrence of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, where he worked primarily on federal appeals of Social Security disability cases. Before law school, Tim worked as a case manager for mentally ill adults, often assisting his clients in a non-legal capacity when they applied for disability benefits.
Tim is admitted to practice law in the State of Indiana and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. He is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Bartholomew County Bar Association, and he is a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives.