2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award
Attorney Profile

Nicholas I. Timko

Nicholas Timko

Kahn Gordon Timko & Rodriques, P.C.
20 Vesey Street, Suite 300
New York, NY 10007

New York

New York (NY)

Contact Contact Nicholas I. Timko
T: 212-233-2040
F: 212-732-4666

Visit: www.kgtrpc.com
Practice Areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (80%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice (10%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products (10%)

Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice

Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products

Industry Groups: , American Association For Justice, Bronx Bar Association, Brooklyn Bar Association, NYS Bar Association, Past President New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Pennsylvania Association For Justice
Law School: New York Law School

Profile

Mr. Timko has dedicated his professional career to representing individuals who have been seriously injured because of unsafe conditions, unsafe driving, unsafe products, and lack of care of others. He is an experienced trial attorney who has won many substantial verdicts. He has been successful in holding wrongdoers (including car and truck drivers, bus operators, landlords, construction contractors, retailers, the City of New York, the New York City Transit Authority, the New York City Housing Authority, hospitals, and doctors) accountable for their actions. He has been actively involved with the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, currently serving as President and working to protect the right of all New Yorkers to hold wrongdoers accountable through a trial by a fair and impartial jury.

Selected To

New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Metro Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2010 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2008 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2007 - Metro

About Nicholas Timko

Admitted: 1983, New York

Professional Webpage: www.kgtrpc.com/Bio/NicholasTimko.asp

Honors and Awards:

  • Highest Rating AV by Martindale-Hubbell

Special Licenses/Certifications:

  • Admitted to Practice Law in the courts of the State of New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  Admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York, the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Elected as President-Elect June 2009, Member of the Board of Directors.   Member of the American Association for Justice.   Member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice.   Member New York State Bar Assocaition.   Member Bronx Bar Assocaiation.   Member Brooklyn Bar Association

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • Member Board of Trustees and Pro Bono Legal Counsel of St. Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church, NYC.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Member of a panel of presenters for Continuing Legal Education to Attorneys regarding New York State Labor Law as it applies to construction accidents and also general litigation practice., Lecturer, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute

Verdicts and Settlements:

  • Mr. Timko has represented many seriously injured people in a wide variety of accidents and medical malpractice and has achieved a number of substantial verdicts. He has been successful in holding wrongdoers accountable for harming his clients, including a Vedict of $13.9 million against a hospital that caused the death of a 30 year old mother, a Verdict of $8 million against a bus manufacturer and operator for the unsafe manufacture of a bus and unsafe operation by the driver causing a crash and serious injuries, a Verdict of $1 million holding the New York City Transit Authority accountable for an unsafe condition of a subway station causing a fall and serious injuries. He has also secured many substantial settlements in construction accidents, motor vehicle accidents, for unsafe products, falls caused by unsafe streets, sidewalks, stores, buildings and apartments.

Representative Clients:

  • I represent individuals who have been seriously injured through the conduct of others.

Educational Background:

  • Duquesne University, BA. New York Law School, JD
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