Timothy D. Wittlinger

Of Counsel
Phone: (313) 965-8526
Fax: (313) 965-8252
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Areas of Practice
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Asbestos
Commercial Litigation
Construction
Insurance Defense
Insurance Industry
Product Liability
Professional Responsibility

Bar Admissions
Admitted to practice in Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation, Numerous U.S. District Courts, State of Michigan, U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Tax Court

Education
J.D., University of Michigan, 1965
B.S., Purdue University, 1962

Memberships
American Bar Association, Center for Professional Responsibility
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL)
Engineering Society of Detroit
Federal Bar Association
Oakland County Bar Association, Mediation Committee; Special Supreme Court Committee to Study MCR 2.403 (Mediation Rule)
State Bar of Michigan
The National Board of Trial Advocacy, certified as a specialist in Civil Trial Advocacy
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Timothy D. Wittlinger specializes in commercial and complex litigation. His particular specialty is technical contract litigation involving defective products, breach of warranty claims, and other matters involving interface with technical experts and engineers. He gained such technical expertise while studying engineering at Purdue University.

Mr. Wittlinger has represented owners and contractors in complex construction cases, both in litigation and arbitration. He has been involved in a number of real estate litigation matters. He has had experience in products liability matters involving injury and death to plaintiffs as a result of defective products or improper industrial operations.    He is certified as a specialist in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of trial Advocacy.

Mr. Wittlinger maintains a professional responsibility and professional liability practice, specializing in ethics, the rules of professional conduct, risk management and attorney liability issues. He is Of Counsel to the firm having served as General Counsel of the Firm from 1991 through 2007. He has spoken and written on legal ethics and professional responsibility for the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL) and the Institute for Continuing Legal Education. In the professional liability area, Mr. Wittlinger has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in medical, legal and accounting malpractice suits.

Mr. Wittlinger also has an extensive alternative dispute resolution practice. He serves as a case evaluator for the Oakland County Circuit Court, and has been appointed a special mediator by the court in connection with a number of complex litigation cases.

Mr. Wittlinger often lectures on legal matters. He has participated in both live and videotape seminars for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, the National Business Institute, the Federal Bar Association and the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS).
 
He has been a lecturer in the Student Trial Advocacy Program at Wayne State University Law School and serves each year as a volunteer "judge" for the Moot Court Program at the University of Michigan Law School. He has written on the Michigan Court Rules for the Michigan Bar Journal, and authored a chapter on evidence for the CILS treatise on International Judicial Assistance in Civil Matters.  He has accepted a position as Visiting Professor of International Law at Southern Federal University Law School in Rostov-on Don, Russia for the Fall Quarter, 2008.