Timothy Jon Freiberg - Springfield, IL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Mississippi School of Law, Mississippi, 2004
    Juris Doctorate

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Tennessee, Tennessee, 2001
    Bachelor of Science
    Honors: summa cum laude
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Of Counsel, since 2009

Past Positions

• The Prairie Legal Group, Ltd., Managing Partner, 2008 - 2009
• Law Offices of Frederick W. Nessler & Associates, Ltd., Associate, 2005 - 2009

Classes and Seminars

• Clergy Abuse – Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association’s 2009 “Shotgun Seminar”, 2009 - Present
  
• Clergy Abuse Claims – Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association’s 2010 “Rights and Remedies Seminar” , 2010 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Springfield Road Runners Club
• Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP)
• National Association for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children (NAPSAC)
• Rockford Road Runners’ Club

Representative Cases

• M.K., et al. v. L.C., et al.
  • Citation: The Third District Appellate Court reversed the Peoria County Circuit Court, holding that the amendments to Illinois’s Childhood Sexual Abuse Statute (CSAA), which eliminated the statute of repose and statute of limitations, are to be applied retroactively.
  • Year: 2009
  • Serial Number: N.E.2d 468

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado
• U.S. District Court District of Nebraska
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Sangamon County Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association, Tort Section Council, 2007 - 2009 (Member)
• American Bar Association, Committee Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2007 - 2008 (Vice Chair)
• Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association
• American Association for Justice, 2009 - 2010 (Board of Governors)
• Illinois State Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Council, 2011 - 2012 (Member)
• American Bar Association, Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2008 - 2009 (Chair )
• American Bar Association, Committee on Bankruptcy, 2009 - 2010 (Vice-Chair)
• American Bar Association, Committee on Law Student Outreach, 2010 - 2011 (Vice-Chair)
• American Association for Justice, 2009 - 2010 (Public Service Committee)