Timothy J. Sheehan

Tim Sheehan is an experienced trial attorney, focusing on the defense of high-exposure medical malpractice claims. For 40 years, Tim has represented hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, podiatrists, nurse practitioners, dentists, chiropractors and other medical professionals in a myriad of claims arising out of the delivery of medical care across all areas of specialty. Given his extensive experience investigating complex claims and cross-examining medical experts, he also has tried general liability cases that allege serious personal injuries. 

Tim has successfully litigated hundreds of these claims in federal and state courts using his understanding of the underlying medicine, adroitly cross-examining experts and witnesses, and persuading jurors in carefully constructed opening and closing statements. As a measure of Tim’s experience and reputation in the field, he was certified by the Supreme Court of the State of New York as a medical malpractice panelist and served in that capacity in Westchester, New York and Kings counties while the panel system was in effect. Tim lectures before attorney groups as well as attending physicians, residents and nurses at major teaching hospitals and smaller community hospitals on medical malpractice and risk management topics.