Timothy Farrell

Practice Areas

Tim is an experienced and accomplished advocate, representing public and private companies, private equity sponsors, and large not-for-profit institutions in complex litigation and arbitration matters from pre-suit strategy through trial and appeal. Tim’s experience spans a broad array of high-stakes commercial matters, including disputes involving complex transactions and business relationships, as well as corporate governance, securities, and qui tam claims. Drawing on his extensive litigation experience, Tim also counsels institutional clients on litigation, regulatory, and related risks and considerations weighing on important business decisions and transactions.

Committed to Ropes & Gray’s mission to “Practice with Purpose,” Tim’s active pro bono practice includes his recent role serving as trial counsel for a class of juveniles subjected to unconstitutional mechanical restraints and solitary confinement at the Iowa Boys State Training School and winning precedent-setting relief for the class after a two week trial in Iowa federal court. Tim has also served as first chair trial counsel winning asylum in two separate cases for individuals persecuted in their native Somalia and Angola.

Before law school, Tim worked as a classically trained singer, performing in opera houses and concert halls in New York City and around the country.