Timothy S. Coon is a Member of the firm in the Litigation Division.

Mr. Coon has a national litigation practice focusing on product liability and toxic tort litigation.  He has successfully defended manufacturers and distributors of automobiles, industrial equipment, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and consumer products in lawsuits in over 20 states.  Mr. Coon also has significant experience in patent litigation and other intellectual property disputes and in general commercial litigation.  He has significant courtroom experience and has served as lead trial counsel in jury trials across the country, from Alabama to Oregon.  Over the past several years, Mr. Coon has been responsible for the design, implementation and senior management of large scale document production projects, including a project involving hundreds of attorneys analyzing and preparing millions of physical and electronic documents and numerous databases for litigation production.  He has substantial experience counseling clients in major lawsuits with respect to the preservation, collection, review and production of electronic evidence, including federal multi-district litigations.  Mr. Coon is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association where he participates in several pro bono projects.  He has served as an evaluator in programs offered by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and in moot court competitions of the Duquesne University School of Law.  Additionally, for over ten years he has served as the assistant to the firm’s general counsel on firm-related matters.

Mr. Coon holds an AV^® rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Education:
J.D., Duquesne University School of Law, 1988 (Magna Cum Laude)
M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, 1983
B.S. in Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1979

Admissions:
Pennsylvania; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Ninth and Federal Circuits; U.S. District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania and the Eastern District of Michigan

Membership Affiliations:
Allegheny County Bar Association