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Practice Areas |
Real Estate
Business & Commercial
Construction Industry |
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| Area of Emphasis |
Commercial Real Estate
Business Transactions
Commercial Litigation |
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| Bar Admission |
State Court of Pennsylvania
State Court of New
Jersey
U.S. District Court Eastern District of PA
U.S. District Court District of NJ
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| Education |
St. Joseph’s University
The Dickinson School of Law |
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| Direct Dial |
(267) 759-2061
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| Email |
tduffy@hillwallack.com
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Timothy J. Duffy is a partner in the Yardley, Pa. office of Hill Wallack LLP.
He is a member of the firm’s Business & Commercial, Real Estate and
Construction Industry Practice Groups.
Mr. Duffy serves the local and regional business community in the wide range of
challenges business owners face each day. He assists owners and lessees of
commercial real estate through lease negotiations and default work-outs, and in
protecting their rights and interests in court. He also represents commercial and
institutional property owners and contractors resolving disputes before, during
and after construction in private negotiations, arbitration/mediation, and in court.
Mr. Duffy has served as a solicitor to numerous area townships and school districts.
He has represented private property owners and businesses in land use proceedings before dozens of municipal boards and commissions in Bucks and Montgomery Counties. He also represents several regional commercial lenders preparing loan documentation for construction financing, stock and asset purchases, and real estate acquisitions.
Mr. Duffy’s clients include the owners and managers of shopping centers and other commercial properties throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, site and general construction contractors; paving, excavation and refrigeration subcontractors; as well as the owners of commercial and institutional construction projects; small to mid-sized business owners and entrepreneurs in the technology, marketing and other service industries; and local and regional financial institutions.
Representative Matters:
Mr. Duffy has taken the lead in numerous, high profile cases.
- He successfully defended a regional physician practice management organization in a jury trial against claims of fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation arising from unsuccessful negotiations with a prospective employee.
- He succeeded in prosecuting a prime contractor’s claim for payment for additional work in arbitration against a local municipality in connection with the construction of an addition to a municipal building.
- Mr. Duffy represented a school district in a state court civil action and related AAA arbitration in defense of a claim by a site development contractor for delay damages and other losses in excess of $1 million in connection with the construction of a new high school.
- He defended a regional mass transit authority in a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas action against an electrical contractor for additional work in connection with renovations to the Market-Frankford Subway Elevated Line in Philadelphia, Pa.
- Mr. Duffy obtained zoning variances and land development approval for a new branch office for a local financial institution.
Leadership:
- Past President, Treasurer, Member, Board of Directors, Bucks County Bar Association
- Vice President/Boys Intramural Program Coordinator, Upper Makefield-Newtown Soccer Club
- Selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania
Super Lawyers – Rising Stars Edition 2005
- Selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania
Super Lawyers 2011
Mr. Duffy is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania (1992), New Jersey (1992) and before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1992) and the District of New Jersey (1992), as well as the Third Circuit Court of Appeals (2006). He earned his J.D. from The Dickinson School of Law where he graduated Order of the Barristers and member of the Woolsack Honor Society. Mr. Duffy received his B.A. from St. Joseph’s University.
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