Timothy K. Baldwin

Timothy K. Baldwin

Partner

Tim’s practice includes appellate litigation, labor and employment, business litigation, and education law.

Tim is the editor of RICourtBlog, a blog about Rhode Island State and Federal Courts.  He keeps up-to-date on the latest developments and trends in state and federal law and has read every published decision from the Rhode Island and United States Supreme Courts from October 2012 to the present.  Tim is an excellent researcher, writer and drafter, and persuasively applies the facts to the law both in written and oral form.  He researches a wide array of issues arising in civil and criminal litigation, and monitors legal developments in state and federal courts.  Tim has significant expertise in criminal reentry issues, and assisted in the creation and ongoing support of H.O.P.E. Court, the first federal reentry court in Rhode Island.

During law school, Tim earned Senior Research Honors for legal writing and research, and was awarded the Arlyn Miner Book Award for excellence in legal writing.  He also assisted the plaintiff’s case in Munaf v. Geren, 553 U.S. 674 (2008), a case argued before the United States Supreme Court, while the case was pending before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Before law school, Tim served as executive director of a non-profit organization and as the board secretary to a national trade association for the bicycle industry.  Tim has bicycled across the United States twice and is a member of the Brown University Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 1994 Brown Men’s Crew team.

EDUCATION

  • Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., cum laude
  • Brown University, B.A., with honors

BAR MEMBERSHIPS

  • Rhode Island
  • U. S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
  • Massachusetts
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • First Circuit Court of Appeals

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • WHELAN CORRENTE & FLANDERS LLP
    Partner (September 2018 – Present)
    Associate (2016 – 2018)
  • U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND
    Law Clerk for The Honorable Patricia A. Sullivan, Magistrate Judge (2012 – 2016)
  • NIXON PEABODY, LLP
    Associate (2008 – 2012)
  • RHODE ISLAND SUPREME COURT
    Law Clerk for (now) Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell (2007 – 2008)
  • DORSEY AND WHITNEY, LLP
    Summer Associate (2006)
  • U.S. DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Summer Intern for The Honorable Joseph L. Tauro (2005)
  • MASSACHUSETTS BICYCLE COALITION
    Executive Director (2000 – 2004)

SPECIAL HONORS

  • 2019 Super Lawyers Rising Star in Appellate Law
  • Senior Research Honors for legal writing and research, Northwestern Law School (2007)
  • Arlyn Miner Book Award for excellence in legal writing, Northwestern Law School (2005)
  • Al Lester Award, Charles River Wheelmen, for Excellent contributions to cycling in Massachusetts (2004)
  • Conservation Hero Award, National Park Service, for “Making This Region a Better Place to Live” (2004)
  • Certificate of Recognition Award, Massachusetts House of Representatives for Exceptional Leadership as Exec. Director of MassBike and contributions to making Roadways safer for all (2004)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Federal Bar Association
  • Rhode Island Bar Association

APPOINTMENTS

  • Member, Local Rules Committee for the United States District of Rhode Island
  • Member, Rhode Island Federal Bench/Bar Committee
  • Member, Rhode Island Bar Association Labor Law & Employment Committee

PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURESHIPS

  • Editor, RICourtBlog, a blog about Rhode Island State and Federal Courts.  http://ricourtblog.com/
  • Co-author with Olin Thompson, More Horsehair for the Sword of Damocles? The Rhode Island Probation System and Comparisons to Federal Law, 21 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 244 (2016)
  • Co-author with the Honorable Patricia A. Sullivan and with Michael J. Primeau, H.O.P.E. Court, Rhode Island’s Federal Reentry Court: The First Year, 21 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 521 (2016)
  • Author, Note, The Constitutional Right to Travel: Are Some Forms of Transportation More Equal Than Others?, 1 Nw J.L. & Soc. Pol’y 213 (2006)
  • Contributor, Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation,  ABA Business Law Section, Committee on Business and Corporate Litigation (2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 editions)