Timothy J. Duffy

		Practice Areas	Real Estate Business & Commercial Construction Industry
		Area of Emphasis	Commercial Real Estate Business Transactions Commercial Litigation
		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
		Education	St. Joseph’s University The Dickinson School of Law
		Direct Dial	(267) 759-2061
		Email	tduffy@hillwallack.com vCard

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.

For nearly twenty years, Mr. Duffy has been serving 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.

Representative Clients:

• Commercial and retail landlords, including owners of shopping centers 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
• 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:

• Bucks County Bar Association, past President and Treasurer; member of Board of Directors
• Vice President Upper Makefield-Newtown Soccer Club/Coordinator for Boys Intramural Program

Mr. Duffy is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey, as well as the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. He earned his J.D. from The Dickinson School of Law (from which he graduated with Order of the Barristers), and his B.A. from St. Joseph’s University.