Tim Williams

Tim Williams is Managing Partner and lead litigator at Dwyer Williams Cherkoss Attorneys, P.C., where his practice centers on personal injury and wrongful death matters. Admitted to the Oregon State Bar in 2003, he has built substantial trial experience representing clients in claims arising from motor vehicle accidents, workplace injuries and other serious injuries. His recoveries for clients since entering practice total tens of millions of dollars.

Alongside his litigation practice, Tim has held a number of leadership roles within the legal profession. He served on the Oregon State Bar Board of Governors between 2013 and 2016, becoming Vice President in 2016, and later served as President of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association from 2020 to 2021. His service with the American Association for Justice has included positions on both its Board of Governors and Executive Committee.

His professional affiliations span national and Oregon-based trial-lawyer organizations. Tim has been a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates since 2018 and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He also belongs to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. His federal court admissions include the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Trial advocacy has also been a significant part of Tim’s writing and teaching. He has contributed to Oregon State Bar continuing legal education materials and the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Deskbook, and has written on trial techniques and related subjects for Trial Lawyer Magazine. His speaking engagements have addressed subjects including technology at trial, trial preparation, cross-examination, civil procedure and expert witnesses.

Oregon Super Lawyers has recognized Tim as a Super Lawyer from 2016 onward, following his selection as a Rising Star from 2010 through 2015. His other honors include awards from the American Association for Justice and the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. He received his J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law in 2003 and graduated cum laude from Southern Oregon University with a B.S. in Criminology in 1999.