Tim Clements serves as outside general counsel to new and established businesses, nonprofit organizations and charter schools in all of their business, employment, compliance and litigation affairs. Tim also works closely with clients to develop and meet estate planning goals through the use of wills, trusts, powers of attorney and other estate planning tools.

Principal practice areas

• General corporate law
• Nonprofit organizations
• Charter school law
• Employment law
• Civil litigation
• Trust and estate planning
• Probate and trust administration
• Trust and probate litigation

Representative experience

• Outside general counsel for for-profit and nonprofit corporations
• Organization of corporations and limited liability companies
• Nonprofit organizations
• School law
• Commercial leases
• Preparation of wills, trusts and powers of attorney
• Preparation of qualified personal residence trusts
• Preparation of insurance trusts
• Guardianships
• Probate and trust administration
• Civil litigation
• Insurance coverage disputes
• Insurance bad faith litigation
• Nursing home litigation
• Real estate litigation
• Foreclosure litigation
• Will contests

Bar admissions

• Ohio Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• New York State Court of Appeals

Career and educational background

• Assistant district attorney, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (1984-1991)
• Public improvements manager, Department of Community Development, City of Cleveland (1979-1981)
• Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (JD, 1984)
• Yale University (BA, economics and political science, 1979)

Professional and civic activities

• Member, Ohio State Bar Association
• Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Past board chair, Life Act
• Past president, Chagrin Falls Educational Foundation
• Past president, Yale Alumni Association of Cleveland
• Past president, University School Alumni Association
• Trustee, University School

Publications and interviews

• Co-author, “Five Common Estate Planning Mistakes,” NGC Legal Insights (Spring 2017)
• Author, “Kids and Concussions,” NGC Legal Insights (Summer 2013)
• Author, “Do You Still Need a Trust?,” NGC Legal Insights (Winter 2011-2012)