Current Employment Position(s)

Special Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Timothy M. Connelly has practiced law for twenty years, representing individual clients and large government organizations in a wide variety of subject matter areas, including government contract disputes and fiscal law, environmental compliance, response, and remediation, public international law issues including complex international agreements and administrative personnel discharge hearings.

In addition, Tim has served as legal advisor to source selection and contract award fee boards, advised senior Army officials on post-employment restrictions under Title 18 of the United States code and the Procurement Integrity Act, and provided fiscal law advice to major Army organizations. Recently, he was involved with international negotiations to fund and construct U.S. military facilities in the Republic of Korea, including a demilitarization facility, military headquarters, buildings, and family housing units.

Tim has frequently provided clients with solutions to environmental issues, addressing the environmental complexities of real estate transfer projects, analyzing potential environmental liability in land acquisition transactions, and advising clients on their obligations under environmental permits and regulatory programs. He was selected to be the Army's first officer assigned on a special detail to the United States Department of Justice as a trial attorney in the Environmental Defense Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division.

No matter what the issue, Tim enjoys working with clients to understand their business and legal needs and crafting a solution that will achieve the necessary results in the most efficient way. Frequently, this can be done in a cooperative manner by working with other contractors, government agencies or other interested parties. When conciliation fails, however, Tim is prepared to pursue a focused and aggressive litigation strategy on behalf of his clients.

Areas of Practice

• Contract Disputes
• Fiscal Law
• Environmental Compliance
• Response
• Remediation
• Public International Law
• Complex International Agreements
• Administrative Personnel

Representative Cases

• Territorial Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et.al., 54 Fed. Appx. 339, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 23392. (3d Cir. 2002)
• In the Matter of United States Department of the Army Pine Bluff Arsenal, et. al. , (2000)
• Pine Bluff for Safe Disposal, et. al. v Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission et. al., 354 Ark. 536, 127 S.W. 2d 509 (2003)

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Environmental Law, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, International Law, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota, 1986
• U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 2007
• U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, 1987
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1996

Professional Associations and Memberships

• National Contract Management Association, Twin Cities Chapter (Director)
• Professional Responsibility and Contracting Ethics Committee, ABA Public Contract Law Section (Vice-Chair)
• US Army Judge Advocate General's Corps (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association (Member)
• National Defense Industrial Association (Member)
• Association of the United States Army, Vessey Chapter (Member)
• American Bar Association, Public Contract Law Section
• Bar of the Republic of Korea (Member)

Honors and Awards

• United States Department of Justice Outstanding Service Award
• US Army Legion of Merit and Meritorious Service Medal

Classes and Seminars

• Acquisition Ethics, A View from the Other Side of the Table, Twin Cities Chapter, National Contract Management Association, 2007
• Environmental Law Issues, Judge Advocates in Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2006
• Environmental Claims Issues Involving US Forces Korea Use of "Facilities and Areas", Kunsan Air Force Base, Republic of Korea, 2005
• Administrative Claims in a Deployed Environment, First Annual Joint United States- Republic of Korea Operational Law Conference, Dague, Republic of Korea, 2004
• Professional Responsibility for Claims Judge Advocates, 26th Pacific Area Claims Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2004
• DoD Standards of Conduct & Joint Ethics Regulation, Installation-wide Training Program with Original Materials, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1996

Past Employment Positions

• Eckland & Blando LLP, Minneapolis, MN, 2007 - Present
• U.S. Forces Korea and Commander, U.S. Armed Forces Claims Service Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Special Advisor to the Judge Advocate, 2004 - 2007
• U.S. Army Military Intelligence Center & U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 2002 - 2004
• U.S. Department of Justice, Washington DC, Trial Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division, 2001 - 2002
• U.S. Army Environmental Law Division, Arlington, VA, Trial Attorney, 1999 - 2001
• Administrative and Civil Law Division, Fort Sill, OK, Chief, 1996 - 1998
• U.S. Army Contract Appeals Division, Arlington, VA, Trial Attorney, 1991 - 1995
• U.S. Army, Federal Republic of Germany, Trial Counsel and Trial Defense Counsel, 1987 - 1991

Education

• Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, 2001
  LL.M.
  Major: Environmental Law
• The Judge Advocate General's School U.S. Army, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1996
  LL.M.
• University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1986
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
• University of Notre Dame, 1983
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude
  Major: Economics

Published Works

• Friends of the Earth Has Friends at the Court, ARMY LAWYER, June, 2000

Address

1020 Lumber Exchange
10 South Fifth Street
Suite 1020
Minneapolis, MN 55402-1017

Phones

(612) 236-0165

Faxes

(612) 236-0179

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http://www.ecklandblando.com