Timothy Lewis

Former federal appeals judge Timothy K. Lewis serves as a mediator, arbitrator, settlement counselor, and trial and appellate practitioner.

Experience

Pro Bono Judge Lewis was one of four former federal appeals judges who took the unprecedented step of filing an amicus brief on behalf of Delma Banks in the United States Supreme Court in 2003, in a case in which the court overturned the death penalty. During the fall of 2003, Judge Lewis chaired and moderated a series of national town meetings and congressional-style hearings called by Amnesty International on the subject of “Racial Profiling, Pre- and Post-9/11.” In December 2002, Judge Lewis served as the U.S. representative on an international faculty of judges and mediators during a U.S. AID-sponsored Mediation Roundtable in the Republic of Croatia. In February 2008, Judge Lewis served as a Delegate to the U.S.- Russian Roundtable Conference on International Peace in Moscow, which was an outgrowth of the G-8 Summit, and delivered the opening statement on behalf of the U.S. Delegation. Judge Lewis is a co-chair of the National Committee on the Right to Counsel, a bipartisan committee established by the National Legal Aid and Defender Association and the Constitution Project to review the indigent defense system throughout the nation and create consensus recommendations for necessary reforms. Judge Lewis has filed many amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court in cases ranging from the death penalty to bankruptcy matters to judicial ethics. In 2014, Judge Lewis advised Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on the constitutionality of imposing a moratorium on the death penalty in Pennsylvania, which was adopted and implemented by the Governor. In 2016, Judge Lewis testified before Senate Democrats on the pending nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the United States Supreme Court.

License(s)

U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Pennsylvania Supreme Court of the United States U.S. District Court - Western District of Pennsylvania Supreme Court of Pennsylvania United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Publications

The BR Privacy & Security Download Love Bytes New York Law Journal Texas Lawyer International Trade

Awards

honor BLANK ROME RECOGNIZED BY WORLD TRADEMARK REVIEW 1000 2024 AS A LEADING TRADEMARK PRACTICE 2024 David M. Perry, Timothy D. Pecsenye, Matthew A. Homyk, Zachary A. Aria, Megan E. Spitz honor MICHELLE M. GERVAIS NAMED FINALIST IN TAMPA BAY BUSINESS & WEALTH’S “WOMEN WHO WIN” AWARDS January 30, 2024 Michelle M. Gervais honor TRAVIS K. JANG-BUSBY AND JASON S. KIM NAMED TO LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL’S LEADERS OF INFLUENCE: MINORITY ATTORNEYS Los Angeles Business Journal January 22, 2024 Travis K. Jang-Busby, Jason S. Kim honor CHRISTOPHER PETERSEN AND ANA TAGVORYAN NAMED LEADERS OF INFLUENCE: THRIVING IN THEIR 40S BY LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL December 18, 2023 Christopher J. Petersen, Ana Tagvoryan honor GRANT S. PALMER RECOGNIZED AS A \"MOST ADMIRED CEO\" BY THE PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS JOURNAL December 2023 Grant S. Palmer press release honors and awards BLANK ROME EARNS PERFECT SCORE IN 2023–2024 CORPORATE EQUALITY INDEX December 2023 Grant S. Palmer, Krystal Studavent Ramsey, Brett A. Snyder honor MICHELLE GERVAIS NAMED TO FLORIDA TREND\"S NOTABLE WOMEN LEADERS IN LAW December 14, 2023 Michelle M. Gervais honor SAMANTHA WALLACK RECOGNIZED AS A 2023 LAWYER IN REAL ESTATE BY CONNECT CRE December 13, 2023 Samantha Wallack honor MIKE MARGOLIS NAMED AS ONE OF CHINA BUSINESS LAW JOURNAL’S “A-LIST VISIONARIES” FOR 2023–2024 December 12, 2023 Mike Margolis honor KATHY E. OCHROCH RECOGNIZED IN CITY & STATE PA\"S 2023 IMPACT 75 December 12, 2023 Kathy E. Ochroch

Associations

American Arbitration Association’s Dispute Resolution Journal, Board of Editors Co-chair of the Practitioner Reading Group of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary for the Supreme Court nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, and member of the Practitioner Reading Group for the nominations of Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor Eradicate Hate Global Summit, board member and treasurer American Law Institute, member Keep Our Republic, Pennsylvania Advisory Council American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, honorary fellow College of Commercial Arbitrators, fellow American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), former board and executive and diversity committee member; AAA National Task Force on Issues Related to the Arbitration of Consumer Debt Disputes, member; AAA Judicial Settlement Conference Service Panel, member; AAA Master Mediator Panel, member; Mediation Strategy Committee, AAA Council of Board Committees CPR-International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, former board member; CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, member; Former National Chair of CPR Diversity Task Force; Employment-Related Mass Claims Task Force, member The Council on Criminal Justice, member The Appellate Project, advisory board member The Hear Foundation, board member American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (“ACS”), member of national board of directors The Constitution Project, Washington, D.C., former board member; co-chair of the National Right to Counsel Committee Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness, member Georgetown University Law Center Supreme Court Institute, Board of Advisors Duquesne University School of Law, Dean’s Advisory Committee, member; Advisory Committee on the Appellate Advocacy Curriculum, member The Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Advisory Board, former member The Peter Jennings Project for Journalism and the Constitution, former board member House of Delegates, Pennsylvania Bar Association, former member Edward Coke Inn of Court, former member Allegheny County Bar Association (various committees)