Timothy G. Ronan

Timothy G. Ronan is a trial lawyer whose practice centers on complex commercial litigation, technology and intellectual property disputes, insurance coverage, and electronic discovery. Tim is a former chair of the firm's Litigation Department and currently leads its Insurance and Cybersecurity and Privacy Litigation practices. He has tried and litigated cases in the Connecticut Superior Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of New York, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He has also represented clients in domestic and international arbitrations.

High-stakes commercial disputes are the core of Tim's practice. He represents businesses and individuals in litigation arising from mergers, acquisitions, and sales of business entities. His work also covers breach of contract and business tort claims, shareholder and membership disputes, corporate governance controversies, trade secret misappropriation, unfair trade practices, and employment-related disputes.

Tim also has significant experience in litigation involving technology and intellectual property. Tim has prosecuted and successfully resolved trade secret and intellectual property claims for a nationally known Connecticut-based Internet services company. He has defended a Connecticut-based software company against unfair competition claims and has prosecuted numerous cybersquatting and cybersmearing claims.

Tim also has a substantial insurance coverage practice. It ranges from complex commercial coverage disputes to emerging regulatory matters.

Tim is widely regarded as an authority on electronic discovery and digital evidence. As an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac University School of Law, he teaches Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence from a commercial trial lawyer's perspective. The course covers the full lifecycle of electronically stored information (ESI), including data governance, preservation, and the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM); technology-assisted review (TAR); forensic inspection and cloning of devices; managing inadvertent disclosures; and authenticating and presenting digital evidence at trial.

His work in this area has drawn attention from courts and adversaries alike. In Jacobs v. Payward, a federal court plaintiff moved for an order compelling Quinnipiac to disclose Tim's e-discovery and digital evidence course materials for use in the litigation. Tim has also served on the Connecticut Judiciary Digital Evidence Committee, where he helped develop judicial policies and best practices for handling digital evidence in Connecticut courts.

Tim keeps an active pro bono practice, including representing individuals in federal court through the firm's pro bono program. In the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, he has appeared for pro bono clients in matters including Shotkin v. USA and Godfrey-Hill v. Burns, et al. He also served as counsel in the Angel Miranda security deposit matter.

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association

Connecticut Bar Association - Federal Practice Section; Professional Discipline Committee; Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee

Connecticut Judiciary Digital Evidence Committee

Fairfield County Bar Association 

New York State Bar Association - Federal Bar Council

Honors & Recognitions

Named a Moffly Media Top Lawyer in Fairfield County in the area of Civil Law and Litigation, 2021, 2023 and 2024; and in the area of Commercial Litigation, 2025

Received the highest peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell (AV Preeminent) 

Complex Commercial Litigation

• Defended a renewable energy holding company in a multimillion-dollar contract dispute in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York involving a membership interest purchase agreement for a renewable energy project in Bridgeport, Connecticut, including proceedings before the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA)
• Served on the team representing a corporate client and an individual investor in complex international financial litigation brought by a global bank in New York State Supreme Court, including motion for summary judgment practice
• Served as lead counsel in a trade secret and principal employee departure case brought by an equipment finance company in the Connecticut Superior Court, Judicial District of Stamford-Norwalk, involving extensive forensic device inspection and disputes over the preservation and production of electronically stored information
• Served as lead counsel representing an equipment finance company in multiple breach of contract and equipment finance disputes in the U.S. District Courts for the District of Connecticut and the Eastern District of New York
• Defended an international trading company against intellectual property claims asserted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
• Served as lead counsel representing the founder of and partner in an investment firm which used a statistical research and trading method for global futures and currencies markets that he had developed in litigation with his former partners before the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and the Delaware Chancery Court
• Represented a business owner in business dissolution litigation in the complex litigation division of the Connecticut Superior Court at Waterbury, including cross-motion for summary judgment practice
• Represented a publicly traded corporation in proceedings to vacate an arbitration award in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
• Defended corporations, directors and officers in Connecticut class actions and derivative action securities litigation

Technology, Cybersecurity, and Intellectual Property

• Served as Connecticut counsel alongside national co-counsel in a case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut involving cybersecurity standards, electronically stored information, and cryptocurrency exchange practices
• Represented an automotive imaging company and a law firm in defending intellectual property claims asserted by another law firm, litigated in both the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and the Connecticut Superior Court
• Represented a data security software company in data security litigation
• Prosecuted and successfully resolved the intellectual property and trade secrets claims of a nationally known, Connecticut-based Internet services company
• Prosecuted numerous cybersquatting and cybersmearing claims and has written articles and lectured on this subject
• Successfully defended Connecticut-based software company against the unfair competition litigation commenced by its competitor

Insurance Coverage

• Advised an accounting software company on numerous contract and technology-related disputes, including proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
• Represented a national medical transport provider as Connecticut counsel alongside national co-counsel in a healthcare coverage action against a national health insurer in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
• Represented an air medical transport provider as Connecticut counsel alongside co-counsel in multiple No Surprises Act litigations in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
• Represented an industrial equipment manufacturer and its affiliate in mediating a significant, multi-party coverage dispute following a judgment entered in a civil action brought by a paper and building products manufacturer in Oklahoma District Court, Muskogee County
• Represented a specialty insurance company in a long-running, multi-party insurance coverage matter in the complex litigation division of the Connecticut Superior Court at Waterbury
• Represented a glass distributor in defending anti-trust claims asserted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Publications

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