Timothy Allan Weaver
Equity Partner
312-578-7416
tweaver@pretzel-stouffer.com

Recognition and Appointments
Highest Martindale-Hubbell rating, AV
Illinois Super Lawyers®
Listed in the Leading Lawyers network for medical malpractice defense law

Education
University of Illinois, J.D. 1974
Brown University, A.B. 1971
Cum laude

Bar Admissions
Illinois and Wisconsin Supreme courts
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois
Wisconsin State Bar

Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
DRI™, Drug and Medical Device Committee
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
Wisconsin Defense Counsel

Mr. Weaver is an equity partner at Pretzel & Stouffer with more than 30 years of experience in catastrophic injury trial work. He has more than 60 jury verdicts in Illinois and Wisconsin. Mr. Weaver takes his cases to verdict three to four times each year, bringing intensity and passion to his trials. He has represented a wide variety of medical professionals during his career, including surgeons, obstetricians, emergency physicians, specialists and general practitioners.

Mr. Weaver has written and spoken frequently about professional liability issues, and he served as general editor and chapter author for two editions of the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s Medical Malpractice textbook. He received his law degree at the University of Illinois, where he served as notes editor for the Recent Decisions Department of the Illinois Bar Journal and published a U.S. Supreme Court case note. He attended college at Brown University, receiving departmental honors in history and earning a spot on the dean’s list each year.

News and Verdicts

Pretzel & Stouffer Partner Presents Lecture on Medical Standards of Care

Pretzel & Stouffer Wins Victory for Surgeon’s Estate in Leg Amputation Case

Pretzel & Stouffer Attorneys Win Defense Verdict for Hospital and Physician in Fatal Hemorrhage Case