Timothy J. Conlon

Tim Conlon, Partner, is the Practice Leader for DarrowEverett’s Private Client Group and Co-Chair of our Family Law Practice Group. His practice concentrates on complex family court litigation, and civil cases on behalf of children abused in the care of others. Throughout his career, Tim has handled challenging cases at the forefront — from computer crime investigations in the 1980s to chairing and settling Rhode Island’s clergy abuse cases on behalf of dozens of victims, all while cutting new ground in contentious family court litigation. He regularly serves as lead counsel in complex divorces with high-net worth, multiple business assets, intergenerational trusts, and testifying experts, and has worked with the leading forensic accountants and forensic psychologists in the region.

Tim has appeared on NBC Nightly News and ABC World News Tonight, and has been quoted in publications including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and frequently The Boston Globe and Providence Journal, on issues relating to institutional child sexual abuse, teacher and coach misconduct, but also family law, spousal snooping, and child mistreatment issues.

Before joining DarrowEverett, Tim was a partner at the Providence office of a highly regarded Boston-based law firm, having spent 30-plus years building his own practice focused on family law and child sexual abuse litigation. After working for judges of the Rhode Island trial courts, and the Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, he represented children in Family Court, and then worked as a Special Assistant Attorney General handling criminal appeals in the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and computer crime cases, while overseeing the states’ computerized criminal history (NCIC) system. He commenced his private practice in 1986, taking on a major multinational corporation that had been running a for-profit juvenile “treatment” center — in which several young girls were sexually abused by staff, while bringing Family Court litigation that recognized the concept of a de facto parent before the statute that now recognizes such relationships existed. Since the late 80s, Tim has continued at the forefront — using electronic evidence to uncover hidden assets and misconduct. He recently forced division of more than $16 million in cryptocurrency — just prior to the 2022 crypto crash.

Tim has lectured locally and nationally on topics that include advanced equitable distribution, trusts and estates in divorce, interstate custody, trial presentation technology, and electronic evidence. He co-authored Electronic Evidence for Family Law Attorneys (2017 ABA), and is presently completing a second book for the American Bar Association on cryptocurrency and digital assets.