Bio

Timothy Groves is an experienced civil litigator with extensive experience in education law, nonprofit law, professional liability defense, and business litigation. He represents public charter schools, traditional public school districts and independent schools in Rhode Island and Massachusetts in a range of matters and serves as general counsel to several national nonprofit organizations. Tim has successfully represented insurance carriers, corporate clients and schools in trials in the Rhode Island and Connecticut Superior Courts and on appeals before the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Prior to rejoining Barton Gilman, Tim served as a development officer for the Rhode Island Foundation and as the executive director of the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools. More recently, Tim served as the director of development and partnerships at the Coalition for College, where he drew on his experience as a litigator, fundraiser and leader on behalf of the Coalition and the students it serves.