Timothy R. Conway,
of Counsel

20 South Clark Street
Suite 1830
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 658-1100
trc@cmcontractors.com

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LEGAL EMPLOYMENT

2019 – Present

Of Counsel, Conway & Mrowiec Attorneys LLLP

2000 – 2018

Founding Partner (1 of original 2), Conway & Mrowiec

1992 – 1999

Founding Partner (1 of original 5), Stein, Ray & Conway

1982 – 1991

Greenberger, Krauss & Jacobs, Chtd., Equity Partner and

Associate (now part of Dykema)

1980 – 1981

Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Associate (now part of Faegre

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP)

2003 – present

Court-Appointed Arbitrator, Cook County Circuit Court Mechanics

Lien Section, Court-Annexed Arbitration

EDUCATION

1980

Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, Northwestern Pritzker

School of Law, John Henry Wigmore Scholar

1977

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, DePaul University


BAR MEMBERSHIPS & YEAR ADMITTED

  • State of Illinois 1980
  • N.D. Illinois, General Bar 1980; Trial Bar 1984
  • Pro Hac Vice in over 10 other state and federal courts

DISTINCTIONS

Individual:

Construction Litigator of the Year – Chicago –

U.S. News Best Lawyers® – 2012

Recognized for Construction Law, Illinois Leading Lawyers

Advisory Board Member – Leading Lawyers

Martindale-Hubbell, Rated AV, AV-Preeminent

Firms:

Ranked “Tier One” nationally for Construction Litigation –
U.S. News Best Lawyers

Ranked “Tier One” in Illinois for both Litigation and
Construction Law – U.S. News Best Lawyers

Individual and Firms:

Ranked in Chambers USA

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

  • Chicagoland Association of General Contractors
  • Chicago Building Congress

BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

  • Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys
  • American Bar Association
    1. Forum on the Construction Industry
    2. Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity and Surety Law

REPORTED CASES

Aldridge Elec., Inc. v. American Municipal Power, Inc.,
2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35925 (W.D. Ky. 2017)
Smith Hammond Piping Co. v. Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co. of Am., 
2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19272 (W.D. Mich. 2007)
American Bridge Mfg. Co. Walter Toebe Constr. Co.,
2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 174136 (E.D. Mich. 2011); 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS
83833 (E.D. Mich. 2010); 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99911 (E.D. Mich. 2010.
St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Rausch Constr. Co.,
2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23069 (N.D. Ill. 2004)
2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21722 (N.D.Ill. 2004)
Builders Association of Greater Chicago v. City of Chicago,
2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15492 (N.D. Ill. 2004); 298 F. Supp. 2d 725 (N.D.Ill. 2003).
Builders Association of Greater Chicago v. County of Cook,
256 F.3d 642 (7th Cir. 2001); 123 F. Supp. 2d 1087 (N.D.Ill. 2000).
Ozinga Chicago Ready Mix Concrete v. City of Chicago,
209 F. Supp. 2d 917 (N.D.Ill. 2002).
Chase Commercial Corp. v. Brandt,
1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16441 (N.D. Ill. 1999)
Prisco Serena-Sturm Architects v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.,
126 F.3d 886 (7th Cir. 1997); 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7278 (N.D.Ill. 1996).
Mellon Stuart Constr. v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation Dist,
1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5376 (N.D. Ill. 1995).
County of Cook v. Mellon Stuart Co.,
812 F. Supp. 793 (N.D. Ill. 1992)
AUI Constr. Grp., LLC v. Vaessen, 2016 IL App (2d) 160009
(amicus curiae brief for Association of General Contractors)
Asset Recovery Contracting, LLC v. Walsh Constr. Co.,
2012 IL App (1st) 101226 (Local Counsel)
Retina Services, Ltd. v. Garoon,
182 Ill. App. 3d 851 (1st Dist. 1989)
Dunne v. County of Cook,
108 Ill. 2d 161 (1985)
123 Ill. App. 3d 468 (1984)
Amalgamated Trust & Sav. Bank v. Silha,
121 Ill. App. 3d 1033 (1st Dist. 1984)
Monsanto Co. v. Walter E. Heller & Co.,
114 Ill. App. 3d 1078 (1st Dist. 1983)