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Timothy F. Noelker

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Tim is a partner in Thompson Coburn LLP's Business Litigation Department. A former trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., he also chairs the firm's Government Contracts Practice Group in St. Louis and Washington, D.C. Tim has focused his practice on commercial disputes, claims and compliance issues involved with the federal government, as well as work with health care firms in litigation, compliance and regulatory issues. He represents quasi-governmental entities involved in litigation, particularly those involved with transportation issues. He also represents commercial firms, focusing primarily on litigation. 

Tim also has extensive experience with civic institutions and nonprofit governance on a local and national level.

Council on Accreditation, New York, NY
Board of Directors (2005-Present), Board Chair (2011-Present)
Child Welfare League of America, Washington, D.C.
Board Member (1993-2007)
Board Chair (2003-2005)
Washington University, George Warren Brown School of Social Work
National Council (2008-Present)
Edgewood Children’s Center
Board Member (1985-1998)
President (1994-1998)
Emeritus (1999-Present)
Missouri Division of Youth Services
Advisory Board (2000-Present)
National Juvenile Law Center
Board of Directors (1986-Present)
Central Institute for the Deaf
Institutional Review Board (1998-2004)
Church of the Good Shepherd
Member of the Vestry (1993-1996)
AmeriGas, LP
Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Co.
Bi-State Development Agency (Metro)
BLR Group, Inc.
Bridgeport Port Authority
Chicago Title Insurance Co.
Colliers International USA
Color Art Integrated Interiors, Inc.
Council on Accreditation
Energizer, Inc.
Engineered Support Systems, Inc.
Essex Industries, Inc.
GKN Aerospace, Inc.
John Burroughs School
La-Z-Boy Chair Co.
Legatus Emergency Services, Inc.
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Palmaris Imaging, Inc.
Ralston Purina Company
Rug Doctor, Inc.
Saint Anthony’s Health Center
Samina/SCI Corp.
Spectrum Healthcare Services, Inc.
Women’s Safe House
Selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® (Top 5% of legal practitioners as determined by peer review)
Webster University, College of Arts & Sciences
Alumnus of the Year, 2007
U.S. Department of Justice, Special Achievement Award, 1982
“What Makes Government Contracts Litigation So Unique?” Government Contract Litigation Best Practices (2005)
“Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Government Contract Law” Winning Legal Strategies for Government Contracts (2005)
Co-author, “Procurement Integrity Revisions Ease Burdens” The National Law Journal (May 1997)
“Mistakes: Real World Solutions,” with Linda L. Shapiro and Timothy Sullivan, National Contract Management Association and National Association of Purchasing Management, St. Louis, MO (October, 2005)
“Ten Commandments for Government Contractors,” Lorman Education Services, St. Louis (September, 2004 and September, 2007)
“Federal Government Contracts: Fraud Remedies and Penalties - Civil and Criminal,” BAMSL and Federal Bar Association, St. Louis (February 1992)
"Government Contracts Compliance," Ralston Purina Co. (May, 1991)
“The Basics of Bid Protests,” BAMSL and Federal Bar Association of St. Louis (July, 1989)
“Federal Court Practice,” Federal Bar Association, St. Louis Chapter (March, 1989)
“Costs in Government Contracts,” National Education Seminar of National Contract Management Association (Birmingham, AL, 1985; New Orleans, LA, 1986)
Legal Research and Writing Instructor, Saint Louis University School of Law (1978-1980)
Timothy F. Noelker
Saint Louis University School of Law
J.D., cum laude (1978)
Eighth Circuit Note Editor, Saint Louis University Law Journal
Webster University
B.A. (1973)
Thompson Coburn LLP
Partner (1986-Present)
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Trial Attorney, Civil Division, Honors Program (1980-1983)
Honorable Edward L. Filippine
Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri (1978-1980)
Missouri