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Timothy Kenlan

Timothy Kenlan

Attorney, Shareholder at Berman & Simmons
Portland, ME
Car AccidentsProduct LiabilityWrongful Death

About Timothy Kenlan

Attorney Tim Kenlan represents clients with personal injury and product liability claims, and has extensive experience handling insurance coverage issues. He also works with senior attorneys at the firm on complex trial matters. Tim attended Indiana University before earning his law degree from the University of Maine School of Law, where he focused on litigation, legal writing, and trial advocacy. As a student attorney in the law school's legal aid clinic, he gained significant courtroom experience representing low-income clients in civil matters. Tim has secured millions of dollars in settlements for his clients and serves on the Maine Trial Lawyers Association's board of governors. He is recognized by Best Lawyers in America, which named him Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Litigation in 2026, and by Super Lawyers.

Notable case results

$22.5 millionVerdict

A Vermont jury awarded $22.5 million, the second-largest verdict in state history at the time, to a Maine utility lineman who lost both legs below the knee after an ungrounded, defectively installed air-break switch at a Richford substation released a 5,000-degree electrical arc through his body.

Chittenden County Superior Court, Burlington, VT · 2014Read the full story →
$2.5 millionSettlement

For a man who had been sexually assaulted at a summer camp as a child

Reported by the firm
$1.4 millionSettlement

For a man killed in a car crash

Reported by the firm
$900,000Settlement

For the family of a woman killed in a car crash caused by an intoxicated driver

Reported by the firm
$515,000Settlement

For the family of a man killed by a drunk driver on New Year's Day

Reported by the firm

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Car Accidents
Product Liability
Wrongful Death

Education

University of Maine School of Law
J.D., 2012
Indiana University
Undergraduate, 2008

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