Timila S. RotherAttorney
Timila Rother is a former president and CEO of Crowe & Dunlevy and Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department. Prior to being named firm CEO in 2016, she served five years on the firm’s Executive Committee.
Her litigation practice focuses on complex business litigation in a number of industries including insurance, healthcare, environmental, procurement and direct-selling, and has involved many high-stake fraud and class action cases in a variety of those industries as well. Timila has substantial experience handling cases in administrative proceeds and in arbitration also. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation & Trial, Healthcare, Insurance and Appellate Practice Groups.
Experienced in ethics and professional liability matters, Timila served as loss prevention and claims counsel for the firm prior to becoming firm president and CEO. Timila has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers for Insurance Law, named a Benchmark Litigation Star in Oklahoma since 2016 and has been ranked by Super Lawyers since 2013 in the areas of business and/or insurance litigation.* She has been twice recognized by The Journal Record as a 50 Women Making a Difference honoree and twice selected as one of Oklahoma’s Most Admired CEOs by The Journal Record. She lectures on ethics, insurance, discovery, healthcare and social media topics.
*Crowe & Dunlevy has no input in the rating methodologies used by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Benchmark Litigation publications.
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Norman, OK
J.D., 1990
Honors:
With Honors
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
B.S., 1987
Honors:
With Honors
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2007
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 1990
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1990
- U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 1990
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1990
- Oklahoma, 1990
- American Bar Association, Co-Chair of Professional Liability Litigation Subcommittee for Attorneys
- American Bar Association member of Health Law, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice, and Litigation
- Oklahoma Bar Association, Legal Ethics Advisory Panel (2006 – Present)
- Oklahoma Bar Association, Litigation Section Member
- Oklahoma Bar Association, Health Care Section Member
- Maurice H. Merrill Scholarship Recipient (1989 – 1990)
- Vivien McConnell Hood Scholarship Recipient
- University of Oklahoma National Mock Trial Team (1989 – 1990)
- Listed in Best Lawyers in Insurance Law, Commercial Litigation (2007 – Present)
- Ranked in Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Health Care, Professional Liability: Defense (2013 – Present)
- Listed in Benchmark Litigation as a Local Litigation Star (2016 - Present)
- Panelist, 2nd Annual National Summit on Homeland Security Law: The State of Cyber, April 19, 2016, Oklahoma City, OK
- Speaker, "Legal Ethics: Hot Topics & Current Events," National Business Institute, December 17, 2013, Oklahoma City, OK
- University of Oklahoma, Assistant Research & Writing Instructor (1988 – 1990)
- Estate & Probate Ethics, 2002
- Insurance Update-Ethics, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2002
- Motions in Limine, Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association, 2001
