Tim joined Devlin Gailus as an articled student in May of 2010 and was called to the British Columbia bar in June 2011. Tim's Aboriginal law practice focuses primarily on negotiation and litigation concerning specific claims, the duty to consult, Aboriginal and Treaty rights and administrative issues.

Before his articles, Tim worked as a specific claims researcher at the Treaty 8 Tribal Association and was the Program Manager of the Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council Treaty and Aboriginal Rights Research Program for 7 years. He also worked as a consultant in a boutique firm specializing in specific claims research, negotiations and economic development.

Since 2003, Tim has worked with First Nations and tribal councils across British Columbia and Alberta preparing and negotiating specific claims and advising on issues such as Aboriginal and Treaty rights, consultation, natural resource management, economic development, revenue sharing, impact benefit agreements and governance.

In 2007, Tim returned to the University of Victoria to study law and participate in an intensive program in environmental law through the Environmental Law Centre.

Tim has written on a wide variety of topics including the specific claims process, treaty boundaries, taxation, co-management, Aboriginal self government, Aboriginal title, the BC treaty process, and the relationship between economic development and section 35 rights.

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