Tim Wyatt handles litigation and appeals involving construction disputes and geotechnical failures, with a particular emphasis on representing government contractors and subcontractors on public projects. He also performs federally funded research involving legal issues affecting contractors on public construction projects, such as environmental review and domestic preference requirements. He has represented government contractors seeking to protect their intellectual property used or developed on public projects. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Wyatt spent more than ten years practicing as a professional engineer and government contractor in Raleigh, managing large federal research projects and performing geotechnical research involving tunnels and highways. He is a native of Rockingham County, NC.

Court Admissions

• State of North Carolina, 2010
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, 2010

Professional Activities and Affiliations

• Member, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, 2010-Present
• Member, North Carolina Bar Association Construction Law Section, 2010-Present
• Member, Greensboro Bar Association, 2010-Present
• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990-Present

Honors

• Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) graduate research award for public-sector aviation issues, 2009-2010
• First place, Court of Federal Claims Bar Association writing competition, 2009-2010
• First place, Brooks Pierce Empirical Studies Award for outstanding student publication submitted to the Wake Forest Law Review, 2009
• ARA Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, 2004
• ARA Distinguished Young Engineer, Sector 2, 2002
• ARA Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, 2001
• U.S. Department of Energy Fellowship for environmental restoration and waste management, 1991-1993
• NCSU College of Engineering Outstanding Senior in Research, 1992

Certifications and Credentials

• North Carolina Professional Engineer License, 2002-Present

Publications

• Author, “Balancing Airport Capacity Requirements with Environmental Concerns: Legal Challenges to Airport Expansion,” Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Vol. 76, No. 4 (View PDF)
• Author, “In Search of ‘Reasonable Compensation’: Patent Infringement by Defense Contractors with the Authorization and Consent of the U.S. Government,” Federal Circuit Bar Journal, Vol. 20, No. 1 (View PDF)
• Author, “The Doctrine of Defective Incorporation and its Tenuous Coexistence with the Model Business Corporation Act,” Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 3 (View PDF)
• Co-Author, High Density Polyethylene Pipe Fill Height Table in Arizona, Report No. FHWA-AZ-06-621, Federal Highway Administration, November 2006 (View PDF)
• Author, “Incorporation of Engineering Model Uncertainties in Probabilistic Analysis of Explosive Effects on Tunnel Facilities,” GeoCongress 2006: Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Age, American Society of Civil Engineers, February 2006 (View PDF)
• Author, “Incorporation of Terrain Elevation Uncertainties in Vulnerability Assessment of Tunnel Facilities,” GeoCongress 2006: Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Age, American Society of Civil Engineers, February 2006 (View PDF)
• Co-Author, User’s Guide for Drainage Requirements in Pavements—DRIP 2.0 Microcomputer Program, Report No. FHWA-IF-02-053, Federal Highway Administration, July 2002 (View PDF)
• Co-Author, “Effectiveness Analysis of Subsurface Drainage Features Based on Design Adequacy,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1709, 2000 (View PDF)
• Co-Author, Pavement Subsurface Drainage Microcomputer Program: Drainage Requirements in Pavements—DRIP, Report No. FHWA-SA-96-070, Federal Highway Administration, October 1997
• Co-Author, “Knowledge-Based Failure Diagnosis of Earth Retaining Structures,” Proceedings of the First International Conference on New Technologies for Decision Making in Civil Engineering, October 1998

Speeches, Panel Discussions and Seminars

• “Case Studies of Legal Disputes Between Visual Artists and Transportation Agencies,” 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 2010
• “Rapid 3D Modeling and Simulation of Underground Transportation Structures,” 5th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium, Transportation Research Board, Denver, CO, October 2006
• “Tunnels Weapons Effects,” 3rd Annual Integrated Munitions Effects Assessment (IMEA) User’s Group Meeting, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, MacDill AFB, FL, August 2005  [Also: 2nd Annual IMEA User’s Group Meeting, Kirtland AFB, NM, September 2004]
• “Pavement Subsurface Drainage Design,” National Highway Institute (NHI) course no. 13126, California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS), Fresno, CA, March 2001  [Also: 1996 Southeastern States Pavements Conference, Charleston, SC, July 1996]