Timothy Jon Freiberg

Timothy Freiberg has been associated with Nessler & Associates for over 10 years. He began his legal career working as an associate attorney at Nessler & Associates, where he assisted in pursing personal injury claims. Although Mr. Freiberg has since opened his own business in Rockford, Illinois he continues to be associated with our office. Mr. Freiberg continues to work with Nessler & Associates by helping the victims of sexual abuse of all ages recover for the abuse they have suffered. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Timothy Jon Freiberg included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Named to the Rockford Chamber of Commerce’s 2010 Forty Leaders Under 40 Other Sources of Feedback About Timothy Jon Freiberg Included on the 2026Illinois Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2022 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2020 Illinois Super Lawyers list 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers list

• Of Counsel, since 2009

• The Prairie Legal Group, Ltd., Managing Partner, 2008 - 2009
• Law Offices of Frederick W. Nessler & Associates, Ltd., Associate, 2005 - 2009

• Clergy Abuse – Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association’s 2009 “Shotgun Seminar”, 2009 - Present
• Clergy Abuse Claims – Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association’s 2010 “Rights and Remedies Seminar” , 2010 - Present

• M.K., et al. v. L.C., et al.
• Citation: The Third District Appellate Court reversed the Peoria County Circuit Court, holding that the amendments to Illinois’s Childhood Sexual Abuse Statute (CSAA), which eliminated the statute of repose and statute of limitations, are to be applied retroactively.
• Year: 2009
• Serial Number: N.E.2d 468

• Springfield Road Runners Club
• Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP)
• National Association for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children (NAPSAC)
• Rockford Road Runners’ Club

• Illinois
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado
• U.S. District Court District of Nebraska
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit

• Sangamon County Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association, Tort Section Council, 2007 - 2009 (Member)
• American Bar Association, Committee Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2007 - 2008 (Vice Chair)
• Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association
• American Association for Justice, 2009 - 2010 (Board of Governors)
• Illinois State Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Council, 2011 - 2012 (Member)
• American Bar Association, Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2008 - 2009 (Chair )
• American Bar Association, Committee on Bankruptcy, 2009 - 2010 (Vice-Chair)
• American Bar Association, Committee on Law Student Outreach, 2010 - 2011 (Vice-Chair)
• American Association for Justice, 2009 - 2010 (Public Service Committee)