Timothy E. Lengkeek

Timothy E. Lengkeek is a nationally recognized trial attorney with Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, in Wilmington, Delaware. For more than two decades, he has provided unwavering advocacy and strategic counsel to individuals and families facing life‐altering injuries and losses. His practice encompasses medical negligence, personal injury, workers’ compensation and product liability claims. He approaches every matter with the same rigor required for a courtroom showdown – confident that insurers are most willing to settle when they see a lawyer fully prepared to try a case.

A University of Delaware alumnus (B.A., 1997), Mr. Lengkeek earned his J.D. cum laude from Rutgers School of Law in 2001. Since then, he has secured nearly 50 verdicts and settlements each exceeding $1 million. Among his most significant recoveries are:

• $14 million for a patient left paralyzed by a delayed post-operative diagnosis
• $10 million for a three-year-old who suffered a skull fracture when her minivan was struck by a tractor-trailer
• $6 million for a teenager who lost his mother to a drunk driver
• $5 million for a mother who lost her unborn child following complications in delivery
• $5 million for the family of a college student killed in an on-campus vehicle accident

Mr. Lengkeek has held leadership roles in the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association – serving as its president and currently on its Board of Governors – and is an active member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the American Association for Justice, the Delaware State Bar Association and other professional organizations. A member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, he prides himself on meticulous case preparation, steadfast courtroom performance and an unyielding commitment to securing favorable compensation for his clients.

A true consummate professional, Mr. Lengkeek’s peers and judges alike have honored him with professional excellence. He holds an AV Preeminent* peer-review rating through Martindale-Hubbell, has been consistently named to The Best Lawyers in America, was selected 2019 Lawyer of the Year for Personal Injury Plaintiffs by Best Lawyers and has earned Delaware Today’s Top Lawyer distinction.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.