Kelly Cahill Timmons
Associate Professor Associate Professor of Law- Specializations
Civil Liberties
Employment and Labor
Torts
- Biography
Kelly Cahill Timmons graduated first in her class from the Vanderbilt University School of Law, where she served as notes editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review and received a full scholarship as a John W. Wade Scholar. Following law school, Timmons clerked for the Judge David A. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. She then practiced employment law with the law firm of Frost & Jacobs (now Frost Brown Todd) in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Since joining the faculty, Timmons has taught Torts, Constitutional Tort Litigation and Employment Law. Her scholarly interests lie in the area of employment discrimination, and she has published articles in the Florida Law Review, the Nebraska Law Review, the South Carolina Law Review and the University of Pittsburgh Law Review. She chairs the college's Federal Clerkship Committee and is on the executive committee of the Bleckley Inn of Court.
- Publications
Articles
Kelly Cahill Timmons, Disability-Related Misconduct and the Legal Profession: The Role of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 69 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 609 (2008).
Kelly Cahill Timmons, Accommodating Misconduct under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 57 Fla. L. Rev. 187 (2005).
Kelly Cahill Timmons, Limiting "Limitations": The Scope of the Duty of Reasonable Accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 57 S.C. L. Rev. 313 (2005).
Kelly Ann Cahill, Note, Hooters: Should There Be an Assumption of Risk Defense to Some Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claims?, 48 Vand. L. Rev. 1107 (1995).