Tim began his legal career when he was admitted to the New York State Bar in February, 1996. Tim worked one year at an insurance defense firm before spending four years as a high-volume trial attorney for the Erie County District Attorney’s Office before leaving in 2002. Tim further honed his trial skills while employed as an associate attorney at another Plaintiff’s firm for eight years before starting Andruschat Law Firm in September, 2009.  

Tim’s practice now is almost exclusively focused on the representation of seriously injured automobile, motorcycle and tractor-trailer accident victims. Tim prides himself on forcing the insurance companies to pay every penny that Tim’s clients are entitled to under New York State law. Tim has tried over 500 cases, both jury and non-jury, to verdict and has recovered tens of millions of dollars in compensation for his clients.

Tim graduated from Clarence Senior High School in 1988, from SUNY Albany in 1992 and scored in the 96^th percentile on the LSAT. Tim played football both in High School and in College.

Tim graduated from the University of Buffalo School of Law in 1995 and, after passing the bar exam on his first attempt, was admitted to the New York State Bar in February of 1996. In his spare time, Tim enjoys hunting, fishing, camping, swimming, and taking care of his two children –Timmy and Betsy – and his Burnese Mountain dog, Charlie.

Tim is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Erie County Bar Association and the Western New York Trial Lawyers Association and is an active with the Lawyers Helping Lawyers committee of the Erie County Bar Association.