Tim is a partner in Mirick’s Divorce and Family Law Group specializing in all aspects of family law including divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, paternity, restraining orders, disputes between unmarried couples, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements. He has significant experience and knowledge in representing family law clients with sophisticated financial assets and complex compensation structures. In addition to family law, Tim handles a variety of fiduciary and probate litigation matters, having skillfully handled numerous high-conflict disputes pertaining to wills, trusts, and inheritance rights.
Divorce and family matters can be difficult and stressful. Tim puts his clients at ease through his deep understanding of the law and experience in advocacy and negotiation skills. He takes the time to listen and identify each client’s unique priorities, and to develop a tailored approach to help guide clients through the process, so they can move forward and focus on the future.
Tim brings the same passion and understanding to his role within Mirick. As chair of Mirick’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee, Tim enthusiastically embraces the firm’s mission of promoting equitable opportunities and belonging. His enthusiastic leadership of Mirick’s DEI initiatives serves to advance and strengthen the firm’s commitment to inclusion and diversity.
- New England School of Law, JD, cum laude (2008)
- University of Pittsburgh, BS (2001)
- Massachusetts
- Boston Bar Association, Family Law Section Co-Chair (2022 – 2024)
- Massachusetts LBGTQ Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Greater Boston Family Law American Inn of Court
- Italian Home for Children, Board of Directors
- Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, pro bono attorney
- Veterans Legal Services, pro bono attorney
- Named a Massachusetts “Super Lawyer” by Boston magazine and Law & Politics (2023 – 2024); previously named a “Rising Star” (2013 – 2019)
- Recognized as a “Top Lawyer”™ in Family Law and Divorce by Boston magazine (2021 – present)
- “Trusts and Divorce—How Beneficial Interests in Trusts are Treated Incident to a Divorce or When Calculating Support,” MCLE Domestic Relations Financial Summit (February 27, 2025)
- “Divorce Fundamentals: The Financial Statement & Supplemental Rule 410,” Boston Bar Association (December 17, 2024)
- “Representing Grandparents as Guardians,” MCLE New England (October 28, 2024)
- Quoted in “Ex-wife’s hatchet attack excuses husband’s performance under separation agreement,” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, December 1, 2023
- “In Honor of Pride Month, Attorney Timothy Braughler Discusses Same-Sex Divorces,” Authority Magazine, June 2023
- “Mortgages and The Marital Residence,” The Divorce Hour with Ilyssa Panitz podcast (May 2023) (guest)
- Quoted in “Divorce attorneys coming to grips with brave new world of AI,” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, January 30, 2023
- “The Financial Statement & Supplemental Rule 410,” Boston Bar Association (December 13, 2022)
- “The Financial Statement & Supplemental Rule 410,” Boston Bar Association (December 20, 2021) (co-chair)
- “The New 2021 Child Support Guidelines in Practice,” Boston Bar Association (December 6, 2021) (moderator)
- Quoted in “Bar Adjusts as COVID Factors into Divorce Cases,” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, September 23, 2021
- “The Basics of Alimony in Massachusetts (Part 2),” On Air with Mirick O’Connell legal podcast (April 30, 2021)
- “The Financial Statement & Supplemental Rule 410,” Boston Bar Association (November 17, 2020)
- “The Basics of Alimony in Massachusetts (Part 1),” On Air with Mirick O’Connell legal podcast (October 28, 2020)
- “Don’t Say That! Are Non-Disparagement Orders Lawful?,” Boston Bar Journal, August 17, 2020
- “Sophisticated Financial Issues in Divorce Matters and the Impact on COVID-19,” Boston Bar Association (July 17, 2020) (moderator)
- “Division of Property Factors in Divorces,” On Air with Mirick O’Connell legal podcast (July 8, 2020)
- “Divorcing Couples’ First Amendment Rights to Disparage Each Other on Social Media,” On Air with Mirick O’Connell legal podcast (May 29, 2020)
- “Rights of Unmarried Couples Living Together,” On Air with Mirick O’Connell legal podcast (May 4, 2020)
- “The Financial Statement and Supplemental Rule 410 and Section 34 – Income, Assets, Liabilities & Discovery,” Boston Bar Association (January 2020) (presenter)
- “Trust and Inheritance Issues in Divorce: A Practical Guide to Discovery, Evidence and Experts,” Boston Bar Association (June 2019) (moderator)
- “Supervised Parenting Time: When, How and Why Appropriate?,” Boston Bar Association (December 2019) (moderator)
