[3] Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Thim was admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in October 1925,[4] and entered the practice of law in New Haven in 1926,[1] having been one of 39 applicants to pass the Connecticut bar in that city in January 1926, out of 104 candidates.
[6] On July 20, 1966, Thim and Elmer W. Ryan were both sworn in as justices of the state supreme court.
[7] Thim served until 1972, when he reached the mandatory retirement age for justices.
[8] Thim married Mary Flom, with whom he had a daughter and three sons.
[1] He died at his home in Hamden at the age of 86, following a lengthy illness.