Timothy M. Broas (born 1954)[1] is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from March 19, 2014, to February 13, 2016.

As a member of the large Chicago-based law firm, he represented clients throughout all stages of the legal process, including criminal defense and civil litigation and trials, appeals and arbitrations.

[7] Broas regularly represented individual officers and corporation entities in industries such as banking, securities, pharmaceutical, health care, transportation, and energy.

Clients represented by Broas during his time at Winston & Strawn included Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Ingersoll-Rand, Ltd.; Papa John's International, Inc.; Philip Morris; Legg Mason; Alstom Holdings; and UBS Securities, LLC.

Broas also represented Neil Volz, chief of staff to Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio), in connection with the Jack Abramoff scandal of 2005-2006.

In 2010, President Barack Obama appointed Broas as a member of the board of trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Established by Congress in 1968, the Wilson Center provides a neutral, nonpartisan forum for influential thinkers and policymakers to discuss important issues and perform advanced study of a variety of subjects.