Thomas Flanagan

tflanagan@flanaganpartners.com

Experience Summary:
Thomas Flanagan concentrates his practice in complex business litigation and civil appeals in the state and federal courts of Louisiana. Mr. Flanagan has substantial experience in all aspects of business litigation, including contract claims, corporate and shareholder disputes, antitrust suits, securities and banking cases, and intellectual-property disputes. His appellate practice includes these and several other areas, as dictated by the needs of his clients and referring counsel.

Mr. Flanagan graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University in 1986, ranking in the top 10 percent of his undergraduate class. He earned his law degree summa cum laude at Tulane Law School, where he was awarded the Faculty Medal for the highest cumulative average in his 1989 graduating class. At Tulane, Mr. Flanagan served on the Board of Editors of the Tulane Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif. After law school, he clerked for the late John Minor Wisdom on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Mr. Flanagan is on the adjunct faculty of Tulane Law School, where he teaches Civil Law Torts; serves as an instructor with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy; and is an assistant bar examiner in the areas of business entities and negotiable instruments. Mr. Flanagan was the President of the Federal Bar Association – New Orleans Chapter in 2004-05, and also served as an elected member of the House of Delegates of the Louisiana State Bar Association (2001-07).

Other Professional Experience:
• Law clerk to the late Hon. John Minor Wisdom, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1989 - 90)
• Member, Stanley, Flanagan & Reuter, LLC (1997 - 2008)
• Tulane Law School, Adjunct Faculty teaching Trial Advocacy (2000 - 2006), Civil Law Torts (2007 - present)

Education:
• Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
(A.B., magna cum laude, 1986)
• Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
(J.D., summa cum laude, 1989, Class Rank: 1 of 254)

Law School Honors:
• Articles Editor, Tulane Law Review
• Finalist, Senior Trial Moot Court Competition
• Recipient, Faculty Medal: highest cumulative average; Dean's Medal: highest third year average; Order of the Coif;
Civil Law Studies Award: highest average in Civil Law courses

Professional Honors:
• Best Lawyers in America, Appellate Practice (2008, 2009)
• Top 50 Louisiana Super Lawyers (2009)
• New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyers, Business Law, Appellate Practice (2009)

Professional, Business & Civic Affiliations:
• President, Federal Bar Association – New Orleans Chapter (2004-05)
• Member, Tulane Law Review Board of Advisory Editors
• Member, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations
• Member, House of Delegates, Louisiana State Bar Association (2001-2007)
• Director, St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association (2003-2007)
• Assistant Bar Examiner, Business Entities and Negotiable Instruments
• Director, Tulane/Canal Neighborhood Development Corporation

Publications/Articles:
• Constitutional Law: Fifth Circuit Symposium,
37 LOYOLA L. REV. 631 (1991).
• Constitutional Law: Fifth Circuit Symposium,
42 LOYOLA L. REV. 491 (1996).

Bar Admissions:
• Louisiana (1989)
• U.S. Eastern, Western, and Middle Districts of Louisiana
• U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Representative Cases:
• Rainey v. Entergy Gulf States, Inc., 2009-0572 (La. 3/16/2010)
• Stone v. Entergy Services, Inc., 9 So. 3d 193 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2/4/09)
• Benefit Recovery, Inc. v. Donelon, 521 F.3d 326 (5th Cir. 3/11/08)
• Neikirk v. Resource Management, Inc., 983 So. 2d 106 (La. App. 5th Cir. 2/6/08)
• In re Crutcher-Tufts Resources, Inc., 504 F.3d 535 (5th Cir. 10/11/07)
• Abraham v. Richland Parish Hosp. Serv. Dist. 1-B, 938 So. 2d 1163 (La. App. 2nd Cir. 2006), writ denied, 948 So. 2d 124 (La. 2007)
• Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Co. v. Rapides Healthcare System, et al., 461 F.3d 529 (5th Cir. 2006).
• Whitley v. Regional Transit Authority, 913 So. 2d 169 (La. App. 4th Cir. 7/20/05)
• Crutcher v. Tufts, 898 So. 2d 529 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2/16/05)
• BizCapital Business & Industrial Development Corp. v. Union Planters Corp., 884 So. 2d 623 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2004), writ denied,
889 So. 2d 267 (La. 2005)
• In re Tufts Oil and Gas-III, 871 So. 2d 476 (La. App. 5th Cir. 3/30/04)
• Royal Street Grocery, Inc. v. Entergy New Orleans, Inc., 811 So. 2d 120, (La.App. 4th Cir. 2002)
• In re Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana, Inc., 311 N.L.R.B. 30 (2000)
• Thornton v. General Motors Corp., 136 F.3d 450 (5th Cir. 1998)
• Production Supply Co. v. Fry Steel, Inc., 74 F.3d 76 (5th Cir. 1996)
• United States v. Cavin, 39 F.3d 1299 (5th Cir. 1994)
• Acme Refrigeration Supplies, Inc. v. Acme Refrigeration of Baton Rouge, 961 F. Supp. 936 (E.D. La. 1996)
• Diez v. Daigle, 686 So. 2d 966 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1996)
• Fayard v. Landry, 651 So. 2d 1370 (La. App. 5th Cir. 1995)