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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).
Year Admitted to Practice:
1989
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)
• Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
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, Business & Civic Affiliations:
• President, Federal Bar Association – New Orleans Chapter (2004-05)
• 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
Representative Cases:
• 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).
• 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)
• 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)
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