Law Offices of Thomas Flannigan

Thomas W. Flannigan

General

• Born Chicago, Illinois, August 31, 1952
• Admitted to Bar, 1983
  
  • Illinois State
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, including trial bar
• Languages: Japanese

Education & Teaching

• Boston College (B.A., with honors, 1974)
• University of Chicago (M.A., 1979)
• DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 1983)
• Law Clerk to Hon. William G. Clark, Justice, Illinois Supreme Court, 1983-1984
• Adjunct Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law, 2006

Lectures

• "Recent Developments in Japanese Antitrust Law," Chicago Bar Association, International Antitrust Committee, 1990
• "Japan's Custom Regime," Chicago Bar Association, 1993
• "Planning a Journey Around the World," Chicago Cultural Center, 1994
• "Eastern Europe," Chicago Cultural Center, 1995
• "Japan's Legal Barriers," University of New Mexico Albuquerque - Japan Policy Research Institute, 1995
• "How to Do business with Japan," Purdue University International Business Center, 1994, 1995, 1996
• "Legal Problems in Selling to Japanese Customers," US Japan Trade Expansion Center, 1995, 1996
• "Ten Commandments of Dealing with Japan," Midwest Automobile Export Conference, 1996
• "Tokyo Museums," American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, 1997
• "Career Opportunities When You Leave Japan," Foreign Bar Association, Tokyo, 1989, 1990, 1998
• "American Media Coverage of Japan, A National Disgrace," American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, 1998

Memberships

• Board Member of the Japan Policy Research Institute
• Founder of the Midwest Chapter Traveler's Century Club
• Member of Chicago Bar Association (Assistant Chair, YLS International Law Committee, 1990)