Judge James Patrick Flannery

Date Admitted to Bar: Illinois-1976

Court: Circuit Court of Cook County

Legal Experience:1976-1980, Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago,
1980-1984, Murphy, Preston & Jaffe, 1984-1988, Assistant Illinois Attorney
General, Deputy Chief, Land Acquisition Division

Judicial Experience: 1988, Appointed Associate Judge, 1990, Elected Circuit
Court Judge.  !988-1989, First Municipal District, 1989-1992, Fourth Municipal
District, 1992-1997, Criminal Division, 1997-2008, Law Division

Other Experience: Judge Flannery is an adjunct professor at De Paul University
School of Law where he teaches trial advocacy, he has published numerous
articles, he mentors new judges, he speaks at numerous seminars, and is the
co-chair of the tort litigation committee of the Chicago Bar Association

Family: He is married and has one child

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois

Education: High School, La Lumiere College Prep, Undergraduate, Illinois Institute of Technology, Major,
Mathematics, Law School, John Marshall Law School, JD, 1976