Education

George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.
J.D., With Honors, 1993

College Of The Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.
B.A. Political Science, 1990

Legal Experience

Law Offices of Garrett S. Flynn, LLC, Farmington, Connecticut
(Nov. 2002 – Present)

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP, Hartford, Connecticut
(Jan. 1999 – Oct. 2002)

Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, LLP, Washington, D.C.
(Sept. 1993 – Dec. 1998).

Bar Admissions

State of Connecticut, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia; United States Court of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits; United States Court of Federal Claims; United States District Courts for the Districts of Connecticut, District of Columbia, Maryland, and the Eastern District of Virginia.

Selected Reported Cases

Mahaffey v. Detroit Newspaper Agency, No. 97-1468, 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 25472 (6th Cir. Oct. 9, 1998), aff’g 969 F. Supp. 446 (E.D. Mich. 1997); Stattin v. Resolution Trust Corp., 74 F.3d 1252, aff’g without op. 883 F. Supp. 678 (M.D. Fla. 1995); Scapa Tapes N. Am. v. Avery Dennison Corp., 384 F. Supp. 2d 544 (D. Conn. 2005); Alexander v. FBI, 186 F.R.D. 144 (D.D.C. 1999); Rhoads v. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp., 956 F. Supp. 1239 (D. Md. 1997), aff’d in part and vacated in part, 257 F.3d 373 (4th Cir. 2001); Bray v. Founders C.D., LLC, 2004 Conn. Super. LEXIS 1596 (Hartford J.D., June 22, 2004).

Selected Professional & Community Activities

Member & Secretary, Connecticut Legislative Commission on the Death Penalty (2001-2003); Life Fellow, James W. Cooper Fellows, Connecticut Bar Foundation; Trustee, University of Connecticut Law School Foundation; Barrister, Oliver Ellsworth American Inn of Court, Hartford, CT (2002-2005), Pupil, Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court (1996-1998); Past President, Holy Cross Club of Hartford (2003-2005) and donor of Holy Cross Book Prize to Farmington (CT) High School (2008 - ); Trustee, John G. Martin Foundation (1998 – present); Director, Hartford Symphony Orchestra (2000-2006); Corporator, Hartford Hospital (2003 – present); Recipient, Connecticut Secretary of the State's Public Service Award (2003); Connecticut Bar Association Pro Bono Honor Roll (2001); Chair, Grounds and Golf Course Committee, Hartford Golf Club (2007-president); Chair, Golf Course Committee, 2008 United States Golf Association Girls’ Junior Championship.

Other Recognition

Attorney Flynn was selected in the practice area of Business Litigation for inclusion in the 2007 and 2008 editions of Connecticut Super Lawyers® Magazine and the Super Lawyers® supplement to Connecticut Magazine.  The methods by which attorneys were selected for inclusion in those publications appear here: 2007 (see page 4), 2008.  For a helpful discussion of the rules governing how an attorney advertisement may mention recognitions and ratings that might be construed as comparative, please see the following decisions of the authority that regulates lawyer advertising in Connecticut: opinion, opinion and opinion.