Thomas Aquinas Flannery

Personal

Birthday: 
5/10/1918
Birthplace: 
Washington, DC
Date of Death: 
9/20/2007
Place of Death: 
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1940-1942, 1945-1948, 1962-1969
U.S. Army, Air Corps, 1942-1945
Trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1948-1950
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1950-1962
U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, 1969-1971

Education

Name of School: 

Catholic University of America - School of Law

The School of Law at The Catholic University of America is committed to excellence in legal education within the profound intellectual tradition of the Church. Giving priority to the sacred dignity and uniqueness of each human person, the law school program is a standing invitation for men and women to pursue a professional calling fully informed by faith, moral inquiry and respect for the rule of law. The rigorous course of study embodies, in the words of the university's first rector, "the harmony between reason and revelation . . . [and] the genius of America."

Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1940

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Court Name: 

District of Columbia District Court

President Nominating: 
Richard M. Nixon
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
12/6/1971
Retirement from Active Service: 
5/10/1985
Termination Date: 
9/20/2007
Termination Reason: 
Death