Michael P. Flanagan
Michael Patrick Flanagan
President, Flanagan Consulting LLC
Michael Patrick Flanagan represented the 5th District of Illinois in the historic 104th Congress. He sat on the Committees on the Judiciary, Government Reform and Oversight, and Veterans' Affairs. He was Vice Chairman of the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Vice Chairman of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee's Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, and Co-Chair of the House Republican Urban Caucus. He was appointed to the House-Senate Conference Committee for the Telecommunications Act of 1995.
Prior to his Congressional Service, Michael was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Field Artillery. He was selected to study Greek at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, and was then assigned to Greece as a Combat Arms Officer, specializing in atomic weapons. During his four years of active duty, he was promoted to First Lieutenant and was on the list of those selected for promotion to Captain when he left active duty to attend law school at Loyola University. After passing the bar, Michael volunteered to return to active duty, assigned to Headquarters, U.S. Armed Forces Central Command, at Fort McPherson, Georgia.
After leaving Congress, Michael and his firm, Flanagan Consullting LLC, have represented both large and small corporations, organizations, and associations. Current and past clients include - American Airlines, Comcast, the Assyrian American League, P2P United, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce/Transportation for Illinois Coalition, 321 Studios, Evergreen International Aviation, General Motors, and several municipalities in Illinois along with many others.
