Michael J. Flannery

Michael J. Flannery joined Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca in 2012, and has represented workers with real grievances, purchasers of defective products, and the victims of antitrust, securities and other fraud for nearly 30 years.

Some of his most significant victories have benefited aggrieved workers:

• Mr. Flannery and his team obtained the partial affirmance, by the Supreme Court of Missouri, of a $113.7 million dollar verdict and summary judgment in favor of 13,000 correctional officers owed backpay for thousands of hours of uncompensated work. After the Missouri Supreme Court largely upheld the State’s liability, CGL and its co-counsel settled the case for more than the original verdict. (See Spotlight Cases)
• Mr. Flannery and his team obtained a jury award of over $70 million on behalf of thousands of low paid, restricted earnings college assistant coaches who were wrongfully denied fair pay by their schools as part of a misguided NCAA effort to cut costs that violated the federal antitrust laws.
• Mr. Flannery and his team represented Hispanic and female employees of the Regents of the University of California working in New Mexico at Los Alamos National Laboratory (“LANL”), who alleged that LANL discriminated against them on pay, promotion, educational opportunities and other terms and conditions of employment. The case resulted in a $12 million cash settlement.

Mr. Flannery has also successfully represented:

• Drivers who alleged privacy violations and excessive fines from improper operation of Orange County, California toll roads. This litigation has recently settled, with substantial monetary relief provided to those affected.
• Investors who lost money in an alleged securities fraud by Hollywood Video and the company’s underwriters in connection with a public stock offering. A multi-million-dollar settlement for the injured investors was obtained on the eve of trial.
• Investors alleging that the NASDAQ market-makers engaged in an industry-wide conspiracy to set and maintain wide spreads.  The case was settled for a total of $1.027 billion, at the time the largest antitrust settlement ever.
• Businesses and consumers who were forced to pay more for an important anti-anxiety medication, Buspar, because of illegal actions of the drug’s manufacturer, Bristol-Myers Squibb. The case resulted in a multi-million-dollar cash settlement.
• Homeowners across the nation whose homes were constructed with defective Entran II hose. The case was settled for over $300 million.
• Owners who allege that their Toyota Prius vehicles were defective, and that Toyota had concealed the true nature of the defect, notwithstanding multiple recalls.  The case was recently settled, with substantial monetary and warranty relief available to members of the affected settlement class.

Mr. Flannery is admitted to practice in four states (Missouri; California; District of Columbia; Virginia) as well as numerous federal courts.  He earned his law degree from The College of William and Mary, Marshal-Wythe School of Law, where he was a member of the William and Mary Law Review.

Mr. Flannery resides in St. Louis, Missouri, where he serves his community through pro bono legal services and charitable fundraising on behalf of local groups that serve the St. Louis region through addiction treatment, counseling and recovery-related social services.

Education

• J.D., College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law (1991) Member, William and Mary Law Review
• B.A., University of Notre Dame (1985)

Substantive Practice Areas

• Antitrust
• Consumer Protection
• Product Defect
• Securities
• Civil Rights

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• District of Columbia
• California
• Missouri

Court Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals (Third and Ninth Circuits)
• U.S. District Court, E.D. of Missouri
• U.S. District Court, W.D. of Missouri
• U.S. District Court, S.D. of Illinois
• U.S. District Court, N.D. of Illinois
• U.S. District Court, C.D. of Illinois
• U.S. District Court, N.D. of California
• U.S. District Court, S.D. of California
• U.S. District Court, C.D. of California
• U.S. District Court, E.D. of California
• U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Professional Affiliations

• Public Justice