Timothy P. Flynn
Phone: 1-248-625-0600 ext. 315
Fax: 1-248-625-6996
Email: tflynn@karlstromcooney.com
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Timothy P. Flynn has been licensed to practice law in Michigan since 1989. He is a general practitioner representing clients in divorce and family law, criminal law, and probate litigation with an appellate component in each of these areas.
Among the first attorneys in Michigan to complete the Family Law Certificate Program through the Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Ann Arbor, MI, Flynn appears in the Family Courts throughout Southeast Michigan.
Flynn also represents clients in criminal jury trials across Michigan. In addition to a retained clientele, he is approved to defend major felony assignments by the Oakland County Circuit Court Administrator and is a roster attorney for the Michigan Appellate Assigned Counsel System. His steady-diet of criminal defense court-appointments hones Flynn’s litigation skills, making sure clients accused of serious crimes receive outstanding representation at the preliminary examination stage, during trial, and if necessary, on appeal.
Special assignments related to Flynn’s criminal practice include:
Defense counsel for the 52/2nd District Sobriety Court in Clarkston, MI from its inception in 2004, until January 2009.
Special Assistant Attorney General for the felony child support unit of the Michigan Attorney General.
Mr. Flynn was appointed in 2003 by the Attorney General to serve Oakland County Probate Court as a Public Administrator. His service as a professional fiduciary in more than 100 probate court cases has provided extensive experience in probate litigation and a wide range of elder law issues. As a court-appointed professional fiduciary, he serves as a guardian, conservator, personal representative, and trustee for a variety of incapacitated individuals, estates and trusts.
In addition to his trial work, Mr. Flynn maintains a robust appellate practice, appearing in the Michigan Supreme Court, Michigan Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals.
Mr. Flynn’s most recent work at the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is the published opinion in United States v Bowers, a case that involved the scope of the commerce clause requirement in a federal criminal statute. His work at the Michigan Supreme Court resulted in the published decision in People v Gillis which involved the “felony-murder” rule.
Flynn’s appellate practice is grounded in his service as a pre-hearing attorney for the Michigan Court of Appeals in Lansing, MI, and through five-years as an associate attorney in the appellate section of one of Michigan’s largest private law firms. Continuing his close connection to appellate jurisprudence, Mr. Flynn currently serves as an appellate mediator on issues of family law for the Michigan Court of Appeals.
In the mid-1990s, when his children were little, Flynn was an Assistant Professor and Director of Legal Studies at the University of Detroit Mercy. He is published in the UDM Law Review with an article on civil rights claims in the law enforcement seizure context. He was instrumental in the development and delivery of an Internet-based pedagogy for legal assistants. Flynn trained paralegals in all aspects of assisting attorneys in the private firm context, publishing a comprehensive article on this subject in the Michigan Bar Journal. This experience serves Flynn’s present clients through his utilization of a highly-trained staff of paraprofessionals that effectively deliver timely legal services for reasonable fees.
Flynn is a member of the family and criminal law sections of both the State Bar of Michigan and the American Bar Association. He also is a member of the Oakland County Bar Association (serving on the Citizens’ Alliance Committee and Advisory Board), Macomb County Bar Association, Washtenaw County Bar Association, and the Michigan Guardianship Association. Flynn is a member of both the Clarkston Area and Waterford Area Chambers of Commerce.
Mr. Flynn received his Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit in 1988 and his Bachelor of Arts with honors from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, in 1984.
