Background
Flannery, Ellen Joanne was born on December 13, 1951 in Brooklyn. Daughter of William Rowan and Mary Jane (Hamilla) Flannery.
Flannery, Ellen Joanne was born on December 13, 1951 in Brooklyn. Daughter of William Rowan and Mary Jane (Hamilla) Flannery.
AB cum laude, Mount Holyoke College, 1973; Juris Doctor cum laude, Boston University, 1978.
Special assistant to commissioner of health, Massachusetts Department Public Health, Boston, 1973-1975; law clerk, United States Court Appeals District of Columbia circuit, Washington, 1978-1979; associate, Covington & Burling, Washington, 1979-1986; partner, Covington & Burling, Washington, since 1986. Lecturer insurance University of Virginia School Law, 1984-1990, Boston University School Law, 1993, U. Maryland. School Law, 1994; member National Conference Lawyers and Scientists, American Association for the Advancement of Science-American Bar Association, 1989-1992.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (Chairman of Commission medical practice 1987-1988, chairman life scis division 1982-1984, 88-91, vice chair food and drug law committee 1991-1997, chairman of the section science and technical 1992-1993, delegate of science and technical section to house of deals since 1993, chairman coordinating group on bioethics andthe law since 1998).