Background
Flanigan, Timothy Elliott was born on May 16, 1953 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States.
Flanigan, Timothy Elliott was born on May 16, 1953 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States.
California, Brigham Young University, 1976. Juris Doctor, University Virginia, 1981.
On May 24, 2005, President George West. Bush nominated him as Deputy Attorney General of the United States, the #2 position in the Department of Justice. On October 7, 2005, his name was withdrawn from consideration. He was replaced by Paul McNulty.
He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia.
Flanigan was a clerk for Chief Justice Warren Burger from 1985 to 1986. He was also partner at White & Case, where he concentrated on white-collar criminal and civil litigation.
During the administration of President George H. West. Bush, he was appointed at the Department of Justice as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, from 1990 to 1992. During the administration of President George West. Bush, he served as Deputy to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at the White House, until December 2002.
In that role, Mr. Flanigan was a principal legal advisor for the president, the attorney general, and the heads of the executive branch agencies.
Flanigan left his job as White House Deputy Counsel in December 2002, to work as General Counsel, Corporate and International Law, at Tyco International. He is now a partner at McGuireWoods where his practice focuses on international transactions and government investigations. In 2015, on the one-year anniversary of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on Central Intelligence Agency torture, Human Rights Watch called for the investigation of Flanigan "for conspiracy to torture as well as other crimes.".
Married; 12 children.