John P. Flannery is listed in "Who's Who in America", a regular guest commentator on tv and radio on law and politics including MSNBC, CNN, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, HLN, and CNBC.In private practice at the mid-town Manhattan law firm of Poletti Friedin Prashker Feldman & Gartner (founded by FDR Jr.), John represented all the airlines in the Air Traffic Controllers Strike in 1981, and negotiated a settlement for the Airlines amounting to $28,869,000.00. John served twice on Capitol Hill. On the Senate side as Special Counsel to the U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee (appointed by Chairman Strom Thurmond to investigate Quadaffi's efforts to subvert American foreign policy), and then as Special Counsel to the U.S. Senate Labor Committee (appointed by Chairman Orrin Hatch to investigate the confirmation hearings of former Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan). On the House side, he served again as Special Counsel, investigating the mob's influence in the Laborers International Union, also their influence on the Teamsters International Union, and he made a nationwide assessment of the "American Worker". His most challenging assignment on the Hill, however, was his work on the historic Impeachment proceedings of President William Jefferson Clinton (for the democratic minority). After Congress, John returned to practice at Campbell Miller Zimmerman, PC (http://www.cmzlaw.com/) as "Of Counsel" and then became a member of the firm; the firm changed its name to Campbell Flannery PC. Mr. Flannery holds undergraduate degrees in Physics (BS, Fordham) and Industrial Engineering (BS, Columbia), a law degree (J.D., Columbia), and a Masters Degree (Masters in Information Science, GW Graduate Business School). Contact - JonFlan@aol.com or http://www.johnpflannery.com/Specialties: John has a complex civil and criminal practice, and handles appeals (both civil and criminal), at the federal and state level.