James (Jim) P. Flynn

“I am humbled to have been chosen among such esteemed, leading practitioners and professionals,” Jim said. “Personally, to embrace the mantle of firm leadership was a challenge because I never saw myself as a business leader. But I got by that by focusing on my lifelong love of learning and teamwork—law firm leadership is really just doing what needs to be done to make the team better. By study, commitment, and a desire to be the best I can be, I hope to continue growing as a business leader and to keep helping drive the Firm’s shared vision and values forward.”

“Thus, a lawyer’s success is often defined by the border between effective and ineffective communication.”

Jim has been selected to the Legal Industry Advisory Board.

“The Firm has proudly championed the WI since its founding,” said Jim. “Our commitment to our women attorneys has been a mainstay of the success of the WI, and the Firm more generally. Our women attorneys’ commitment to the WI, in turn, has been a key to that continuing success. Two decades after its inception, the WI remains an integral and dynamic component of our ongoing efforts to strengthen diversity, equity, and inclusion and to increase the number of women attorneys in the Firm and among our equity partnership and leadership ranks. Today, we are proud that nearly half of EBG attorneys are women.”

“We are committed to continue moving the needle on this important issue, which is integral to our Core Values as a Firm,” Jim noted.

As part of our 40th Annual Workforce Management Briefing series, Jim discussed the importance of wellness and the vertical, and horizontal, responsibility of attorneys in law firms and legal departments to take care of co-equals. He goes on to share that, in taking this approach, we reinforce the well-being of the team and inspire individuals to achieve at their highest level. For video clips from the full panel discussion, see below.

As part of our 40th Annual Workforce Management Briefing series, attorney Jim Flynn co-presented on “Ethics Issues During (and After) a Pandemic,” and noted during the program that “Th[e]se things are not just good management tactics—it is good ethics. . . . We need to take care of our co-equals and our teams. . . . Teach, in addition to individual excellence, that sense of team and team work. I think that’s vitally important and creates a broader safety net that both prevents ethical violations and . . . keeps people performing at the highest level. . . . There is a notion not only of individual wellness but of optimal performance.”

The John C. Lifland American Inn of Court is dedicated to fostering and developing the practice of federal litigation and intellectual property (IP) law. Jim will lead this specific Inn as Co-Director by drawing on his practice experience in IP, his role as EBG’s Managing Director, and his ongoing advocacy of the role civility and values must have in successful law firms and for successful lawyers. For many years he has devoted his time and attention to the firm’s strategic mission, importantly, the role firm culture plays in shaping and supporting the firm’s mission. In doing that, Jim has championed an enduring Values Commitment to qualities shared by the American Inns of Court, including professional growth, mentorship, collaboration, high ethical standards, and focused excellence.

In this announcement, Jim recognizes the firm’s second consecutive year of earning a top score on the Disability Equality Index®, and its ongoing efforts to make an inclusive workspace for all.

Jim discusses how the firm’s participation in the Mansfield Rule aligns with its Core Values and commitment to maintain a diverse workforce.

In this article, Jim reflects on the firm’s strategic alliance with Deloitte Legal and the future of the marketplace as another member of the Big Four partners with a law firm to offer legal services to clients.

In this article, Jim discusses Epstein Becker Green’s plans for their 2021 Summer Associate program, including the firm’s intention to onboard associates virtually while extending the invitation to work in the office if they are comfortable doing so.

“Thought leadership is one of EBG’s Core Values, and the development of thought leadership has been in the DNA of the firm since its inception,” Jim comments. “We are very pleased that Law360, a premier, go-to platform for timely legal news and analysis, has asked us to contribute in this way.”

In this podcast, Jim, Managing Director of Epstein Becker Green, discusses how the pandemic has broken down barriers between offices, the ways in which the firm addresses the myriad of challenges facing all of us in the current moment, and how a multinational network is an asset when you’re facing adversity.

In this article, Jim discusses what intellectual property lawyers and others can do, and have been doing, as we practice law in the time of COVID.

In this article, Jim outlines why the world needs resilient, optimistic lawyers who can cope with the changes in the profession as well as the many legal issues clients need help addressing during the coronavirus pandemic.

In this article, Jim, with Mark E. Lutes, Chair of the firm’s Board of Directors, and David W. Garland, Member of the Firm and Chair of the firm’s National Employment, Labor & Workforce Management Steering Committee, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on clients and the firm.

In this article, Jim is interviewed concerning why the firm chose to expand its parental leave benefits, for all employees.

Epstein Becker Green and Deloitte Legal joined forces to serve the global employment and workforce needs of clients. Jim, with Steven Di Fiore, Chief Operating Officer, and Deloitte directors, explains why the alliance will work and the benefits of their approach featuring multidisciplinary teams of business and legal professionals.

Epstein Becker Green and Deloitte Legal announce innovative alliance. Jim, Steven Di Fiore, and Deloitte Legal spokesman discuss the prospects and potential this brings to each alliance partner, their clients, and the market.

Values Reflecting Thoughtfulness – video – Jim speaks about why the firm values thoughtfulness in all its many meanings.

Guiding Excellence in Others – video – Jim discusses pride in others at the firm excelling.

Fostering Ideas and Leadership – video – Jim addresses the importance of openness to ideas and stepping into opportunity to make an impact.

In this article, Jim asserts that when it comes to defending most corporations, defense is a team game. The best image for the champion trial attorney should come from a team sport — Michael Jordan seems the right role model, or maybe Bill Russell, the player-coach. Law firms that can implement such an ethos internally and market it externally stand the best chance of successful and repeat retentions by those in the corporate world, where teamwork is highly valued.