November 1997 to present. Sole member of Michael F. Flanagan, L.L.C. and Flanagan & Associates, L.L.C. Flanagan’s clients include Tutera Group and its various related subsidiaries and affiliates (a large privately owned nursing home management company that own or manages anywhere between 40 – 85 long term care facilities in numerous states), and various lenders to long term care owners and operators. Flanagan currently concentrates his practice in the areas of health care, corporate, bankruptcy, debtor/creditor rights, commercial law and business workouts primarily involving long term care facilities. Flanagan has assisted numerous lenders, indenture trustees, bondholders and owners of health care facilities, including acting as a receiver on numerous facilities. Flanagan is well versed in corporate and regulatory matters involving long term care facilities and has developed a special expertise in advising and consulting with owners, operators and/or lenders to long term care facilities that are experiencing financial or other difficulties in connection with the operation of their facilities. He has acted as borrower’s counsel on matters involving hundreds of millions of dollars in conventional, HUD and tax-exempt bond financing. Flanagan also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Central Bank of Kansas City.

May 1988 – November 1997. Associate (May 1988 to November 1994) and Equity Shareholder (November 1994 to November 1997) with Polsinelli P.C. During his employment at Polsinelli, Flanagan represented numerous clients in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Flanagan drafted and successfully confirmed a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for a not-for-profit nursing home owner that owed secured and unsecured debts in excess of $100 million. At the time, this chapter 11 case was the second largest ever filed in the Western District of Missouri and the largest involving a not-for-profit owner of nursing homes. Flanagan’s bankruptcy practice required that he handle various aspects of corporate, real estate, bond and tax law matters as each has related to bankruptcy cases. Flanagan has negotiated numerous leases, asset purchase agreements, loan agreements, real estate contracts, debtor in possession financing agreements and cash collateral orders, as well as represented clients in negotiations or disputes involving various governmental agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service and the Environmental Protection Agency. While at Polsinelli, Flanagan also served as the Chairman of the Recruiting Committee.