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Sean Flammer

Associate General Counsel

Sean Flammer specializes in Title IX, student affairs disputes, employment issues, constitutional litigation, and general litigation.

Sean graduated with High Honors and with the Order of the Coif distinction from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law in 2007. After clerking for a federal appellate judge, Sean joined a large litigation firm in Austin. He practiced trial and appellate litigation for over 4 years before he joined the Office of Attorney General. At the Attorney General’s office, Sean spent over 5 years representing universities and other state agencies in complex litigation.  He had a heavy docket of litigating and advising clients on Title IX/due-process matters. He has tried cases in federal and state court and argued at courts of appeals in both state and federal court. He is a former adjunct professor at UT Law and has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in high-profile litigation. 

Sean is active in the Austin legal community.  He is a former member of the Lochridge Inns of Court and is the former Chair of the Austin Bar Association’s Civil Litigation Section.  Before law school, Sean was a Teach for America teacher in the Mississippi Delta and attended Grinnell College.