 In 1985, Governor William A. O'Neill first appointed Judge Flynn to the bench.He sat in all of the Superior courts of Fairfield and New Haven Counties on criminal and civil jury and court cases and served as Assistant Administrative Judge in Waterbury in 1988 and as Assistant Administrative Judge in the Ansonia/Milford District in 1997.Named Administrative Judge in 1998, he served until his appointment as Deputy Chief Court Administrator in 1999.