Kelley Kronenberg, a nationwide full-service law firm, has announced that Richard Flood has been promoted to an Attorney with the firm’s Chicago office. Mr. Flood was formerly a law clerk with the firm, and will focus his practice on the defense of claims arising under the Longshore and Harbor Act and the Defense Base Act (DBA).

In 2012, Mr. Flood published “Inferring Race by Using Ancestry Informative Markers: (AIMS) as a Forensic Technique in the Courtroom” in the Criminal Law Bulletin. While in law school, he worked as a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.

Mr. Flood received his undergraduate degree in Business Management from Louisiana State University. He then obtained his law degree from University of California, Davis. While in law school, he served as the Articles Editor for the UC Davis Law Journal.  He is licensed to practice law in Illinois and is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association and the American Bar Association.