Areas of Practice
News & Events
Areas of Practice
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Professional Liability
Education
J.D.,
Rutgers University School of Law – Newark, 1993
B.A.,
Rutgers College, Rutgers University, 1990
Bar Admissions
New Jersey, 1993
New York, 1994
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1993
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2001
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2005
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2007
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association, Malpractice Insurance Committee and Appellate Practice Committee
Morris County State Bar Association
Professional Liability Underwriting Society
New Jersey Defense Association
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Diana C. Manning Member
New Jersey
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New York
Tel: 973.514.1200 | Direct: 973.660.4439 Fax: 973.514.1660 dmanning@bressler.com |
Ms. Manning’s practice focuses on litigation and appellate advocacy. She has extensive experience handling complex claims, including defending professionals in negligence and breach of fiduciary duty claims. As part of her practice, she appears in both state and federal courts, and argues frequently in the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey.
Ms. Manning regularly speaks and publishes on topical issues. Ms. Manning has authored chapters for LexisNexis Practice Guides on Commercial and Personal Injury Litigation, and has also provided expert commentary for LexisNexis on civil procedure and insurance issues. She is a contributing author for the New Jersey segment of the American Bar Association’s "50 State Survey of Legal Malpractice Law" web publication. She has been a featured speaker at seminars presented by New Jersey’s Institute of Continuing Legal Education and the New Jersey State Bar Association.
Ms. Manning is an active member of the legal community. She is appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court to the District XA Ethics Committee, as well as its Committee on Women in the Courts. She is the Secretary of the Morris County Bar Association, and the Treasurer/Secretary of Trial Attorneys of New Jersey.
Ms. Manning was selected as a 2009 and 2010 New Jersey Super Lawyer. She was also selected as one of the New Jersey Law Journal’s 2007 "40 Under 40."
News & Events
Firm Announcements
Eight Bressler, Amery & Ross Attorneys Selected as 2010 New Jersey Super Lawyers
Diana C. Manning Speaks at NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education's 2010 Legal Malpractice Update
Diana C. Manning Argues Before the New Jersey Supreme Court
Diana C. Manning Installed as Secretary of the Morris County Bar Association
Diana C. Manning Selected as 2009 Corporate Counsel Super Lawyer
Diana C. Manning to speak at the 2009 NJSBA Annual Meeting & Convention
Mark Tallmadge & Diana Manning Co-Instructors at Skills & Methods Course
Diana C. Manning to speak at ICLE Legal Malpractice Update
Ten Bressler, Amery & Ross Attorneys Selected as 2009 New Jersey Super Lawyers
Diana C. Manning Authors ABA Article
Diana C. Manning Appointed to the Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts
Diana C. Manning And Mark M. Tallmadge Co-Author LexisNexis Practice GuideTwo Bressler, Amery & Ross Attorneys Selected as 2007 New Jersey Rising Stars
Diana C. Manning Selected as One of the New Jersey Law Journal's "40 Under 40"Two Bressler, Amery & Ross Attorneys Selected as 2006 New Jersey Rising Stars
Speaking Engagements
The Changing Landscape: The Impact of Financial Regulatory and Health Care Reform on the U.S. Economy Seminar 2010 ICLE Legal Malpractice Update NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention Skills & Methods Course Spring 2009 Skills And Methods Course Spring 2008 2008 ICLE Legal Malpractice UpdatePublications
Legal Malpractice Law Review – Contributor to an educational blog for law students, lawyers and insurance industry professionals.
American Bar Association50 State Survey of Legal Malpractice Law: New Jersey Section. (Available to ABA members for review at abanet.org).
LEXISNEXIS Practice Guide, New Jersey Commercial Litigation, 2009 Edition, Author – Chapter 1 (Corporate Governance; Liability of Directors And Officers); Co-author – Chapter 3 (Restrictive Covenants), and Chapter 4 (Intentional Interference with Contractual Relations or Prospective Economic Advantage)
Hot Tips for Hot Litigators at the 2008 New Jersey State Bar Association Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey - May 21, 2008
2008 ICLE Legal Malpractice Update: Trial Demonstration for a Legal Malpractice Claim (New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, NJ - March 15, 2008)
Lexis/NexisExpert Commentaries: Proposed Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 (Available for review at Lexis.com)
LEXISNEXIS Practice Guide, New Jersey Personal Injury Litigation
, 2007Edition, Author – Chapter 4 (Professional Liability); Co-author –
Chapter 3 (Product Liability)
Mandatory Skills and Methods Course for All First Year Lawyers, Spring 2008: Ethics and Professional Responsibility (Passaic County Police Academy, NJ - May 12-13, 2008)
"The Expansion of Recoverable Damages in Legal Malpractice Actions Impacts Us All," New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, December 2003