FLORHAM PARK, NJ (May 24, 2023) – Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. proudly announces that firm managing principal Diana Manning was installed as Secretary of the New Jersey State Bar Association. The NJSBA is the state's largest professional organization of judges, lawyers, and legal professionals. Manning was sworn in on May 18, 2023 during the NJSBA’s 2023 Annual Convention in Atlantic City.
"I am honored to have the opportunity to serve the members of the NJSBA," said Manning. "Observing the impact that those who have come before me have had on the legal community is inspiring, and I look forward to helping further the Association’s mission."
Manning is Bressler's first female firm managing principal. She leads the firm's Appellate and Business and Commercial Litigation practice groups. She is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney. Manning is a Trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, a Vice Chair of the Civil Trial Bar Section and a former Trustee of the NJSBA. Diana is a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court-appointed Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct, a Past Chair of the Association's Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee and a Past Chair of the District XA Ethics Committee.
In addition, Manning is President of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association and past President of the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey and Morris County Bar Association and served on the Board of Trustees for the Morris County Bar Foundation, CASA of Morris and Sussex Counties, Inc., and Literacy Volunteers of America-Bergen County.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, Manning received her J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law and her B.A. from Rutgers College.