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Diana C. Manning Firm Managing Principal - Bressler, Amery & Ross, PC
Diana C. Manning
Firm Managing Principal

Florham Park | New York
t 973.660.4439 | f 973.629.1959
t 212.425.9300

    dmanning@bressler.com

Diana Manning is Bressler’s Managing Principal. Diana has over two                    325 Columbia Turnpike
                                                                                      Suite 301
decades of experience in complex commercial litigation at both the trial and
                                                                                      Florham Park, NJ 07932
appellate levels. Diana is a Principal in Bressler’s New Jersey office, is Co-
Chair of the firm’s Business and Commercial Litigation practice group, and            17 State Street
                                                                                      34th Floor
spearheads the firm’s Appellate practice team. Diana has developed a                  New York, NY 10004
successful track record of trial verdicts and settlements, especially in
complex matters. She also has a reputation as a strategic, thoughtful, and            AREAS OF PRACTICE
fearless advocate for all of her clients.                                             Alternative Dispute Resolution

A distinguished trial lawyer, Diana is Certified by the Supreme Court of New          Appellate
Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney. She is also an accomplished appellate lawyer        Business & Commercial
who has participated in six matters before the New Jersey Supreme Court,              Litigation
including arguing four times. Diana is an avid presenter and author on                Class Action and Multi-District
business litigation, legal ethics, and professional liability. She is the author of   Litigation
the New Jersey Chapter of The Law of Lawyer’s Liability: Fifty-State Survey           Class Action and Multi-District
of Legal Malpractice, ABA/First Chair Press, which provides an overview of            Litigation
the laws governing attorney malpractice in each state.                                COVID-19 Task Force
                                                                                      Insurance Coverage Disputes &
To date, Diana’s distinguished career has brought her offices and honors
                                                                                      Bad Faith Claims
from many professional and legal industry organizations. Diana served on
                                                                                      Professional Liability
the District XA Ethics Committee for 10 years and was appointed Chair by
the New Jersey Supreme Court from 2017-2019, she is a member of the                   EDUCATION
New Jersey State Bar Association’s Board of Trustees, and is currently Chair
                                                                                      ■   Rutgers University School of
of its Amicus Committee, and Vice Chair of its Appellate Practice                         Law – Newark, J.D., 1993
Committee. She is also President-Elect of the New Jersey Women Lawyers
                                                                                      ■   Rutgers College, Rutgers
Association, and is a Past President of Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, the                University, B.A., 1990
Morris County Bar Association, and the Morris County Bar Foundation.
                                                                                      ADMISSIONS
Awards & Accolades                                                                    New Jersey

■   Included in the list of the Best Lawyers in America®, 2015-2022                   New York
                                                                                      U.S. District Court, District of
                                                                                      New Jersey

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■   Received the "Professional Lawyer of the Year" Award presented by the      U.S. District Court, Southern
                                                                               District of New York
    New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law as a
    representative of New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, 2021               U.S. Court of Appeals, Third
                                                                               Circuit
■   Received the Civil Practice Achievement Award presented by the Essex
                                                                               U.S. Court of Appeals, Second
    County Bar Association, 2022
                                                                               Circuit
■   Selected to the list of Super Lawyers, "Top 100 Lawyers in New Jersey,"
                                                                               U.S. Supreme Court
    2018-2022
                                                                               U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District
■   Selected to the list of Super Lawyers, “Top 50 Women Lawyers in New        of New Jersey
    Jersey,” 2013, 2017-2022
■   Selected to the list of the New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2009-2022
■   Included in the list of Morris Essex Health & Life Magazine's "Morris
    County's Top Lawyers," 2022
■   Selected to receive the Civil Practice Award presented by the Morris
    County Bar Association, 2021
■   Recognized in the NJBIZ Best 50 Women in Business Honoree List, 2021
■   Recognized in the NJBIZ Power 50 in Law List, 2021
■   Recognized in the NJBIZ 2021 Leaders in Law Honoree List, 2021
■   Recognized as an Honorable Mention for the Enterprising Women in
    Commerce Legal Award by CIANJ, 2021
■   Received the Best Lawyers™ 2020 Professional Malpractice Law –
    Defendants "Lawyer of the Year" award in Newark
■   Selected to the list of the New Jersey Law Journal's "Top Women in Law,"
    2016, 2020
■   Recognized in the NJBIZ Vanguard Series: "Leaders in Law," 2018
■   Received the "Professional Lawyer of the Year" Award presented by the
    New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law as a
    representative of the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, 2017
■   Received the "Professional Lawyer of the Year" Award presented by the
    New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law as a
    representative of the Morris County Bar Association, 2017
■   Recognized on the Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” List, 2006-2007
■   Selected to the list of Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent lawyers
■   Included in the list of Martindale-Hubbell's “Bar Register of Preeminent
    Women Lawyers,” 2012-2013
■   Recognized on the list of the New Jersey Law Journal’s “40 Under 40,”
    2007

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No aspect of this or any advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. A description of
the award methodologies can be found here.

Experience
■   Meisels v. Fox Rothschild LLP, 240 N.J. 286 (2020)
■   Dimitrakopoulos v. Borrus, Goldin, Foley, Vignuolo, Hyman and Stahl, P.C., 237 N.J. 91 (2019)
■   Francese v. Am. Modern Ins. Grp., Inc., 383 F. Supp. 3d 336 (D.N.J. 2019)
■   Dimitrakopoulos v. Borrus, Goldin, Foley, Vignuolo, Hyman and Stahl,C., 237 N.J. 91 (2019), wherein the New
    Jersey Supreme Court held that the entire controversy doctrine bars a legal malpractice claim asserted by a
    former client who has failed to assert the claim in a previous fee collection action brought by the client’s
    attorney, provided the client had a fair and reasonable opportunity to assert the claim in the collection action.
■   In re Accutane Litigation, 234 N.J. 340 (2018), the seminal case on admissibility of expert scientific testimony
    in which the New Jersey Supreme Court adopted consideration of the federal Daubert standards, and
    emphasized a trial court’s proper “gatekeeping” role in seeking to disallow generally unreliable, unsound, and
    unaccepted expert testimony from reaching a jury.
■   Motorworld, Inc. v. Benkendorf, 228 N.J. 311 (2017), which dealt with novel issues of interpretation related to
    New Jersey’s Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act.
■   Guido v. Duane Morris, LLP, 202 N.J. 79 (2010), a landmark case that involved the impact of a settlement on a
    legal malpractice claim. Kranz v. Tiger, 390 N.J. Super. 135 (App. Div.), den., 192 N.J. 294 (2007)
■   Stoeckel v. Twp. of Knowlton, 387 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div.), den., 188 N.J. 489 (2006)
■   Jerista v. Murray, 185 N.J. 175 (2005)
■   Grzanka v. Pfeifer, 301 N.J. Super. 563 (App. Div. 1997), den., 154 NJ 607 (1998)

News & Alerts
Principals Cynthia J. Borrelli and Loren L. Pierce Named Honorees for NJBIZ 2022 Leaders in Law
Firm News, 05.09.2022

Principals Diana C. Manning and Michael A. Shifrin Appointed to Law360 2022 Editorial Boards
Firm News, 05.09.2022

Diana Manning Receives Essex County Bar Association 2022 Civil Practice Achievement Award
Firm News, 05.03.2022

Bressler, Amery & Ross Principal Loren L. Pierce Receives Women’s Initiative & Leaders In The Law (WILL)
Platinum Award
Firm News, 04.26.2022

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Bressler, Amery & Ross Principals Carole Miller & Andrea Greene Wells Selected for Birmingham Business
Journal's Best of the Bar Awards Program
Firm News, 04.11.2022

Bressler, Amery & Ross Principal Loren L. Pierce Appointed to the New Jersey State Bar Foundation Board of
Trustees
Firm News, 04.04.2022

3 Bressler, Amery & Ross Principals Named 2022 Morris County Top Lawyers by Morris Essex Health & Life
Magazine
Firm News, Morris/Essex Health & Life Magazine, 03.23.2022

Bressler, Amery & Ross Opens Austin Office with Asset Management and Financial Institutions Principal Ronak
V. Patel
Firm News, 03.22.2022

13 Bressler Attorneys Recognized as 2022 Super Lawyers in New Jersey
Firm News, 03.18.2022

Bressler, Amery & Ross Names Thomas A. Roberts as Office Managing Principal of the Firm’s New York Office
Firm News, 02.09.2022

Bressler, Amery & Ross Welcomes Distinguished Asset Management and Financial Institutions Lawyer Ronak V.
Patel to the Firm’s Texas Team
Firm News, 01.31.2022

Managing Principal Diana Manning Receives 2021 Professional Lawyer of the Year Award from NJ Commission
on Professionalism in the Law
Firm News, 11.16.2021

Bressler, Amery & Ross Welcomes Family & Corporate Real Estate Lawyer David T. O’Sullivan as Principal in NJ
Office
Firm News, 10.14.2021

Bressler, Amery & Ross Managing Principal Diana Manning Named Among NJBIZ Best 50 Women in Business
10.04.2021

Bressler, Amery & Ross Joins Midsize Mansfield Reaffirming its Commitment to Increase Law Firm DE&I
Firm News, 09.27.2021

44 Bressler Attorneys Recognized By Best Lawyers in America 2022, Including 1 “Lawyer of the Year” and 13
“Ones to Watch”
Firm News, 08.19.2021

Bressler, Amery & Ross Receives Law360's Regional Powerhouses Award
Firm News, 08.10.2021

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Bressler, Amery & Ross Managing Principal Diana Manning Selected to NJBIZ 2021 Power 50 in Law
Firm News, 07.26.2021

Bressler, Amery & Ross Managing Principal Diana Manning Appointed as President Elect of New Jersey Women
Lawyers Association
Firm News, 07.20.2021

Bressler, Amery & Ross Revamps New Jersey Office With Modernization in Mind
Firm News, 07.19.2021

Bressler, Amery & Ross New Hire Expands Firm’s Commitment to Diversity
Firm News, 07.19.2021

Speaking Engagements & Events
Diana Manning to Speak on NJWLA Panel on Client Origination and Matter Management
Seminar, 06.23.2022

Diana Manning to Speak on ALM Webinar on Associate Retention
Speaking Engagement, 06.22.2022

Diana Manning, Logan Fisher and Nikolas Komyati to Speak at 2022 NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention
Speaking Engagement, 5.18.2022 - 5.19.2022

Diana Manning Interviewed on The Lawyers Edge Podcast
Podcast, 05.12.2022

Diana Manning to Speak at Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey's Women's Empowerment, Leadership, and
Law Conference
Speaking Engagement, 04.09.2022

Diana Manning to Present at NJSBA 'Women in the Profession' Section Meeting
Speaking Engagement, 03.24.2022

Diana Manning to Present TIDA Webinar on Regulating Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in the Legal
Profession
Speaking Engagement, 03.16.2022

Diana Manning to Present on NJICLE Program: How Qualified is Your Expert?
Speaking Engagement, 03.11.2022

Diana Manning to Present on NJICLE Arbitration Webinar Panel
Speaking Engagement, 03.03.2022

Diana Manning & Lauren Fenton-Valdivia to Present on Executive Women's Leadership Program Hosted by
SobelCo
Speaking Engagement, 01.19.2022

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2021 Update for Insurance Defense Counsel
Event, 11.23.2021

Diana Manning to Speak at the New Jersey Defense Association's 12th Annual Women and the Law Seminar
Speaking Engagement, 11.11.2021

Diana Manning to Present on NJWLA Webinar: Pathways to Leadership with NJWLA Past Presidents
Speaking Engagement, 10.19.2021

Articles & Publications
Mid-Year Ethics Tips: A Toolkit for Practitioners
The Legal Intelligencer, 06.13.2022

Bressler Amery Starts Austin Shop With Former Winstead Atty
Publication, Law360, 03.29.2022

How I Made It to Firm Managing Principal: 'Develop a Reputation and Build—and Continue to Build,' Says Diana
Manning of Bressler, Amery & Ross
Publication, Law.com, 03.01.2022

Bressler Amery & Ross Names New NY Managing Partner
Publication, Law360 Pulse, 02.10.2022

Bressler Amery Adds 6 Attys To NJ, Florida Offices
Publication, Law360 Pulse, 02.08.2022

Bressler Amery Adds Winstead Shareholder In Texas
Publication, Law360, 02.03.2022

Ethics Tips for the New Year: Make Sure You're Up to Date
Publication, The Legal Intelligencer, 01.28.2022

Mark Tallmadge, Diana Manning & Michael Hensley Featured in Law360 Article on New Jersey Regional
Powerhouse Listing
Publication, 08.02.2021

Civic Involvement
■   Board of Trustees, CASA of Morris and Sussex Counties, Inc.
■   Board Member, Morris County Bar Foundation
■   Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Professional Affiliations
■   Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, (March 2011 - present)

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■   New Jersey State Bar Association, Member Board of Trustees
■   New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, President Elect
■   Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, Past President
■   Morris County Bar Association, Past President
■   Morris County Bar Foundation, Past President
■   Essex County Bar Association
■   American Bar Association
■   Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
■   Defense Research Institute
■   Professional Liability Underwriting Society
■   New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts (2008-2010)
■   The Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey
■   Law360 New Jersey Editorial Advisory Board (2022-2023)

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