| Admitted | 1991, Massachusetts; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2003, Rhode Island; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island |
| Biography | John B. Manning is a senior partner with Cooley Manion Jones LLP in Boston, MA. He chairs the firm's Products Liability and Toxic Tort Defense Group, which has an active national presence with offices in Boston, MA, Providence, RI, Wilmington, DE, and, through its California affiliate Cooley Manion Jones Hake Kurowski LLP, San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA. John represents dozens of corporations in litigation throughout the country and serves on several clients' National Trial Teams. As National Coordinating Counsel for an international products manufacturer, he manages all aspects of the defense of over 200,000 asbestos lawsuits pending in all 50 states. John concentrates his practice in civil litigation, products liability, toxic torts, asbestos, pharmaceutical litigation, food liability, intellectual property, professional liability, and commercial disputes, and he has extensive experience in trial and appellate practice, alternative dispute resolution, expert witness development, and litigation management. John has served as an expert witness regarding issues in asbestos litigation; he is a frequent speaker and commentator on products liability litigation; and he has coordinated clients' lobbying efforts in the U.S. House and Senate to create national asbestos legislation. He is licensed to practice in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. John is a graduate of Harvard University (B.A., cum laude, 1988) and Suffolk University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1991), where he was a member of the Law Review. As a member of the Suffolk University Law Review, John authored three pieces: "Statute of Frauds and Omission of Compensation Terms from Written Memorandum," Suffolk University Law Review, Vol. 25, R. I. Survey 1991, No. 2; "Follow-Up Care Within Physicians' General Duty Owed to Patients," Suffolk University Law Review, Vol. 25, R. I. Survey 1991, No. 2; and "The Equal Protection Clause and District Reapportionment: Representational Equality Versus Voting Equality," Suffolk University Law Review, Vol. 25, 1991, No. 2. John performs charitable work for the Big Brother Association of Greater Boston, the American Heart Association and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. |