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Bruce D. Manning


Practice Groups

Experience

  • Represents corporations and individuals in a variety of business litigation matters, including patent, trade secret, commercial contract, and product liability disputes, as well as representing individuals and broker/dealers in regulatory matters.
  • Practice includes work on various intellectual property litigation matters
  • Represents large business insurers in first party coverage and complex industrial subrogation claims
  • Advises corporate risk managers on insurance coverage and procurement issues
  • Experienced in property coverage defense work
  • Experienced in insurance insolvency matters

Selected Results*

Represented plaintiff manufacturer in patent and trademark infringement litigation.

Represented subrogation property insurer in international arbitration.

Represented subrogated property insurer for losses arising from oil and gas pipeline explosion.

Defended insurer in series of suits related to disappearance of computer equipment from bankrupt dot-com business.

Recognition

  • Named a "Rising Star" by Minnesota Law & Politics (2008)**
  • Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. 2004 Pro Bono Award
**Being named to the list or receiving the award is not intended and should not be viewed as comparative to other lawyers or to create an expectation about results that might be achieved in a future matter.

Memberships

  • American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
  • American Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Minnesota State Bar Association
  • Hennepin County Bar Association

Bar Admissions

  • Minnesota
  • U.S. District Court, Minnesota
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School, J.D. (2001)
  • Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, Master of Public Policy (2001)
  • Carleton College, B.A., magna cum laude (1996)

Selected Speeches

  • The First Mental Retardation Death Sentence Commuted to Life in Alabama
    Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights' Death Penalty Project (July 18, 2007)
  • Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
    Panelist, Minneapolis, Minnesota (March 11, 2007)

* Past results are reported to provide the reader with an indication of the type of litigation in which we practice and do not and should not be construed to create an expectation of result in any other case as all cases are dependent upon their own unique fact situation and applicable law.

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