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Christopher C. S. Manning
Christopher C. S. Manning
Partner
(202) 973-2681
cmanning@manning-sossamon.com
Practice Focus
Christopher C. S. Manning is the lead partner in Manning Sossamon’s litigation group where he represents notable clients in a variety of sophisticated civil matters, including state and federal business litigation, international telecommunications matters, Drug Enforcement Administration registration disputes, commercial and residential real estate litigation and consumer fraud actions.
Mr. Manning has been lead counsel in a number of high profile lawsuits, including, among others, successfully representing the Chung family and Custom Cleaners in the Pearson v. Chung $54M dry cleaning lawsuit, which garnered national and international media attention.
Prior to founding Manning Sossamon, Mr. Manning was an attorney with the Washington, DC office of Bryan Cave LLP where he represented the firm’s clients in a variety of complex business and real estate litigation matters.
Mr. Manning is often a featured speaker on a number of legal issues, including consumer fraud law, common sense tort reform, practical approaches to business litigation and how to start and manage a law firm. Mr. Manning also frequently appears before state legislators and officials to discuss practical legal reform. Mr. Manning is currently co-authoring a book with his law partner, Melinda A. Sossamon, which will provide guidance to small businesses on how to avoid and manage litigation.
Representative Matters
- Dynacorp, Ltd in Dynacorp Ltd. v. Aramtel Ltd. and Aramtel v. Dynacorp, Ltd., multi-million dollar international telecommunications disputes involving the deployment of a large-scale wireless telecommunications system in the Republic of Iraq.
- Adeptech in Adeptech v. Freddie Mac, a multi-million dollar dispute relating to the procurement of sophisticated loan review software by Freddie Mac.
- IBOM Nigerian Power Company in Sklar v. IBOM, international dispute relating to generation of funding for building of power plants in Ibom State, Nigeria.
- Mallinckrodt Inc. in In the Matter of Lannett Company, a challenge to the application of Lannett Company to register to import Schedule I and Schedule II narcotics into the United States.
- The Chung family and Custom Cleaners in Pearson v. Chung, the now infamous $54M dry cleaner case.
- Monterey Condominium owners in Andrews v. The Monterey Cooperative, a multiple plaintiff action involving large-scale claims of fraud by condominium owners against their developer which garnered significant media attention.
Education
- JD, Washington & Lee University School of Law, 1997, cum laude
- BA, University of Oklahoma, 1994, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa