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Christopher C. S. Manning

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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, pharmaceuticals, commercial and residential real estate litigation and consumer fraud actions.

Mr. Manning has been lead counsel in a number of high profile lawsuits.  Alongside many of the largest, most prestigious law firms in the United States, Mr. Manning defended a number of charitable organizations that were not culpable but nevertheless sued in In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001.  Mr. Manning also successfully defended the Chung family and Custom Cleaners in the Pearson v. Chung $54M dry cleaning lawsuit.  Both of these lawsuits have garnered significant 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.

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.
  • Various charitable organizations in In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001, a multi-trillion dollar lawsuit relating to the September 11th tragedy.
  • 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, an international dispute relating to generation of funding to build 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.
  • 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

Community Activities

  • Board of Governors, The University Club of Washington, DC
  • Secretary/Treasurer, Salvation Army Advisory Council
  • Advisory Board, Children’s Mercy Hospital