Michael Manning Email & Phone Number

Michael Manning is a Managing Partner - PHX Office at Stinson Leonard Street LLP at Stinson Leonard Street LLP.

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  Managing Partner - Phx Office

  Stinson Leonard Street Llp

  May 1977 - Present - Phoenix, Arizona

  Mike Manning has led a number of ground-breaking cases, locally and nationally. He was recognized by the National Law Journal in its triennial selection of the “100 Most Influential Lawyers in America.” For over 35 years, Mike has been considered one of our country’s leading lawyers. In the mid-1980’s, the FDIC selected Mike to head its litigation against New York, mob-related money broker, Mario Renda. In 1989, Manning was lead counsel in MDL-834 – Lincoln Savings/ Charles Keating case-MDL-834-at the time the largest commercial litigation in U.S. history. In 2000, he obtained an $8.25 million settlement against Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, one of the largest wrongful death and civil rights settlements in Arizona history. In 2006, Mike obtained a $9 million verdict against the MCSO and Maricopa County in another historic wrongful death case.• 1995-Retained to pursue Arizona's then current Governor, J. Fife Symington, III, for fraud in connection with a real estate loan. A few months after his fraud complaint was filed, the governor was indicted on 23 counts of fraud which paralleled Mike’s allegations. Mike successfully tried that fraud/bankruptcy case. • 2001-Achieved the second largest commercial punitive damages verdict in Arizona history. The jury awarded Mike’s client a defense verdict on claims made against his clients and then awarded over $26 million in punitive damages. • 2004-Tried back-to-back three-week jury trials. Won both trials with unanimous jury verdicts. His clients in these commercial fraud and breach of contract trials were awarded more than $20 million in damages. • 2009-Successfully concluded a large case against an international union that had threatened to destroy one of Arizona’s legacy businesses if that business did not allow unionization of its employees.