Paul J. Manion

Paul J. Manion is one of the co-founding partners and current president of the Firm. He is an experienced trial attorney specializing in the areas of medical, dental, legal and pharmaceutical malpractice defense.

In addition, Mr. Manion has an active and successful civil litigation practice defending corporations, business owners and individuals in complex litigation, commercial disputes, premises liability, product liability, construction liability and indemnity, trucking and transportation litigation, employment discrimination, and other general civil claims.

Mr. Manion is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan, Defense Research Institute, the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel and the Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

He is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Additionally, he is a Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America, a Member of Diversity Law Institute, the Trial Law Institute and Barrister Order of Centurions. He is an elected advocate member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and a Fellow of the State Bar of Michigan and Detroit Metropolitan Bar Foundations. Mr. Manion has served as a member of the representative assembly of the State Bar of Michigan and on a State Bar of Michigan Attorney Discipline Panel.

Mr. Manion is a current Chairperson of the State Bar of Michigan Negligence Section and an Officer of the Association of Defense Trial Counsel. He is a member of the State Bar District H Character and Fitness Committee. He also serves as an evaluator for the Wayne County Mediation Tribunal and is Chairperson of its Defense Selection Committee.

He is a founding member of the Incorporated Society of Irish American Lawyers and a member of the Catholic Lawyers Society and the American Constitution Society. He is a senior staff attorney at the Most Holy Trinity Free Legal Aid Clinic.

The Firm is proud to announce that Mr. Manion was the first recipient of ProNational Insurance Company’s Platinum Award for achieving 30 “no cause” verdicts in professional liability trials. He is recognized as a “TopLawyer” in the fields of Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Litigation by dbusiness Magazine and is a Michigan “Super Lawyer”.  He has also been recognized as a 2010 and 2011 Michigan Super Lawyer Top 100. Additionally, he is the 2010 recipient of the Michigan Association for Justice Respected Advocate Award.

email: pmanion@rmrtt.com ~ vcard