Michael Manahan
Email Michael | Phone: 419-248-2600
Mr. Manahan joined our firm as a shareholder in 2007 with over 25 years of civil litigation experience. He has extensive experience representing insurance carriers and third party administrators and their insureds in different capacities including; first and third party Property Claims, Special Investigations including conducting Examinations under Oath and providing Legal Opinions regarding Theft and Fire Losses and all areas of Property and Casualty Claims. Mike also has extensive experience in defending claims involving issues related to Psychiatric and Neurological Malpractice. Mike has also been involved in various types of business and commercial litigation; including litigation in the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tribal Court in Northern Michigan.
Born: Toledo, Ohio
Bar Admission:
- 1979 Supreme Court of Ohio
- 1979 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- 2008 Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tribal Court
- 2009 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Education:
- The Ohio State University (B.A., 1975)
- University of Toledo College of Law (J.D., 1978)
Member: American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Toledo Bar Association, (Board of Directors 2005 - present; Grievance Committee 2004 - present; Judicial Candidates Committee 2005 - present; Chairman Common Pleas Court Committee 1997 - 1999) Toledo Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (President 1993-1995), Defense Research Institute 1992 - present.
Speaker: “Avoiding Bad Faith in First Party Claims”, Fall Meeting 2001, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorney, “Bad Faith in First Party Claims”, State Farm Insurance, Special Investigation Unit, 2000, “Bad Faith in First Party Claims”, American Family Insurance, Legal Department, 2003, "2012 Insurance Coverage and Litigation Roundtable" National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators’ Ohio Joint Insurance Fraud Seminar, Columbus, Ohio March, 2012.
Publications: “Avoiding Bad Faith in First Party Claims”, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys Quarterly, Volume 36, Issue 4, Fall of 2001.
Concentrations: Special Investigations for Insurance Companies; Examinations under Oath; Legal Opinions regarding Theft and Fire Losses; General Litigation relating to Property & Casualty Insurance Losses; Business and Commercial Litigation, Allegations of Psychiatric Malpractice as well as Construction Claim Defense, Litigation Management and Coverage Opinions.