Mark C. Manning

Mark C. Manning opened his Anchorage, Alaska, law office in 1994, practicing admiralty and maritime, and general civil litigation, and maritime and nonmaritime commercial law. He had begun his law practice at an Anchorage, Alaska, admiralty and maritime law firm (since dissolved) in Anchorage in 1981.

Mr. Manning is licensed to practice law in Alaska, and is admitted to practice before all Alaska courts and the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the Anchorage, Alaska, Federal and American Bar associations, as well as the Maritime Law Association of the United States. He has lectured in continuing legal education admiralty and maritime courses, has taught admiralty and maritime courses at the University of Alaska, and has been, and remains, happy to speak on admiralty and maritime issues upon request.

Reflecting more than 30 years of experience, Mr. Manning's office offers experienced and effective service in most types of admiralty and maritime law matters that arise in Alaska, concerning vessels or maritime businesses and trade. Since marine clients often require legal assistance in non-marine matters, the office also offers representation in general civil litigation and with non-marine commercial work. The office is especially well-suited to address matters involving a tangle of state law and admiralty and maritime law issues.

Experience has shown that the great majority of litigation and commercial matters are most effectively and economically handled by a single experienced lawyer, from start to finish. That approach avoids unnecessary client expense that tends to result when multiple lawyers have to learn a file. Opportunities are not lost because information is scattered among multiple lawyers' minds, because different lawyers have handled various aspects of a matter, because a matter has been passed around within a firm, or because a matter has served as a training exercise for an inexperienced lawyer. Accordingly, Mr. Manning is the only lawyer who works his cases, except in rare instances when a particular matter requires additional staffing. Any potential client who comes to the office with a matter that would not be best handled in this way, or who requires legal experience outside the scope of the office’s practice, is assisted in finding more suitable legal representation.