Lisa Manning

Lisa Manning is a Partner at Schertler Onorato Mead & Sears LLP. Her practice focuses on representation of individuals in civil and criminal litigation, investigations, and expungement.  Ms. Manning has counseled both U.S. and overseas clients in matters ranging from state-level criminal cases to global investigations.  Her experience includes cases involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, antitrust (cartel and price fixing matters), the Office of Foreign Assets Control, fraud, securities, government contracts, and local criminal defense.  In addition, she has represented clients in a variety of government inquiries, including regulatory, grand jury, and Congressional investigations.

Ms. Manning also has expertise in the expungement of criminal records and has handled all manner of cases in this area.  In 2009, she founded Record Absolutions, a law practice dedicated to criminal record mitigation and related issues.  Ms. Manning recently prevailed over the federal government in a unique and highly-contested Motion before a U.S. District Court to expunge a federal criminal case.  She is committed to advocacy and reform in this area through her academic writings, support of a federal expungement statute, and by assisting multiple clients to successfully mitigate their records.