Background
VanOsdel Manning, Mary was born on October 10, 1952 in Santa Monica California.
VanOsdel Manning, Mary was born on October 10, 1952 in Santa Monica California.
University of Arizona. University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 1974). Southwestern University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1981).
Worked at Messina, Lalafarian, Manning, Mendel & Ryan (Glendale, California) specializing in General Liability Defense, Products Liability, Insurance Defense, Insurance Coverage. Admitted to the bar, 1981, California. United States. District Court, Central District of California.
Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Family Law.
Excellence in Product Liability. Graduate, University of California, Los Angeles Attorney Assistant Training Program.
Note and Comment Editor, Southwestern University Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "Economic Injury to Third Parties," 12 Southwest L. Review
87 (1981), cited by California Supreme Court in landmark decision in Moradi-Shalal v.
Fireman"s Fund (1988) 46 California 3d 287. Judge Pro Tempore, Los Angeles Superior Court. Member: Los Angeles County (Chairman, Insurance Committee) and American Bar Associations.
Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.
The Law Offices of Messina, Lalafarian & Manning is a general trial practice law firm engaged primarily in the defense of civil litigation matters. Originally established in 1983 as House Defense Counsel to The Hertz Corporation, the Firm was re-organized in 1987 as a private defense firm.
Member: Los Angeles County (Chairman, Insurance Committee) and American Bar Associations. Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.