Manny Herceg

Manny guides executives and in-house counsel in various industries, along with elected and appointed officials facing crises or key business decisions. He is an effective, practical, and strategic business litigator and problem solver who focuses on optimizing business results for his clients. He believes that the best solution to a problem is a problem avoided. For the problems that can’t be avoided, he prepares his client and the team to present a compelling story to the court or jury.

Manny routinely represents businesses of all sizes, individuals, and public clients in state and federal courts across the country in business and contract disputes of all types, including M&A disputes, franchise disputes, shareholder disputes, injunctive and emergency relief, trade secret and fraud claims, trademark disputes, construction disputes, director and officer liability issues, Magnuson-Moss, FCRA, TCPA, and various deceptive trade practices and unfair competition claims, and in class action and multi-district litigation. Manny has led or been a part of extensive litigation (including multi-district litigation) across the nation and his clients benefit from that experience. Manny represents clients in state and federal courts in Indiana, Illinois, and the District of Colorado. He has litigated cases on behalf of clients on a pro hac vice basis in state and federal courts in Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Public sector clients call Manny with critical issues, or when transformative projects need strategic legal input. He works alongside the client and, often, the client’s counsel advising on a variety of matters, including: public-private partnerships (including BOT), executive and legislative functions, eminent domain, service contract negotiations, vendor contract negotiation, property disposition and project development, election matters, and complex access to public records and open door law issues. In addition, he has experience advising public and private sector clients about state and local procurement issues, and challenging procurement determinations.

He graduated from Indiana University – Bloomington and received his law degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. While in law school, Manny served as an editor of the Indiana International & Comparative Law Review and was a civil procedure fellow and individual tutor for the Dean’s Tutorial Society. Manny also served as a clerk in the Indiana Court of Appeals.