Our Top Priority

• Managing Partner

Location:

Baton Rouge, LA

Phone:

(225) 250-1161

Fax:

225-293-7668

Email:

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Joe Manning is the managing partner and owner of Rowe & Manning. His practice consists of 90% insurance defense. He has more than a decade of experience investigating questions of liability and medical causation in medical malpractice, auto accident, products liability, premises liability, and other insurance litigation as well as subrogation claims through every level of Louisiana city, state, and federal courts.

As a defense lawyer, he has achieved numerous low cost settlements or dismissals prior to trial through motion practice. He has tried 11 jury trials, and successfully defended a case up to the Louisiana Supreme Court. Parker v. Phares, 18-1291 (La. App. 1 Cir. 5/28/19), reh’g denied (June 10, 2019), writ denied, 2019-01285 (La. 10/21/19). His publications include: Louisiana Public Records Doctrine after Wede v. Niche Marketing, 5 J. CIV. L. STUD. 293 (2012). Before practicing at Rowe & Manning he taught as an adjunct professor of Law & Economics at ULL for a semester. 

He earned his JD and Graduate Diploma in Comparative Law from LSU in 2013 where he was top in his class in Louisiana Security Devices, Law and Economics, and Introduction au Droit Français. He earned his BA cum laude from Tulane in 2008 which is where he met his wife and studied Latin, ancient Greek, and linguistics. He is a proud father and is bilingual in French and English.

Some of his jury trial wins include:

Varnado v. Brian, docket no. 589834, 19^th JDC (2015) where the jury awarded no money to a slip and fall claimant with claimed back injuries

Parker v. EMS/PMS, docket no. 556678, 19^th JDC (2017) where the jury awarded no money to a medical malpractice claimant with traumatic brain injury claims

Cook v. Baton Rouge Heritage House, docket no. 637477, 19^th JDC (2018) where the jury awarded no money to the surviving claimant of a patient that developed a pressure ulcer while at a nursing home

Hoffman v. Louisiana Farm Bureau, docket no. 64136, 19^th JDC (2018) where the jury found no bad faith by the insurer and denied all of the claimant’s demands for penalties under the insurance code

Bethany Wallace v. Lakeview Manor, docket no. 638158, 19^th JDC (2021) where the jury awarded no money to the surviving claimant of a woman who passed away while in the care of a nursing facility

Bar Admissions

• Louisiana, 2013

Education

• Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • J.D. – 2013
• Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Diploma in Comparative Law
• Paul Tulane College, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • B.A.
  • Honors: cum laude
  • Major: Classical Studies with Emphasis on Ancient Greek

Published Works

• Louisiana Public Records Doctrine After Wede v. Niche Marketing, 5 J. Civ. L. Stud. 293, 2012
• Shedding Light on Some Problems in Louisiana Solar Energy Law, Energy L. Currents (August, 31, 2012)

Classes/Seminars

• Adjunct Professor of Law & Economics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette and B.I Moody III School of Business

Honors and Awards

• Paul M. Hebert Scholar for distinguished Academic Performance

Professional Associations and Memberships

• ULL Economics & Finance Advisory Council
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Law & Economics Association