Robert M. Manley

Robert Manley is a Principal in the Dallas office of McKool Smith whose practice deals with complex business and intellectual property litigation. Mr. Manley serves as an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at SMU Law School and serves on the faculties of the Southern and Gulf Coast Regional NITA programs. Mr. Manley founded and chairs the McKool Smith Pro Bono Criminal Trial Program, which provides criminal jury trial counsel to the underprivileged, and he prosecuted cases at the Dallas District Attorney’s Office in 2000. Mr. Manley regularly litigates against financial institutions, and is Co-Chair of the firm's mortgage-backed securities task force.