Honors and Recognitions

McManus & Associates - A Great Places to WorkNew York Enterprise Report chose McManus & Associates as one of “10 Great Places to Work,” citing our modern client philosophies and the opportunities and benefits offered to our employees.

“Forget the stuffy offices full of dark mahogany furniture found in traditionally conservative firms of estate and trust attorneys. McManus & Associates has created a modern law firm, both in interior design and client management philosophies. The firm encourages employees’ personal ownership of the work product within the framework of a team approach. Each employee becomes an integral part of the entire process.”


McManus & Associates Founding Principal John O. McManus with Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Other Honors and Recognitions

  • Bar admissions: New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
  • Honored by Martindale Hubbell’s highest award, The National Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, for legal capability and ethical standards in the practice
  • Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), the leading worldwide professional body for practitioners in the fields of trusts, estates and related issues
  • Member of the European American Chamber of Commerce in New York
  • Chairperson of Finance Council, St. James Church, Basking Ridge, NJ
  • Advisory Board Member, Sisters of Christian Charity, Mendham, NJ
  • Board Member of Harlem Dowling – West Side Center for Children and Family Services, Harlem, NY
  • Recognized as “Acquisition International‘s Top 50 Legal Elite”
  • Recognized as “Legal Elite” by Avenue Magazine
  • Recognized by New York Enterprise Report as among the“10 Great Places to Work”
  • Named one of New Jersey’s Top Rated Lawyers and featured by Inside Jersey: The Star-Ledger Magazine’s “Best of NJ” issue and within The New Jersey Law Journal
  • Recognized in the “Top Rated Lawyers® Annual Guide to Trusts & Estates” in both The American Lawyer and The National Law Journal
  • Winner of the Corporate Intl Magazine Global Award for “Asset Protection Law, Firm of the Year in New Jersey”
  • Quoted in top-tier publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek and more

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