Biography
Andrew John “A.J.” Manion is a Co-Founder of Manion Stigger, LLP. A.J.’s entire career has centered around construction: working as a laborer during high school; engineering education; construction project manager after college; and, for the last 30 years, attorney representing general contractors, construction managers, design-builders, and subcontractors throughout the United States.
A.J.’s goal is effective representation. A.J.’s time in construction, MBA after law school, and three decades representing leading contractors bring a deep understanding of potential solutions and strategies. Adding to his engineering and business background, A.J. is a skilled trial attorney with successful experiences in jury trials, court trials, arbitrations, and appeals, having prosecuted and defended substantial claims in a variety of construction contexts.
While always ready to litigate or arbitrate, A.J. has especially enjoyed proactively working with clients to develop processes and controls to prevent disputes in the first place. He accomplishes this through learning clients’ business models and corresponding challenges and then working with a broader team to develop and implement project management systems that proactively protect their businesses from risk.
A.J. frequently lectures on topics in the construction industry and dedicates significant time to sharing knowledge with construction industry trade groups. He is included in The Best Lawyers in America® and SuperLawyers® for Construction Law and Litigation – Construction and is the recipient of Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent® rating, given to attorneys ranked at the highest level by their peers.
Education
St. Louis University, J.D.
University of Southern Indiana, M.B.A.
Purdue University, B.S., Construction Engineering
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Supreme Court of Colorado
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- Supreme Court of Indiana
- Supreme Court of Kentucky
- Supreme Court of Montana
- Supreme Court of Ohio
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Professional Involvement
American Bar Association
- Forum on Construction Law, Division II: Contract Documents
- Litigation Section, Construction Litigation Committee
Illinois State Bar Association
- Construction Law Section
Indiana State Bar Association
- Construction Law Section, Past Chair
Kentucky Bar Association
- Construction & Public Contract Law Section
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Indiana/Kentucky
Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Indiana
- Southwest Construction Roundtable Advisory Board
Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Kentucky
Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Western Kentucky
Diversity Law Institute (DLI)
Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS)
National Wireless Safety Alliance (NWSA)
- Inaugural Board of Governors
Society of Construction Law, North America
WNIN Tri-State Public Media, Inc.
- Board of Directors, Chair
Trial Law Institute (TLI)
Certifications
OSHA 30-Hour Training Course in Construction Safety and Health
Comtrain USA Certified Competent Climber and Rescuer
Awards
Construction Lawyers Society of America (CLSA)
- Charter Fellow
The Best Lawyers in America® 2027
Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” 2027
- Construction Law
The Best Lawyers in America® 2022
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent® rating
Representative Experience
- Prosecuted multimillion-dollar delay/disruption/productivity claims against state governments, power plants, industrial facilities, and commercial developments.
- Conducted in-house risk analysis and training programs for general contractor, construction manager, design-builder, and specialty contractor clients.
- Prosecuted design defect claims and differing site condition claims in various jurisdictions involving state government, local government, and industrial and commercial projects.
- Defended construction defect claims in various jurisdictions involving state government, local government, and industrial and commercial projects.
- Drafted and negotiated dozens of design-build agreements for multimillion-dollar medical facilities.
- Drafted and negotiated engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) agreements for material handling and other industrial facilities.
- Negotiated joint-venture agreements between diverse contractors for public, private and public-private partnership projects.
- Prosecuted bid protests on public projects in various jurisdictions, including a plaintiff group of competing contractors in protesting illegal schemes attempting to evade public bidding statutes through the state Supreme Court.
- Represented contractors in OSHA proceedings in various jurisdictions including more than a dozen cases involving job-site fatalities.
