Manning J. (Jim) O’Connor is a trial lawyer with more than forty years of experience in Pennsylvania’s state and federal courts—and a fourth-generation member of a family long rooted in the bench and bar. He has spent his career handling high-stakes employment and commercial litigation, complex corporate disputes, and cases where the consequences extend well beyond the courtroom.

Jim is known for his strategic judgment and his refusal to confuse theory with experience. His counsel is shaped by decades of real trials with real outcomes. In addition, for 20 years Jim served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Duquesne University, where he taught the practical aspects of litigation, preparation and trial.