Veronica Manning

Veronica Manning is a Principal in the Houston office of McKool Smith.  She practices primarily in complex commercial litigation, with significant experience in the chapter 11 restructuring space and bankruptcy litigation.  She has represented debtors, creditors’ committees and creditors in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, and litigation trustees in post-confirmation D&O litigation.  In recent years, she has focused her practice on disputes within the energy industry, particularly oil and gas disputes between and among the various industry players.  She currently represents both operators and landowners in lease interpretation and royalty disputes in Texas, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Prior to joining McKool Smith, she was a judicial intern for the Honorable Edith H. Jones in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She also interned for Chief Justice Sherry Radack in the Texas First Court of Appeals. 

During law school, Veronica was the Director of Communications for the North American Consortium on Legal Education (NACLE).  She also served as a casenote and comments editor for the Houston Journal of International Law and research and editing assistant to Professor David Kwok on the Civil False Claims Act. 

Veronica was also a speaker on the UHLC Moot Court team, where she participated as a semifinalist in the John J. Gibbons Moot Court Competition and regional semifinalist in the American Bar Association Appellate Advocacy Competition.