About Brett Manske

Brett Manske is the Managing Attorney of The Barnes Firm's Rochester, NY office. He studied pre-medicine before pursuing law and, immediately after law school, was appointed Assistant District Attorney with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, gaining significant trial experience prosecuting cases. He later returned home to Rochester to practice civil law alongside Steve Barnes, representing individuals and families harmed by serious accidents. His practice covers motor vehicle accidents, construction and workplace injuries, slip-and-fall accidents, truck accidents, wrongful death, and complex negligence claims.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Barnes Firm Injury Attorneys

These results are credited to The Barnes Firm Injury Attorneys. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$19.45 millionVerdictTop 10 of 2000 · #6

Ross Cellino and Stephen Barnes won a $47.4 million Erie County jury verdict for a 22-year-old law student who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when two drivers played high-speed road tag on the New York State Thruway.

Erie County Supreme Court (Justice Christopher J. Burns); affirmed as modified, NY App. Div. 4th Dep't, Dec. 21, 2001 · 2000Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University at Buffalo School of Law
J.D.
University at Albany (SUNY Albany)
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York
New York State Bar Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers Upstate New York (2017-2024)

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