Edward J. McManimon, III is a member in the law firm of McManimon & Scotland, L.L.C., a general practice law firm with special emphasis in the area of municipal securities and finance.

Mr. McManimon received his undergraduate degree in government from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. in 1968 and served on the Board of Governors of the Georgetown Alumni Association. He also attended Georgetown University Law Center where he obtained a Juris Doctorate degree in l97l. He was admitted to practice law in the State of New Jersey in l971. Mr. McManimon began his legal career as the law secretary for the Honorable George H. Barlow of the United States District Court in Trenton, New Jersey. Following this judicial clerkship, he became associated with Kraft & Hughes. He became a partner in January, l977. The successor firms of Kraft & McManimon and McManimon & Scotland were formed in 1987 and 1992, respectively. He devotes substantially all of his time providing advice to municipalities, counties, school districts, and governmental authorities in connection with their capital financing and related governmental requirements. Mr. McManimon works extensively in analyzing, developing and implementing financial plans for redevelopment areas throughout the State of New Jersey and in the privatization of public water, wastewater and solid waste systems including the preparation of procurement documents and the evaluation of proposals and the negotiation of agreements for the sale, leasing and/or operations of such public facilities by investor-owned and/or other non-regulated private utility companies.

Mr. McManimon has been involved in various professional and Bar Association activities, as well as various community and political activities. Mr. McManimon served as Chairman of the Local Government Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and as Chairman of the Public Finance Subcommittee of the New Jersey Bar Association. He has also been a member of the Institute of Municipal Attorneys. He has been a frequent lecturer on the law of municipal finance, including debt management courses and programs on behalf of the New Jersey League of Municipalities, the New Jersey Authorities Association, the New Jersey Municipal Finance Officers Association, the Association of County Finance Officers, the New Jersey Association of Counties and the New Jersey Institute for Professional Development.

Education

  • Georgetown University, B.A.
  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey

Memberships

  • New Jersey Bar Association
  • - Former Local Government Chairman
  • - Former Public Finance Subcommittee Chairman
  • Government Finance Officers Association
  • County Finance Officers Association
  • National Bond Attorneys Association
  • New Jersey Institute of Municipal Attorneys

Honors

  • Selected as a “Super Lawyer” in 2008, 2009 and 2010
  • - This is an honor given to fewer than five percent of the state’s most respected attorneys.
  • Georgetown University - Highest Alumni Awards
  • - William Gaston Award
  • - John Carroll Award
  • Notre Dame High School Hall of Fame