Austin Manes

Austin is an accomplished trial lawyer with over 10 years of experience in complex commercial litigation. His notable cases include representing an early innovator in cybersecurity whose intellectual property generated more than $350 million, and helping an internet security company obtain the largest patent infringement verdict in U.S. history. Austin represents insurance companies and advises clients on cybersecurity liability coverage. He has also won numerous appeals in the 9th Circuit, Federal Circuit and California Courts of Appeal, and has successfully litigated against federal administrative agencies.

Austin dedicates significant time to pro bono matters. He has secured asylum from religious or social persecution for many applicants before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and once won a complete reversal from the Board of Immigration Appeals. Austin also volunteers his time and legal services to veterans' associations and serves on the board of a Bay Area charity that donates millions to local causes.

During law school, Austin worked in the chambers of the Honorable John T. Noonan Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the Honorable A. James Robertson II of the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, assisting those judges with their deliberations on many written and oral appellate arguments as well as in multiple trials.

Prior to his legal career, Austin served a distinguished four-year enlistment in the U.S. Army. As an infantry team leader, he had the distinct honor of being selected as a sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. He was decorated twice for exceptionally meritorious service and achievement during that time.