A premier Democratic strategist, Manny pursues clients’ complex challenges with vigor. He has more than a decade of experience successfully representing clients in the halls of Congress and in the executive branch, providing strategic planning and government affairs counsel for national and international clients in the private and public sectors. He has been hailed as “the young lobbyist with the most influence in Washington” by Washingtonian Magazine.

Considered one of Washington's top lobbyists, Manny is an experienced corporate advisor who has worked with Fortune 100 companies such as Sony, MetLife, Microsoft, Hilton, Qualcomm, Visa and Verizon. His expertise is focused in the areas of telecommunications, transportation, financial services, tax and energy. In addition, Manny is known for his work on sensitive legislative issues including the health care and Wall Street reform bills.

As a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Manny is nationally recognized for his work to advance the interests of U.S. territories and foreign governments with federal agencies, Congress and the White House. Dedicated to Hispanic causes, he has been influential in helping to formulate policy within the Hispanic community and helped to create a national political infrastructure for Hispanics within the umbrella of the Democrat party. On behalf of Puerto Rico, he facilitated an increase in its Medicaid and Medicare funding, from $500 million to more than $1 billion annually.

Manny's clients in the U.S. territory include Puerto Rico’s Senate, the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, the City of San Juan and the largest Puerto Rican banking institution.

Known as one of Washington’s top powerbrokers, Manny's reputation expands beyond the Beltway. The New York Times has praised him as, “Puerto Rico's go to guy in Washington,” and CNN has touted him as, “one of Washington’s Powerhouse Lobbyists.” The Washington Post called him the "Democratic power broker regarded as one of K Street's most influential strategists." Even Golf Digest gave Manny the nod in June 2011 for ranking 58 in Washington’s Top 150 Golfers.

Prior to joining Brownstein, Manny served as director at Quinn Gillespie & Associates, a Washington, DC public affairs practice. He was previously a transactional attorney with the international law firms of Verner Liipfert Bernhard McPherson & Hand and Greenberg Traurig LLP.