Introduction

Roger Manno is an attorney and former Majority Whip in the Maryland Senate, with decades of legislative and regulatory experience at the state and federal levels. As Senate Chair of both the Spending Affordability Committee and the "AELR" regulatory committee (Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review), and as a former member of the Senate Budget & Taxation Committee and the House Economic Matters committee, Roger's experience and senior leadership in Annapolis provides a unique breadth of issue and policy situational awareness, and deep personal relationships with senior members of the Senate, the House, and within the Executive Branch.

Achievements

Roger Manno has received numerous awards and recognitions, including by the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, United States Department of Defense, Maryland Anesthesiologists Association, Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, Fraternal Order of Police (Maryland State Lodge), International Association of Fire Fighters (Local 1664), Adventist Columbia Union Conference, Plumbers and Gasfitters United Association (Local 5), and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Local 26). Twice awarded Legislator of the Year by Maryland Building and Construction Trades Council (AFL-CIO), Roger also has the unique distinction of being named an honorary member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 26, and is a Journeyman member of Steamfitters United Association Local 602.

Clients

1) Acoya Energy

2) Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

3) Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35

4) Ironworkers Local 5

5) Maryland Fishing and Tourism Association

6) Maryland Rural Development Corporation

7) Mechanical Contractors Association of Metropolitan Washington

8) Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association

9) Mid-Atlantic States District Council of Iron Workers

10) Payactiv

11) Town of Boonsboro

12) Town of Middletown

13) Town of Williamsport

14) UA Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 110

15) UA Plumbers and Steamfitters 489

16) UA Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 10

17) UA Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486

18) UA Plumbers Local 5

19) UA Sprinklerfitters Local 669

20) UA Steamfitters Local 602

21) United Association of Journeymen Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Steam Fitters, and Steam Fitters' Helpers of the United States and Canada (UA)

Number of Years as a Lobbyist

0-5 years

Biography

Former Maryland Senator Roger Manno is an attorney and legislative and regulatory architect who has spent decades in government service, working in the White House, on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, as Legislative Director and Senior Counsel to members of Congress, and as an elected member of the Maryland House and senior member of the Maryland Senate. As Senate Chairman of both the Spending Affordability Committee and the "AELR" regulatory committee (Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review), Roger advanced reforms that streamlined and strengthened Maryland's regulatory processes, and authored landmark structural reforms that fundamentally transformed Maryland's budget forecasting, revenues, and overall baseline spending. As Senate Majority Whip, Roger worked to build strong voting majorities in order to advance a disciplined legislative agenda across the State of Maryland. An attorney admitted to practice in Maryland, the District of Columbia, the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Armed Forces, and other federal courts, Roger served as Of Counsel to the general practice / civil litigation law firm of Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Wigodsky & Norwind, P.A., during the period when (now) Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh served as a named Partner. Roger's consulting portfolio consists is broad, with concentrations in appropriations, infrastructure, and labor and workforce development, energy, and finance. Roger's legal practice includes service on behalf of indigent defendants as a Maryland Judiciary Court Appointed Attorney. He holds a joint Juris Doctor / Masters of Intellectual Property Law degree.

Last Updated: November 29, 2023