He has specialized in both civil and criminal litigation for 45 years, and was recently named one of the “Top 10” Minnesota lawyers. He was News Editor of the American Bar Association magazine “Human Rights”, and served on the national board of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). During the past six years Mr. Manahan has spent significant time teaching law in South and Central America. He has received four Fulbright grants to teach oral trial skills at law schools in Chile, Argentina and Costa Rica, and has also lectured at law schools in Peru, Mexico, Ecuador and Cuba. At present, he is acting as a human rights observer at the trial of former President Alberto Fujimori in Lima, Peru, on behalf of the Praxis Institute for Social Justice and the International Senior Lawyers Project.