Diana Manning, Managing Principal Bressler, Amery & Ross Diana Manning

Well-known litigator Diana Manning and finalist for the New Jersey Law Journal's Attorney of the Year broke the "notoriously thick" glass ceiling in 2021 when she was elected by Bressler, Amery & Ross' equity partners to become the firm's first female managing partner.

"There are just so few women in the role," Manning said of female managing partners. "I go to a lot of groups for managing partners and the percentage is very small of females in the role. It is very important to talk about it so that if you have this conversation with me in five years there has been real change.