Brian V. Manchester

Manchester & Associates is a Pennsylvania criminal defense firm led by owner Brian V. Manchester, who has been admitted to practice in Pennsylvania since 2000 and is also admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania. The firm defends clients facing DUI, misdemeanor, felony, and complex criminal charges throughout the Commonwealth, with offices in Bellefonte, Lemoyne, DuBois, and Danville. Its approach starts from the principle that prosecutors must prove every element of an offense beyond a reasonable doubt, so the team closely examines the evidence behind each allegation: police reports, witness statements, laboratory testing, accident reconstruction, and the investigation itself. Where facts are disputed, witnesses are mistaken, or scientific results can be challenged, the firm works to identify those weaknesses, explain each client’s options, and build the strongest defense available under the law. Free consultations are available.

Attorney Manchester earned his J.D. from Thomas Cooley Law School in 2000 and a B.S. in Business Management from Pennsylvania State University in 1995. He is an American Chemical Society Certified Lawyer-Scientist and has completed ACS forensic courses in gas chromatography, solid drug analysis, and drugged driving (DUID), along with training in DUI defense, criminal defense, sex crimes, and concentrated cross-examination. He is also a Standardized Field Sobriety Testing instructor. He is a member of the National College for DUI Defense, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the American Chemical Society, and previously served as Education Chairman of the Pennsylvania Association for Drunk Driving Defense Attorneys and as a member of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists. He has spoken on the scientific reliability of alcohol and drug testing, including measurement error in test results, supernatant (biochemical) hospital blood testing, defending hospital blood cases, and what a test is actually intended to measure.