Manuel (Manny) Franco is an Associate at McAndrews, where he specializes in patent and trademark litigation. He has experience in pre-suit investigations and assessment, motion practice, discovery, and inter partes reviews. His technical background covers a variety of areas, including industrial technology, mechanical devices, surgical equipment, and medical devices.

Manny graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he was selected as a Health Law Fellow by the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy. While in law school, Manny served as a judicial extern at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, where he worked on a patent matter involving two-way radios. He also served as the technical publication editor for Loyola’s Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences, through which he published the note, “Treading Lightly: Reversing the Exclusion of DACA Recipients from Federally Subsidized Healthcare Insurance.” Manny’s accomplishments also include serving as an associate blogger for “IP Bytes,” Loyola’s Intellectual Property blog, serving as a board member for the Intellectual Property Law Society, and earning CALI awards for the highest grade in his Legal Writing and Electronic Discovery classes. While completing law school, Manny worked at McAndrews as a summer associate.

Prior to law school, Manny attended the University of Mississippi, where he received his B.E. in General Engineering, magna cum laude, with minors in Biology and Chemistry. Manny is also fluent in spoken and written Spanish and maintains his language proficiency through pro bono work at the firm.