Mrs. Manning received her undergraduate degree in Criminology with a minor in Spanish from the University of Oklahoma. She studied Spanish at the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Mexico. Mrs. Manning went on to receive her Juris Doctorate Degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law.

Mrs. Manning is admitted to practice law before the U.S. District Courts and the Western and Eastern District Courts of Oklahoma.

Mrs. Manning’s professional affiliations include the Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma County Bar Association, American Bar Association, Oklahoma Association for Justice, American Association for Justice, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and William J. Holloway Jr. American Inns of Court.