Mr. Mankey graduated from Benilde High School in 1976. He attended St. John's University where he attained a major in government and history with a minor in philosophy in 1980 but deferred graduation for a year to attend the University of Salzburg, in Austria. He earned a Master's Degree in International Affairs from the American University. During his studies at American University he attended the Instituto de Instruccion de Espanol in Cuernavaca, Mexico in 1983. In 1985 Mr. Mankey completed his Master's program which included a published thesis on the Nicaraguan Revolution. Mr. Mankey has worked as a Congressional Staff person and as a lobbyist on Capitol Hill. He attended William Mitchell College of Law during which time he worked in the family law clinic and in the criminal division of the Hennepin County Attorney's Office drug prosecution team. He graduated from law school with honors in 1992. After graduating from law school Mr. Mankey practiced exclusively in the area of criminal defense. Mr. Mankey has been admitted to the Minnesota State Bar since 1992 and the Federal Bar since 1993. He was accepted onto the Criminal Justice Panel in 1997 and has been appointed by the federal court to hundreds of federal criminal cases since that time. In addition to his private practice he served as a contract public defender in Hennepin County in 2004-05 and in Anoka County in 2012. He was chosen to serve as a conciliation court judge in 1997 and has presided part-time until 2006. The location of Mankey Law Office has been in its current location in Golden Valley since 1992.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Criminal Law 100%
Drug Violations
Assault
Robbery & Burglary
Sex Crimes
DUI/DWI
Federal Crimes
BAR ADMISSIONS
Minnesota, 1992
U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1993
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1993
EDUCATION
William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota
J.D. - 1992
Honors: cum laude
Honors: With Honors
Honors: Family Law Clinic
St. John's University, Minnesota
B.A. - 1980
Major: Government
Major: History
Minor: Philosophy
Benilde High School
University of Salzburg
American University
Major: International Affairs
Instituto de Instruccion de Espanol, Cuernavaca
PUBLISHED WORKS
Sandinista Development Programs and the Contra War, University of Michigan Microfilms, International Development, 1979 – 1985
Child Sex Abuse and the Sixth Amendment, Bench and Bar Minnesota, October, 2020
CLASSES/SEMINARS
Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions, National Immigration Lawyers Association, 2011 to 2012
HONORS AND AWARDS
Super Lawyer, 2003 - 2005, 2007AVVO, Client Choice Award 2020, Top Attorney 2020
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member, 1997 to 2021
Minnesota State Bar Association, Member, 1992 to 2021
PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS
Congressman Bill Frenzel, Congressional Staffer, 1987 to 1988
Chwat Weigend Associates, Lobbyist, 1988 to 1989
Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Drug Prosecution Team, Criminal Division
Hennepin County, Contract Public Defender, 2004 to 2005
Anoka County, Contract Public Defender, 2012 to 2012
St. Louis County, Contract Public Defender
