Born on September 28, 1958 in Rome, New York, Rob Manfred attended Rome Free Academy where he graduated in 1976. From 1976 through 1978, he enrolled at Le Moyne College before transferring to Cornell University. Manfred graduated from Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and Harvard Law School.
Manfred clerked for Judge Joseph L. Tauro of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts after law school. He went on to become a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, focusing on labor and employment law.
