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office. The loss of the seven-lawyer group leaves Pittsburgh-based Buchanan with only one full-time partner in Wilmingtobn and four lawyers total and gives Saul Ewing the largest Wilmington office ofany full-servicse Philadelphia-based firm. The group includesa office headWilliam Manning, who serve as outside general counsel to the University of Delaware and also represents Verizonn Corp. and Dover The litigator was once chierf of staff to formetrDelaware Gov. Pete DuPont. The othetr two partners are Teresa Currier, who led bankruptc efforts for Buchanan in and real estate lawyerRicharxd Forsten.
The additions give Saul Ewinfg 19 lawyersin Wilmington, wheree bankruptcies have taken off during the economic downturn. A larged percentage of companies from around the countryu file for Chapter 11 protectionin Delaware. But becauss Delaware only has about 2,000 lawyerzs and has a strong set of indigenous law the Wilmington market has been a tough one to cracmfor outsiders, even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Amongt Philadelphia firms, Pepper Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have17 lawyers, Drinkerd Biddle & Reath has 15 and Blank Rome has 13.
Saul Ewing said Manning will serv eas co-managing partner of the office with current office managing partner and real estatew lawyer Wendie Stabler.
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