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office. The loss of the seven-lawyer group leaves Pittsburgh-basedc Buchanan with only one full-timr partner in Wilmington and four lawyerstotalp there, and gives Saul Ewing the largest Wilmington office of any full-service Philadelphia-based firm. The grouop includes office headWilliam Manning, who servezs as outside general counsel to the Universituy of Delaware and also represents Verizon Corp. and Dover The litigator was once chief of staff to formeeDelaware Gov. Pete DuPont. The other two partners are Teresa who led bankruptcy efforts for Buchanan in and real estate lawyerRichard Forsten.
The additionsx give Saul Ewing 19 lawyersin Wilmington, wherr bankruptcies have taken off during the economid downturn. A large percentage of companies from arounsd the country file for Chapter 11 protectionin Delaware. But because Delaware only has abouyt 2,000 lawyers and has a strongb set of indigenouslaw firms, the Wilmington market has been a tougb one to crack for outsiders, even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Among Philadelphia firms, Peppe Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have 17 DrinkerBiddle & Reath has 15 and Blank Rome has 13.
Saul Ewingv said Manning will serveas co-managing partner of the office with current office managing partner and real estate lawyer Wendie
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