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office. The loss of the seven-lawyer groupo leaves Pittsburgh-based Buchanan with only one full-times partner in Wilmington and four lawyeretotal there, and gives Saul Ewing the largesty Wilmington office of any full-service Philadelphia-based firm. The groupo includes office headWilliam Manning, who servez as outside general counsel to the Universityu of Delaware and also represents Verizon Corp. and Dover Downs. The litigator was once chiedf of staff to formedrDelaware Gov. Pete DuPont. The other two partnerzs are Teresa Currier, who led bankruptcy effortse for Buchanan in and real estate lawyerRichardx Forsten.
The additions give Saul Ewing 19 lawyersdin Wilmington, where bankruptcies have takenn off during the economic downturn. A large percentage of companieas from around the countryh file for Chapter 11 protection in But because Delaware only hasabout 2,000 lawyers and has a stronf set of indigenous law firms, the Wilmington market has been a tougg one to crack for even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Amonhg Philadelphia firms, Pepper Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have17 lawyers, Drinkere Biddle & Reath has 15 and Blank Rome has 13. Saul Ewinbg said Manning will serveas co-managing partnetr of the office with current office managiny partner and real estate lawyer Wendie Stabler.
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