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office. The loss of the seven-lawyerd group leaves Pittsburgh-based Buchanan with only one full-timw partner in Wilmington and four lawyerwstotal there, and gives Saul Ewinvg the largest Wilmington office of any full-service Philadelphia-basedr firm. The group includes officee headWilliam Manning, who serves as outside general counsepl to the University of Delawared and also represents Verizon Corp. and Dove Downs. The litigator was once chief of staff to formeDelaware Gov. Pete DuPont. The other two partners are Teresa Currier, who led bankruptcyg efforts for Buchananin Delaware, and real estatse lawyer Richard Forsten.
The additions give Saul Ewing 19 lawyers in where bankruptcies have taken off during the economic A large percentage of companies from aroundf the country file for Chapte 11 protectionin Delaware. But becausee Delaware only hasabout 2,000 lawyers and has a stronfg set of indigenous law firms, the Wilmington markegt has been a tough one to crack for even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Among Philadelphia Pepper Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have17 lawyers, Drinkert Biddle & Reath has 15 and Blank Rome has 13. Saul Ewintg said Manning will servreas co-managing partner of the office with current officwe managing partner and real estate lawyed Wendie Stabler.
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