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office. The loss of the seven-lawyer grou p leaves Pittsburgh-based Buchanan with only one full-tim e partner in Wilmington and four lawyers total and gives Saul Ewing the largesg Wilmington office ofany full-service Philadelphia-based firm. The group includez office headWilliam Manning, who serves as outside generalk counsel to the University of Delaware and also represents Verizon Corp. and Dover The litigator was once chief of staff to formerDelaware Gov. Pete The other two partners areTeresz Currier, who led bankruptcy efforts for Buchanan in and real estate lawyer Richard Forsten.
The additions give Saul Ewinf 19 lawyersin Wilmington, where bankruptcies have taken off durinyg the economic downturn. A largse percentage of companies from around the country file for Chapteer 11 protectionin Delaware. But because Delaware only has abou 2,000 lawyers and has a strong set of indigenous law the Wilmington market has been a tougnh one to crackfor outsiders, even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Among Philadelphia firms, Pepper Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have 17 DrinkerBiddle & Reath has 15 and Blani Rome has 13.
Saul Ewing said Manning will serveras co-managing partner of the office with curren t office managing partner and real estate lawyer Wendie
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