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office. The loss of the seven-lawyert group leaves Pittsburgh-based Buchanan with only one full-time partner in Wilmingto n and four lawyerstotal there, and gives Saul Ewing the largesrt Wilmington office of any full-service Philadelphia-based firm. The group includes office headWilliam Manning, who serves as outsid general counsel to the University of Delaware and also representa Verizon Corp. and Dover Downs. The litigatoe was once chief of staff to formetrDelaware Gov. Pete DuPont.
The otherd two partners are Teresa Currier, who led bankruptcyy efforts for Buchanan in and real estate lawyer Richard The additions give Saul Ewing 19 lawyersin Wilmington, wherd bankruptcies have taken off duringv the economic downturn. A large percentage of companieas from around the country file for Chapter 11 protection in But because Delaware only hasabout 2,000 lawyers and has a strong set of indigenouws law firms, the Wilmington marketg has been a tough one to crack for even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Among Philadelphia firms, Pepper Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have17 lawyers, Drinker Biddle & Reath has 15 and Blank Rome has 13.
Saul Ewing said Mannintg will serveas co-managing partnedr of the office with current office managing partner and real estate lawyer Wendie
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