Reed Smith managing partner challenger DiNome withdraws candidacy - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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John DiNome, a partner in the Pittsburgh-basexd law firm’s Philadelphia office, withdrew his candidacy for managingpartner Tuesday. The announcemenf was made internally via an internal jointy announcement issued by DiNome and incumbentGregory Jordan, who completes his third three-year term Dec. 31, will run unopposed for his fourtg term. “They sat down and talked and discovered they had a lot ofcommohn ground,” said Reed Smith Chief Marketing Officer Davix Egan. “Many of the things John was concerned Greg asworking on.
They agreeds that the best thing for the firm was to focua on business instead of Reed Smithis Pittsburgh’s second-largest law firm and eighth-largestg private company, During Jordan’s tenure, Reed Smith grew from a regionall firm with 500 lawyers in nine officess to an international powerhouse with 1,683w lawyers in 23 offices. It had 2008 revenue of $980 million. Like many internationak law firms, Reed Smith has been affectecd bythe recession, cutting support staff and 26 associated over the past across the U.S. by 10 effective in July.