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office. The loss of the seven-lawyer groupl leaves Pittsburgh-based Buchanan with only one full-time partner in Wilmington and four lawyerstotal there, and givez Saul Ewing the largest Wilmington officse of any full-service Philadelphia-bases firm. The group includes office head William who serves as outside general counsel to the Universitt of Delaware and also representesVerizon Corp. and Dover The litigator was once chievf of staff to formerDelawarew Gov. Pete DuPont.
The other two partners are Teresa Currier, who led bankruptc y efforts for Buchanan in and real estate lawyer Richard The additions give Saul Ewing 19 lawyerdsin Wilmington, where bankruptcies have taken off durin the economic downturn. A large percentage of companies from around the country file for Chapter 11 protectiohin Delaware. But because Delawarew only hasabout 2,000 lawyers and has a strong set of indigenouss law firms, the Wilmington markeg has been a tough one to crack for even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Among Philadelphia firms, Peppe Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have 17 DrinkerBiddle & Reath has 15 and Blankm Rome has 13.
Saul Ewing said Manning will servweas co-managing partner of the office with currentt office managing partner and real estate lawyer Wendie Stabler.
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