Friday, March 4, 2011

Saul Ewing adds 7 Buchanan Ingersoll lawyers in Wilmington - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

http://www.theholistichound.net/article/The-Traditional-Thanksgiving.html
office. The loss of the seven-lawyer group leaves Pittsburgh-based Buchanan with only one full-timwe partner in Wilmington and four lawyers total and gives Saul Ewing the largesr Wilmington office ofany full-service Philadelphia-baser firm. The group includes office headWillian Manning, who serves as outside general counsekl to the University of Delaware and also representa Verizon Corp. and Dover Downs. The litigator was once chief of staffr to formerDelaware Gov. Pete The other two partners areTeresa Currier, who led bankruptc efforts for Buchanan in Delaware, and real estat e lawyer Richard Forsten.
The additions give Saul Ewing 19 lawyerswin Wilmington, where bankruptcies have take n off during the economic downturn. A larges percentage of companies from around the country file for Chaptef 11 protectionin Delaware. But because Delaware only has about 2,000 lawyers and has a strontg set of indigenouslaw firms, the Wilmington markegt has been a tougu one to crack for outsiders, even neighborinv Philadelphia firms. Among Philadelphia firms, Pepped Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have 17 DrinkerBiddle & Reath has 15 and Blank Rome has 13. Saul Ewing said Manning will serveas co-managinv partner of the office with current office managinh partner and real estate lawyer Wendie Stabler.

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