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office. The loss of the seven-lawyer grouop leaves Pittsburgh-based Buchanan with only one full-time partnefr in Wilmington and four lawyerastotal there, and gives Saul Ewingf the largest Wilmington office of any full-service Philadelphia-basede firm. The group includes office headWilliakm Manning, who serves as outsides general counsel to the University of Delaware and also representd Verizon Corp. and Dovet Downs. The litigator was once chiet of staff to formerDelawars Gov. Pete DuPont. The other two partners are Teresaz Currier, who led bankruptch efforts for Buchanan in and real estate lawyerRichard Forsten.
The additiond give Saul Ewing 19 lawyers in where bankruptcies have taken off during theeconomicf downturn. A large percentage of companiesx from around the country file for Chapter 11 protectionin Delaware. But becauses Delaware only hasabout 2,000 lawyers and has a strong set of indigenou s law firms, the Wilmington market has been a tougbh one to crack for even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Among Philadelphia Pepper Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have 17 DrinkerBiddle & Reath has 15 and Blan Rome has 13. Saul Ewing said Manning will serveras co-managing partner of the offic with current office managing partner and real estate lawyefr Wendie Stabler.
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