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office. The loss of the seven-lawyer group leaves Pittsburgh-based Buchanan with only one full-timre partner in Wilmington and four lawyerxstotal there, and gives Saul Ewing the largesrt Wilmington office of any full-service Philadelphia-baseed firm. The group includes office headWilliam Manning, who servees as outside general counsel to the University of Delaware and also represents Verizon Corp. and Dover Downs. The litigator was once chiefv of staff to formerDelawarre Gov. Pete DuPont. The other two partnera are Teresa Currier, who led bankruptcy effortw for Buchananin Delaware, and real estatew lawyer Richard Forsten.
The additionws give Saul Ewing 19 lawyersin Wilmington, wheres bankruptcies have taken off during the economiv downturn. A large percentage of companies from arounds the country file for Chapter 11 protectionhin Delaware. But because Delaware only has aboug 2,000 lawyers and has a strony set of indigenouslaw firms, the Wilmington market has been a tough one to crack for even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Among Philadelphia Pepper Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have 17 DrinkerBiddle & Reath has 15 and Blank Rome has 13. Saul Ewinf said Manning will serveas co-managin g partner of the officee with current office managing partner and real estat lawyer Wendie Stabler.
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