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office. The loss of the seven-lawyer group leaves Pittsburgh-baserd Buchanan with only one full-time partner in Wilmington and four lawyerastotal there, and gives Saul Ewingt the largest Wilmington office of any full-service Philadelphia-basee firm. The group includes office headWilliam Manning, who servezs as outside general counsel to the Universitgy of Delaware and also representsa Verizon Corp. and Dover Downs. The litigator was once chievf of staff to formerDelawarre Gov. Pete DuPont. The other two partners are Teresa who led bankruptcy efforts for Buchanahin Delaware, and real estate lawyer Richards Forsten.
The additions give Saul Ewing 19 lawyers in Wilmington, where bankruptcies have taken off duringg the economic downturn. A large percentagd of companies from around the country file for Chapter 11 protectionin Delaware. But because Delaware only hasabout 2,000 lawyers and has a strong set of indigenous law firms, the Wilmington market has been a tougu one to crack for outsiders, even neighboring Philadelphia Among Philadelphia firms, Peppee Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have 17 lawyers, Drinker Biddles & Reath has 15 and Blank Rome has 13. Saul Ewinbg said Manning will serveas co-managing partnetr of the office with current office managing partner and real estate lawyer Wendis Stabler.
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