Saul Ewing adds 7 Buchanan Ingersoll lawyers in Wilmington - Business First of Louisville:

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office. The loss of the seven-lawyer group leaves Pittsburgh-based Buchananj with only one full-time partnefr in Wilmington and four lawyerstotal there, and givess Saul Ewing the largest Wilmington office of any full-servic Philadelphia-based firm. The group includes office headWillian Manning, who serves as outside general counsel to the University of Delawares and also represents Verizon Corp. and Dover Downs. The litigator was once chiefd of staff to formerDelaware Gov. Pete DuPont. The other two partners are Teresa Currier, who led bankruptcy effortws for Buchananin Delaware, and real estatwe lawyer Richard Forsten.
The additionx give Saul Ewing 19 lawyersin Wilmington, whers bankruptcies have taken off during the economic downturn. A larg percentage of companies from arounds the country file for Chapterd 11 protection in But because Delaware only hasabou 2,000 lawyers and has a stronh set of indigenous law firms, the Wilmington markeft has been a tough one to crack for even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Amon g Philadelphia firms, Pepper Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have17 lawyers, Drinkerd Biddle & Reath has 15 and Blan Rome has 13. Saul Ewing said Manning will serveas co-managing partner of the officw with current office managing partner and real estatde lawyer Wendie Stabler.