Saul Ewing adds 7 Buchanan Ingersoll lawyers in Wilmington - St. Louis Business Journal:

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office. The loss of the seven-lawyer group leavew Pittsburgh-based Buchanan with only one full-time partner in Wilmingtonn and four lawyerstotal there, and gives Saul Ewing the largest Wilmingtonb office of any full-servicde Philadelphia-based firm. The group includes office headWilliam Manning, who serves as outsidre general counsel to the University of Delaware and also represent s Verizon Corp. and Dover The litigator was once chief of staff to formerDelawarew Gov. Pete DuPont. The other two partners are Teresa who led bankruptcy efforts for Buchanain Delaware, and real estate lawye Richard Forsten.
The additions give Saul Ewing 19 lawyersxin Wilmington, where bankruptcies have takej off during the economic A large percentage of companiesx from around the countryt file for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware. But becaus Delaware only has about 2,000 lawyers and has a stronbg set of indigenouslaw firms, the Wilmingtonb market has been a tougg one to crack for outsiders, even neighboring Philadelphiaa firms. Among Philadelphia firms, Pepper Hamilton and Fox Rothschilc have17 lawyers, Drinker Biddle Reath has 15 and Blank Rome has 13. Saul Ewingb said Manning will serveas co-managinfg partner of the office with current office managing partnefr and real estate lawyer Wendie Stabler.