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Sixteenth Annual Managing Partners Survey

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Largest Awards & Settlements

Where Will Law Firm Growth Come From?

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Editor’s Note 7 Welcome to PaLAW 2011: Our 18th Annual Report on the Legal Profession.

Largest Awards & Settlements 9A ranking of Pennsylvania’s largest 50 awards and settlements from Aug. 1, 2010 through Aug. 1, 2011, as reported in The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly.

Most Requested Opinions 14A list of the most popular Pennsylvania state and federal court cases from Aug. 1, 2010 to July 31, 2011, as gauged by lawyers’ requests for opinions through the Pennsylvania Instant Case Service.

National Statistics 16How Pennsylvania law firms compare to firms nationwide.

County-by-County Statistics 18Pennsylvania’s attorney-to-population ratio and license numbers.

Largest Public Law Firms in PA 20Pennsylvania’s public law offices, ranked by number of attorneys.

PA-Area Law School Statistics 22The essential information about the region’s law schools.

PA Minority- & Women-Owned Law Firms 25An alphabetical listing of firms identifying themselves as minority firms.

PA Public Interest Law Firms 29Pennsylvania agencies that serve the public interest, listed by annual budget.

Largest PA Public Corporations 34The legal departments of the 100 largest public companies based in Pennsylvania.

Law Firms Identified by Corporate Clients 53Which law firms are called upon most often to represent Pennsylvania’s public corporations?

Survey of Pennsylvania Managing Partners 54The focus is on the economic environment in our 16th annual Managing Partners Survey.

100 Largest Law Firms in Pennsylvania 61Our 18th ranking of the largest PA law firms, with comprehensive tables on firm growth, women and minority percentages and geographical presence.

Law Firm Growth 87Tracking which firms are fastest- growing and fastest-shrinking.

Female and Minority Percentages 89How the 100 largest firms performed in diversity.

Strategies in a No-Growth Economy 94Altman Weil consultant Ward Bower’s analysis of where law firm growth will come from in 2012.

Firm Financials 2010 96Our review of how firms did financially last year.

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elcome to the 18th installment of PaLAW: Annual Report on the Legal Profession. In this space

last year, we spoke of the publication’s new design and continued commitment to pro-viding accurate, detailed and informative data on as many facets of the legal profes-sion as we could fit in these pages.

Our hope is that you can clearly see those efforts again bore fruit in this latest edition, which has tracked a legal commu-nity in recovery. As we have focused our efforts in the last year on collecting data about private law firms, public corpora-tions and public interest firms, to name a few things, the legal profession has been focused on how to emerge from a reces-sion that has drastically altered some ways of doing business while allowing other old habits to creep back to the fore.

Layoffs and hiring reductions continue to recede while rate and salary increases are on the rise. Firms continue to function with fewer attorneys — in Pennsylvania, at least. Reed Smith again topped the 100 Largest Law Firms in Pennsylvania list with 311 full-time attorneys in the state, compared to the 323 lawyers that gar-nered the firm the top spot in 2010.

As Ward Bower points out in his article on page 94, firms have little left to cut in the way of expenses, making revenue generation a tough prospect in 2012. One way to garner more revenue, he points out, is through a merger, but fewer respon-dents to this year’s Managing Partners Survey said they were actively seeking a merger partner.

One area that may still have room for some trimming is the partner ranks — the fastest way, consultants have said, to improve the bottom line. Though firms are not rushing to cut or de-equitize part-ners in any dramatic fashion, they are looking at doing so at an increased rate from last year.

That and a number of other interesting takeaways can be found from the analysis of the survey, including some impressive financial results for law firms in the last two years. And reporter Zack Needles has a roundup of specific financial results from 2010 for the state’s largest law firms.

There is one big change to the publica-tion this year. We are sad to say that Jaime Bochet, our magazines and supplements editor, has moved on for a new and excit-ing career endeavor. We can’t thank Jaime enough for her work in shaping PaLAW 2011 and the several editions before it. We promise that her dedication is one en-trenched in the institution’s culture — one we hope will remain visible on the coming pages and in future editions as we con-stantly work to improve the end product.

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Largest Awards & Settlements in PA

Source: As reported in The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, Aug. 1, 2010 to Aug. 1, 2011.Verdicts and Settlements not reported on by The Legal or its affiliates are not included.

Rank Case Name Amount Type of Action Court Attorneys Date

1. Mack Trucks Inc. v. UAW $525 million (settlement)

Employment U.S. District Court, E.D. Pa.

Thomas J. Bender and Robert C. Drake of Littler Mendelson; Andrew Nickelhoff and Marshall J. Widick of Sachs Waldman; William T. Josem of Cleary & Josem.

5/12/2011

2. United States v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.

$422 million (settlement)

Consumer Fraud, Whistle-blower

U.S. District Court, E.D. Pa.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Karen Marston, Frank Costello, Marilyn May, Jacqueline Romero and Paul Kaufman; Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine Votaw; Department of Justice Office of Consumer Litigation Trial Attorney Patrick Jasperse; U.S. Department of Justice Civil Frauds Division Trial Attorney Jessica Champa; Karen F. Green of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr; Evan R. Chesler of Cravath Swaine & Moore; Ronald H. Levine of Post & Schell.

9/30/2010

3. Allegheny Energy Supply Co. v. Wolf Run Mining Co.

$104.1 million (verdict)

Breach of Contract

C.P. Allegheny Patricia Dodge, Andrew Noble and Russell J. Ober Jr. of Meyer Unkovic & Scott; Jeff A. Woods of Wyatt Tarrant & Combs; David G. Ries of Thorp Reed & Armstrong.

5/2/2011

4. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Johnson & Johnson


Consumer Fraud

Commonwealth Court

Barry R. Eichen of Eichen Crutchlow & McElroy; Donald E. Haviland Jr. of Haviland Hughes.

12/7/2010

5. Estate of Torres v. Wachovia Bank, N.A.


Wrongful Death C.P. Berks Jay N. Abramowitch and Kenneth Millman of Leisawitz Heller Abramow-itch Phillips.

11/16/2010

6. (tie)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company


Consumer Fraud

Commonwealth Court

Donald E. Haviland Jr. of Haviland Hughes; Barry R. Eichen of Eichen Crutchlow & McElroy; Mike Moore of SNR Denton; Steven M. Edwards of Hogan Lovells.

9/10/2010

6. (tie)

Polett v. Public Communications Inc.


Negligent Supervision

C.P. Philadelphia Carl E. Jones and Shanin Specter of Kline & Specter. 11/22/2010

8. Frederick v. Range Resources $22 million (settlement)

Contract Dispute

U.S. District Court, W.D. Pa.

Joseph E. Altomare of Titusville, Pa.; David W. Hardymon and Anne E. Ralph of Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease; Daniel J. Sponseller of Sewickley, Pa.; Kevin C. Abbott of Reed Smith.

3/17/2011

9. Graham v. Townsend $21.6 million (verdict)

Medical Malpractice

C.P. Erie Shanin Specter, Robert Englert, Lisa Dagostino and Mark Polin of Kline & Specter; Steven J. Forry of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin; David R. Johnson of Thomson Rhodes & Cowie.

4/20/2011

10. Campbell v. DeAngelis $21.4 million (verdict)

Medical Malpractice

C.P. Philadelphia Thomas J. Duffy and John Mirabella of Duffy & Partners; Charles A. Fitzpatrick III and William C. McGovern of Rawle & Henderson.

6/17/2011

11. Joseph v. Lakewood Engineering and Manufacturing Co.

$18.28 million (settlement)

Products Liability

C.P. Philadelphia Daniel J. Mann, Alan M. Feldman and Daniel S. Weinstock of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelerntner Tanner Weinstock & Dodig; James W. Ozog of Wiedner & McAuliffe; J. Michael Kunsch of Sweeney & Sheehan.

8/16/2010

12. Ferguson v. Horsehead Corp. $16.5 million (settlement)

Industrial Accident

C.P. Lehigh Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Andrew R. Duffy and Eunice Trevor of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky; Kenneth M. Dubrow of The Chartwell Law Offices.

8/20/2010

13. Patterson v. Travel for Teens $15 million (verdict)

Wrongful Death C.P. Philadelphia Dominic C. Guerrini of Kline & Specter; Joseph M. Fioravanti of Media, Pa.

6/29/2011

14. Snyder v. Rex Energy $14 million (settlement)

Breach of Contract

C.P. Westmoreland

David A. Borkovic of Jones Gregg Creehan & Gerace; Richard A. Finberg; James S. Lederach; Mark D. Feczko of K&L Gates.

7/14/2011

15. Mee v. Fabrizio $12 million (verdict)

Motor Vehicle C.P. Philadelphia Thomas F. Sacchetta and Bruce H. MacKnight Jr. of Sacchetta & Baldino; Aaron Byrd-Leitner of Margolis Edelstein.

2/24/2011

16. Maya v. Johnson & Johnson $10 million (verdict)

Personal Injury C.P. Philadelphia Keith M. Jensen, Eric Roberson and Xavier Gonzalez of Jensen Belew & Gonzalez; Scott D. Levensten of the Levensten Law Firm; Christy D. Jones, Paul V. Cassisa Jr., Adam J. Spicer and Charles F. Morrow of Butler Snow O’Mara Stevens & Cannada.

5/20/2011

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Rank Case Name Amount Type of Action Court Attorneys Date

17. Davenport v. McCluskey $9.65 million (verdict)

False Diagnosis C.P. Philadelphia Matthew Casey and Roberta Golden of Ross Feller Casey; Thomas Savon of Naulty Scaricamazza & McDevitt.

4/4/2011

18. Savage v. Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades


Personal Injury, Wrongful Death

C.P. Philadelphia Thomas W. Sheridan of Sheridan & Murray; Thomas P. Bracaglia of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin; Patrick C. Lamb of Marks O’Neill O’Brien & Courtney.

6/29/2011

19. Decker v. Consol Energy Inc. $7.8 million (verdict)

Negligence C.P. Allegheny Carl A. Parise of Carl A. Parise & Associates; Timothy Conboy of Caroselli Beachler McTiernan & Conboy; John W. Brown of John W. Brown & Associates.

11/23/2010

20. Tate v. Messiah College $7.6 million (settlement)

Premises Liability

C.P. Philadelphia James Ronca of Anapol Schwartz. 11/1/2010

21. Fell v. Villalva-Martinez $6.8 million (verdict)

Dram Shop C.P. Chester Dawson R. Muth of Goldberg Meanix & Muth; Michael T. Imms of Ryan Morton & Imms.

8/18/2010

22. (tie)

Meshulam-Orem v. Interstate Building Maintenance Corp.


Premises Liability

C.P. Philadelphia Michael O. Pansini and Steven M. Mezrow of Pansini & Mezrow; Walter H. Swayze III of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney.

9/28/2010

22. (tie)

O’Neill and Erie Insurance Co. $5.5 million (settlement)

Motor Vehicle Settled Prior to Suit

James Beasley Jr. and Scott A. Bennett of The Beasley Firm. 2/17/2011

24. Reed v. Rhodes $5.35 million (verdict)

Medical Malpractice, Negligent Treatment

C.P. Delaware Jane B. Marton and Gary Solomon of Kornblau & Kornblau; Kevin H. Wright and Mary Grady Walsh of Kevin H. Wright & Associates.

9/29/2010

25. Rudovsky v. West Publishing $5.18 million (verdict)

False Advertising


Richard L. Bazelon, Matthew R. Skolnik and Noah H. Charlson of Bazelon Less & Feldman; Aaron M. Zeisler, James F. Rittinger and Matthew J. Borger of Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke.

12/16/2010

26. Gelb v. Jeannes Hospital $5.17 million (verdict)

Medical Malpractice

C.P. Philadelphia Tom Kline, Regan S. Safier and Geary L. Yeisley of Kline & Specter; Peter Samson of White & Williams.

12/6/2010

27. Waldon v. SEPTA $5.15 million (verdict)

Motor Vehicle C.P. Philadelphia Joe H. Tucker Jr. and Yvonne B. Montgomery of Tucker Law Group; Maureen Daley and Franklin Love of Rawle & Henderson; Paul Troy and Justin Bayer of Kane Pugh Knoell Troy & Kramer.

6/20/2011

28. (tie)

Estate of Long v. Golofsky $5 million (verdict)

Wrongful Death C.P. Allegheny David C. Martin Jr. of Martin & Lerda. 11/8/2010

28. (tie)

Moore v. Comcast Corp. $5 million (settlement)

ERISA U.S. District Court, E.D. Pa.

Mark C. Rifkin of Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz; M. Norman Goldberger of Ballard Spahr.

2/1/2011

30. Tarca v. Norristown Ford $4.4 million (verdict)

Personal Injury C.P. Montgomery

Joe Mayers, John A. Anastasia and Christina Herrmann of Mayers Mennies & Sherr; Elizabeth F. Walker of Kennedy Campbell Lipski & Dochney; Fred B. Buck of Rawle & Henderson.

5/31/2011

31. Rosypal v. The Thompson Organization


Personal Injury C.P. Philadelphia Roberta D. Pichini and Andrew Mitnick of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig; Lisa Bellino Apelian of Kennedy Campbell Lipski & Dochney.

1/21/2011

32. Conlon v. Trans National Trucking


Wrongful Death, Survival


David Colleran of The Colleran Firm; Marc F. Ullom of Rawle & Henderson.

6/30/2011

33. (tie)

Butler v. Urban Brands Inc. $3.25 million (settlement)

Negligence C.P. Montgomery

Harry A. Dorian Jr. of Dorian Goldstein Wisniewski & Orchinik; Guy Mercogliano of Sweeney & Sheehan.

12/10/2011

33. (tie)

Sedor v. Community Medical Center


Negligence C.P. Lackawanna Danielle M. Mulcahey, George A. Reihner and Joseph T. Wright Jr. of Wright & Reihner; Richard Hodges, Scranton.

10/8/2010

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Largest Awards & Settlements in PARank Case Name Amount Type of Action Court Attorneys Date

35. Murphy v. Oxford Airport Technical Services Inc.


Personal Injury C.P. Philadelphia Michael O. Pansini and Steven M. Mezrow of Pansini & Mezrow; Adrian J. Gordon of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker.

3/5/2011

36. (tie)

Delandro v. County of Allegheny

$3 million (settlement)

Civil Rights U.S. District Court, W.D. Pa.

D. Aaron Rihn of Robert Peirce & Associates; Gary E. Mason, Nicholas A. Migliaccio and Alexander E. Barnett of The Mason Law Firm; Elmer Robert Keach III; Daniel C. Levin of Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman; Michael H. Wojcik and Craig Maravich of the Allegheny County Law Department.

9/15/2010

36. (tie)

Schwartz v. Garvey Roark Inc. $3 million (verdict)

Construction Accident

C.P. Philadelphia Jason L. Brodsky and Evan Smith of Brodsky & Smith; Robert Billet and Christopher D. Hillsley of Billet & Associates.

1/21/2011

36. (tie)

Vonner v. Mmeje $3 million (verdict)

Medical Malpractice, Childbirth

C.P. Philadelphia Joshua Van Naarden of Ross Feller Casey; James A. Young of Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young.

10/21/2010

39. Turner v. Mercy Health System and Vanston v. Maxis Health System


Class Action C.P. Philadelphia Larry J. Rappoport of Stevens & Lee; Peter Winebrake, R. Andrew Santillo and Mark J. Gottesfeld of the Winebrake Law Firm; Patrick Howard of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky; Wayne A. Ely and David J. Cohen of Kolman Ely.

40. Baird v. Freeport Transport Industries Inc.


Premises Liability, Slip and Fall

C.P. Philadelphia Kenneth F. Fulginiti and Thomas Duffy of Duffy & Partners; L. John Argento of Swartz Campbell.

6/27/2011

41. McHale v. Pocono Produce Co. Inc.


Personal Injury C.P. Philadelphia Michael O. Pansini and Steven M. Mezrow of Pansini & Mezrow; Joseph P. Crane and William Foster of Law Offices of David T. Latoff.

4/12/2011

42. Hatwood v. Trustees of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania


Brain Injury C.P. Philadelphia Richard J. Heleniak of Messa & Associates; James A. Young and Samantha L. Conway of Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young.

2/15/2011

43. Whitehead v. Vacation Charters Ltd.

$2.03 million (judicial finding)

Class Action, Wage Payment

C.P. Philadelphia Mark A. Kearney, Timothy T. Myers and Aimee L. Kumer of Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski; Steven G. Leventhal of Reger Rizzo & Darnall.

4/29/2011

44. Shatemirov v. Weber $1.87 million (verdict)

Medical Malpractice

C.P. Philadelphia Andy S. Youman of Kline & Specter; Michael McGilvery of Young & McGilvery.

5/24/2011

45. Reliant Healthcare Management Inc. v. Ashton Hall Inc.


Breach of Contract, Conspiracy

C.P. Philadelphia Mark L. Rhoades and Amy L. Blackmore of Mitts Milavec; Christopher J. Fox of Richman Berenbaum & Associates.

8/16/2010

46. Wees v. Ocampo $1.82 million (verdict)

Medical Malpractice

C.P. Erie Joshua L. Berger and David Paul of Berger & Lagnese; Tyler Smith of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti; David McQuiston of Thomson Rhodes & Cowie; Gary Bax of Murphy Taylor.

4/21/2011

47. Thatcher v. Smith $1.8 million (settlement)

Medical Malpractice

C.P. Lehigh Tom Kline and David K. Inscho of Kline & Specter; Richard W. Yost of Yost & Tretta; Charles J. Fonzone of Fonzone & Ashley; Jeffrey P. Bates of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin; Suzanne M. Bachovin of Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young; James W. Kraus of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti.

1/31/2011

48. Cox v. Barry $1.78 million (verdict)

Negligence C.P. Philadelphia Thomas J. Duffy of Duffy & Partners; James W. Christie of Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young; Daniel J. Sherry of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin.

9/1/2010

49. Johnson v. Diamond Tool & Fastener Inc.


Negligence C.P. Philadelphia Richard A. Wolfe and Marc A. Weinberg of Saffren & Weinberg; Christopher J. Cosgrove of Law Offices of William J. Ferren & Associates.

4/28/2011

Most Requested Opinions

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Source: Pennsylvania Instant Case Service Statistics, Aug. 1, 2010 — July 31, 2011. Ranked by number of times requested.

Rank Case Name PICS No. Court Date Judge Holding

1. Cochran v. Wyeth 10-2585 Pa. Superior July 27, 2010 Allen In this failure to warn case, the Superior Court held that plaintiff-appellant could not prove proximate causation because the non-disclosed risk did not materialize in physical injury. The Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Wyeth Inc.

2. Ownes v. Wyeth 10-2600 Pa. Superior July 26, 2010 Memorandum In Pennsylvania, a drug manufacturer does not have a duty to withdraw or recall a prescription drug from the market. Accordingly, appellant’s failure to withdraw claim lacked merit. Appellants appealed from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Wyeth. The Superior Court affirmed.

3. Lance v. Wyeth 10-2617 Pa. Superior Aug. 2, 2010 Allen Appellant appealed from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Wyeth, concluding that appellant failed to present a cognizable claim under Pennsylvania law. The Superior Court affirmed in part and reversed in part.

4. Eckman v. Erie Insurance Exchange

10-2678 C.P. Montgomery Aug. 6, 2010 Albright Plaintiffs claimed a conflict of interest existed for the attorney selected by their insurer to defend an underlying tort and therefore plaintiffs should be entitled to select and have insurer pay for independent counsel. The trial court denied the motion.

5. McKinney v. Phila. Housing Authority

10-3001 Pa. Commonwealth Aug. 25, 2010 Schiller The court held that while the 2006 version of Pennsylvania’s Uniform Construction Code adopted pursuant to the PCCA violated the Pennsylvania constitution, the 2009 version did not, under the General Assembly’s valid delegation of rule-making authority.

6. Betts v. New Castle Youth Development Center

10-3114 3rd Circuit Sept. 13, 2010 Hardiman An adjudicated delinquent youth suffered a severe spinal cord injury from playing tackle football without protective equipment while housed at a youth development center. The 3rd Circuit affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendants, finding immunity for defendants in their official capacities and no violation of the Eighth or Fourteenth Amendments in their individual capacities.

7. Barrick v. Holy Spirit Hospital

10-3151 Pa. Superior Sept. 16, 2010 Olson The Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s order directing the discovery and production of correspondence between appellant’s counsel and appellant’s treating physician and designated expert witness at trial. In this case of first impression, the court adopted a bright-line rule that attorney work-product must yield to the disclosure of the basis of a testifying expert’s opinion.

8. Jenkins v. Marina District Develop-ment Co.

10-3153 C.P. Philadelphia Aug. 23, 2010 Tereshko Pennsylvania courts did not have personal jurisdiction because appellant failed to show contacts between appellee and the state of Pennsylvania, which would have made appellee reasonably aware it could be hauled into court in Pennsylva-nia. If personal jurisdiction existed, appellant did not establish that Philadelphia was the proper venue. The court requested that its order granting appellee’s preliminary objections and dismissing appellant’s amended complaint be affirmed.

9. Taylor v. LA Fitness International

10-3154 C.P. Philadelphia Aug. 30, 2010 Younge Defendants’ exculpatory clauses complied with Pennsylvania law, therefore, the court enforced the clauses and granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s personal injury action.

10. McMillen v. Hummingbird Speedway Inc.

10-3174 C.P. Jefferson Sept. 9, 2010 Foradora Where a person’s social network sites may contain information relevant to the prosecution or defense of a lawsuit and in consideration of the law’s general disapproval of privileges, access to those sites should be freely granted.

11. Glushefski v. Sadowski

10-3268 C.P. Luzerne Oct. 1, 2010 Van Jura While plaintiffs were entitled to explore the potential basis of defendant’s medical expert as a possible professional witness, their discovery requests seeking information about other examinations and depositions were unreasonably burdensome. Motion to compel discovery granted in part; denied in part.

12. Commonwealth Financial Systems v. Hartzell

10-3398 C.P. Lawrence Oct. 19, 2010 Cox In a case involving default on credit card debt, defendant’s preliminary objection for failure to state whether the agreement was oral or written was overruled and the preliminary objection for failure to attach adequate documentation of the agreement, the assignment of the account and lack of specificity was sustained. Plaintiff’s amended complaint was stricken.

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Rank Case Name PICS No. Court Date Judge Holding

13. Fledderman v. Glunk 10-3505 Pa. Superior Nov. 17, 2010 Bowes Court upholds a $20 million award, including $15 million in punitive damages, given by a Philadelphia jury that found a plastic surgeon and a nurse anesthetist liable for an 18-year-old college student’s death after an elective liposuction procedure.

14. Schultz v. Erie Indemnity Co.

10-3683 C.P. Fayette July 22, 2010 Leskinen The court denied the defendant insurance carrier’s motion for summary judgment since there could be support at trial for the allegation that the “household exclusion” within plaintiff’s single vehicle insurance policy violates the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law. Defendant’s motion for summary judgment denied.

15. Grigos v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London

10-3684 C.P. Philadelphia Dec. 15, 2010 Bernstein The defendant insurer was liable for statutory bad faith conduct where it knowingly misrepresented its insurance policy to plaintiff and intentionally delayed the resolution of plaintiff’s fire loss claims. Summary judgment for plaintiff.

16. Kirschner v. K&L Gates LLP

11-0034 C.P. Allegheny Dec. 28, 2010 Wettick The court dismissed the plaintiff bankruptcy trustee’s legal malpractice claim against the defendant law firm in the absence of any obligations owed to the now bankrupt corporation and the absence of any losses under the deepening insolvency theory. Preliminary objections granted.

17. Alston v. Commowealth of Pennsylvania

11-0061 C.P. Philadelphia Dec. 13, 2010 Levin The court ruled that a five-eighths inch defect in a sidewalk was trivial as a matter of law. The court said its entry of compulsory non-suit was proper based on the evidence presented.

18. Wisniski v. American Commerce Group

11-0068 W.D. Pa. Jan. 4, 2011 Cohill Plaintiff was entitled to summary judgment on her claim that defendant acted in bad faith in handling her uninsured motorist claim where defendant misrepresented the limit of plaintiff’s policy and refused to arbitrate in contradiction to the terms of the policy. Summary judgment for plaintiff in part and defendant in part.

19. TL Ventures III Management v. Fabbio

11-0130 C.P. Philadelphia Jan. 10, 2011 Bernstein Where each of respondents’ challenges to an arbitration award alleged a mistake of fact or error of law, i.e., the types of errors that may not be reviewed under the applicable standard of review, the court granted the petition to confirm the arbitration award.

20. Beil v. Telesis Construction Inc.

11-0143 Pa. Supreme Jan. 19, 2011 Todd In this case involving the liability of an independent contractor, the owner exer-cised certain authority regarding safety and regulated access to and use of certain areas of the premises, but this was not the type of conduct that constituted control as contemplated by the Restatement (Second) of Torts and there was not sufficient control asserted to subject the owner to liability. Judgment notwithstanding the verdict affirmed.

21. Portside Investors LV v. Northern Insurance Co. of New York

11-0176 C.P Philadelphia Jan. 13, 2011 Bernstein Plaintiff’s expert was not qualified to render an opinion on any relevant issue presented to the jury for determination and had no factual basis for the opinions rendered. The jury had no evidentiary basis upon which to render their verdict. The verdict should be reversed and a new trial ordered.

22. Sparrow v. Pace/CM Inc.

11-0286 C.P. Lackawanna Feb. 7, 2011 Nealon Because the single entity theory is not cognizable in Pennsylvania, plaintiff’s claims for breach of contract, unjust enrichment and a violation of the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act were dismissed; the gist of the action doctrine barred tortious interference with contract claims and punitive damages claims were dismissed. Plaintiff’s allegations were sufficiently specific and the writing in defendants’ possession did not need to be attached. Defendants’ preliminary objections sustained in part and overruled in part.

23. Touchette v. Weis Markets Inc.

11-0713 C.P. Monroe March 3, 2011 Worthington Plaintiff assumed the risk of her injury when she knowingly and voluntarily walked over the snow and ice.

24. Blumer v. Ford Motor Co.

11-0854 Pa. Superior May 6, 2011 Allen The trial court did not err in admitting reports of prior similar incidents and design changes made prior to the accident at issue and finding that appellants did not preserve their hearsay objection to the reports. Judgment in favor of appellees affirmed.

25. Dailey-Console v. Barnwell

11-1115 C.P. Monroe May 18, 2011 Zulick The release pursuant to the settlement of this personal injury action was silent regarding the releasor’s obligation to obtain clearance from Medicare, but this did not pose an obstacle to enforcement of the release. Plaintiffs’ request for disbursement of settlement funds was granted.

16 PaLAW 2011

National Statistics

Source: Survey of Law Firm Economics, 2011 Edition published by The National Law Journal and ALM Legal Intelligence

How PA Law Firms Compare To Firms Nationwide (2010 Data)

Category PA Law Firms General Practice Law Firms Nationally

Gross Receipts $469,603 $445,988

Overhead (excluding all lawyer compensation) $159,163 $165,381

Firm Income (including all lawyer compensation) $310,440 $280,607

Debt at Year-End $86,455 $63,398

Partner Permanent Cash Basis Capital at Year-End $28,277 $15,561

Value of Unbilled Time at Year-End $85,544 $102,965

Value of Fees Receivable at Year-End $64,121 $84,048

Partner Billable Hours 1,672 1,612

Associate Billable Hours 1,851 1,787

6 to 10 Years Experience $335 $290


Over 20 Years Experience $400 $375

Under 2 Years Experience $175 $198



Over 10 Years Experience $250 $275

6 to 10 Years Experience $221,575 $198,853


Over 20 Years Experience $355,150 $330,204

Under 2 Years Experience — $113,099



Over 10 Years Experience $137,820 $146,489

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Largest Public Law Firms in PA

† State agencies that report to Office of General Counsel and are included in that office’s total * U.S. Attorney’s Offices’ growth N/A because they are new to the list.

Rank Organization No. of Attorneys Growth Chief Legal Officer, Title Year Took Office Jurisdiction1. Office of General Counsel 430 -49 Stephen S. Aichele, General Counsel 2011 State

2. Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office 299 -13 R. Seth Williams, District Attorney 2010 County

3. Defender Association of Philadelphia 240 30 Ellen T. Greenlee, Defender 1990 State

4. Office of the Attorney General 178 -28 Linda L. Kelly, Attorney General 2011 State

5. City of Philadelphia Law Department 173 -1 Shelley R. Smith, City Solicitor 2008 City

6. U.S. Attorney’s Office — Eastern District of Pennsylvania* 129 N/A Zane D. Memeger, U.S. Attorney 2010 Federal

7. Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office 115 0 Stephen A. Zappala Jr., District Attorney 1998 County

8. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 89 0 Marcia Mulkey, Regional Counsel 2009 Federal

9. Allegheny County Public Defender’s Office 83 0 Michael J. Machen, Chief Public Defender 2004 County

10. Department of Environmental Protection † 68 2 David J. Raphael, Chief Counsel 2011 State

11. Department of State 60 -3 Steven V. Turner, Chief Counsel 2009 State

12. Department of Labor & Industry † 55 -1 Arthur McNulty, Chief Counsel 2011 State

13. Delaware County District Attorney’s Office 53 3 G. Michael Green, District Attorney 2004 County

14. Delaware County Public Defender’s Office 51 -4 Spiros E. Angelos, Chief Public Defender 2004 County

15. U.S. Attorney’s Office — Western District of Pennsylvania* 49 N/A David J. Hickton, U.S. Attorney 2010 Federal

16. (tie) Department of Transportation † 45 -4 Andrew S. Gordon, Chief Counsel 1995 State

16. (tie) Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office 45 0 Risa Vetri Ferman, District Attorney 2008 County

18. Chester County District Attorney’s Office 40 2 Joseph W. Carroll, District Attorney 2002 County

19. (tie) Bucks County District Attorney’s Office 38 6 David W. Heckler, District Attorney 2010 County

19. (tie) Montgomery County Public Defender’s Office 38 0 Stephen Heckman, Chief Public Defender 2008 County

21. U.S. Attorney’s Office — Middle District of Pennsylvania* 37 N/A Peter J. Smith, U.S. Attorney 2010 Federal

22. Department of Public Welfare † 35 0 Open Position, N/A N/A State

23. Berks County District Attorney’s Office 33 1 John T. Adams, District Attorney 2008 County

24. Public Defender of Chester County 31 0 John R. Merrick, Public Defender 1972 County

25. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 30 0 Nicholas J. Staffieri, General Counsel 2000 State

26. (tie) Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office 26 -3 Craig Stedman, District Attorney 2008 County

26. (tie) Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office 26 -4 Jacqueline Musto Carroll, District Attorney 2008 County

28. (tie) Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office 25 0 Edward M. Marsico Jr., District Attorney 2000 County

28. (tie) Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office 25 0 James B. Martin, District Attorney 1998 County

30. Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office 24 0 Andrew J. Jarbola III, District Attorney 2000 County

31. (tie) Luzerne County Public Defender’s Office 22 1 Al Flora Jr., Chief Public Defender 2010 County

31. (tie) Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office 22 0 John W. Peck, District Attorney 1994 County

33. (tie) Northampton County District Attorney’s Office 21 0 John M. Morganelli, District Attorney 1992 County

33. (tie) Office of Bucks County Public Defender 21 0 Christina A. King, Chief Public Defender 2011 County

35. Department of Corrections † 20 -2 Suzanne Hueston, Chief Counsel 2006 State

36. (tie) Erie County Public Defender’s Office 19 0 Patricia J. Kennedy, Chief Public Defender 2011 County

36. (tie) Lehigh County Public Defender’s Office 19 0 Christian Perrucci, Chief Public Defender 2010 County

38. (tie) City of Pittsburgh Law Department 17 3 Daniel D. Regan, City Solicitor 2010 City

38. (tie) Office of Northampton County Public Defender 17 0 Michael F. Corriere, Public Defender 2006 County

40. Department of Revenue † 16 -3 David R. Kraus, Chief Counsel 2011 State

41. (tie) Department of General Services † 15 -1 Michael F. Eichert, Chief Counsel 2007 State

41. (tie) Erie County District Attorney’s Office 15 0 Jack Daneri, District Attorney 2009 County

41. (tie) Pennsylvania State Police † 15 -1 Barbara L. Christie, Chief Counsel 1996 State

44. (tie) Department of Education † 14 -2 Joseph M. Miller, Chief Counsel 2011 State

44. (tie) Westmoreland County Public Defender’s Office 14 1 Dante G. Bertani, Chief Public Defender 1969 County

46. (tie) Department of Community & Economic Development † 11 -2 Steven J. Fishman, Chief Counsel 2005 State

46. (tie) Department of Health † 11 -3 Alison Taylor, Chief Counsel 2011 State

46. (tie) Department of Insurance † 11 -3 Yen T. Lucas, Chief Counsel 2011 State

49. State Employees’ Retirement System † 8 -2 Samuel S. Yun, Acting Chief Counsel 2008 State

22 PaLAW 2011

PA-Area Law School Statistics

† Full-time students only * First-time test takers of the PA Bar Exam only Sources: ABA-LSAC 2011 Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools and the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners Statistics Reports.

School, Address, Phone/Fax, Web Site Dean2010 75%/25% LSAT†

2010 Median GPA†

July 2011 Bar Pass Rate*

Feb. 2011 Bar Pass Rate* Application Deadline/Fee

Full-Time Tuition In-State/Out-of-State Full-Time Students Part-Time Students

Percent Full-Time Minority Students

Percent Full-Time Women Students

Full-Time Faculty Fall/Spring

Part-Time Faculty Fall/Spring Student/Faculty Ratio

Drexel University — Earle Mack School of Law 3320 Market St. Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-571-4815 / 215-571-4763 www.drexel.edu/law

Roger J. Dennis 162/156 3.28 86.87% 100% Aug. 1 No fee

$34,450/Same 440 0 18.2% 44.5% 24/21 31/52 15.7:1

Duquesne University School of Law 201 Hanley Hall 900 Locust St. Pittsburgh, PA 15282 412-396-6296 / 412-396-1073 www.law.duq.edu

Ken Gormley 155/151 3.35 82.2% 0% April 1 — Day Division May 1 — Evening Division June 1 — Part-time Day Division $60

$32,376/Same 454 234 6.2% 47.5% 25/25 36/45 20.5:1

Pennsylvania State University — The Dickinson School of Law Lewis Katz Building University Park, PA 16802 814-865-8900 / 800-840-1122 Fax: 814-863-7274 www.law.psu.edu

Philip J. McConnaughay

161/157 3.60 92.08% 66.67% March 31 $60

$36,816/Same 617 1 14.3% 42.4% 54/52 19/20 9.4:1

Rutgers University School of Law — Camden 217 N. Fifth St. Camden, NJ 08102 856-225-6102 / 856-969-7903 www.camlaw.rutgers.edu

Rayman L. Soloman

161/157 3.40 82.84% 88.46% March 1 April 15 June 15 $65

$22,382/$33,173 573 216 20.1% 39.9% 51/53 43/56 11.6:1

Temple University — James E. Beasley School of Law 1719 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19122 215-204-7861 / 215-204-1185 www.law.temple.edu

JoAnne Epps 164/159 3.44 91.74% 87.5% March 1 $60

$18,206/$31,220 797 186 26.7% 43.3% 61/58 94/122 12.6:1

University of Pennsylvania Law School 3400 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-898-7481 / 215-573-2025 www.law.upenn.edu

Michael A. Fitts 171/166 3.85 96.92% 100% Dec. 1 — Early Decision Feb. 15 — Regular Notification $80

$48,362/Same 802 0 30.3% 47.6% 67/62 40/48 10.2:1

University of Pittsburgh School of Law 3900 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15260 412-648-1400 / 412-648-1318 www.law.pitt.edu

Mary A. Crossley 161/158 3.38 83.98% 81.48% March 1 $55

$26,550/$34,176 739 0 16.9% 42.9% 45/41 51/61 13.8:1

Villanova University School of Law 299 N. Spring Mill Road Villanova, PA 19085 610-519-7000 / 610-519-6472 www.law.vill.edu

John Y. Gotanda 163/159 3.33 91.57% 87.5% March 1 $75

$36,690/Same 765 0 19.1% 42.7% 38/34 57/69 16.4:1

Widener University School of Law — Delaware 4601 Concord Pike Wilmington, DE 19803-0474 302-477-2100 / 302-477-2282 www.law.widener.edu

Linda L. Ammons 154/150 3.18 86.39% 92.31% May 15 $60

$34,890/Same 647 352 17.3% 42.6% 49/42 51/48 15.4:1

Widener University School of Law — Harrisburg 3800 Vartan Way Harrisburg, PA 17106 717-541-3902 / 717-541-3999 www.law.widener.edu

Linda L. Ammons 153/148 3.10 80% 80% May 15 $60

$34,890/Same 350 103 12.9% 45.5.% 24/22 18/18 14.8:1

PaLAW 2011 23

Sources: ABA-LSAC 2011 Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools and the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners Statistics Reports.

School, Address, Phone/Fax, Web Site Dean2010 75%/25% LSAT†

2010 Median GPA†

July 2011 Bar Pass Rate*

Feb. 2011 Bar Pass Rate* Application Deadline/Fee

Full-Time Tuition In-State/Out-of-State Full-Time Students Part-Time Students

Percent Full-Time Minority Students

Percent Full-Time Women Students

Full-Time Faculty Fall/Spring

Part-Time Faculty Fall/Spring Student/Faculty Ratio

Drexel University — Earle Mack School of Law 3320 Market St. Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-571-4815 / 215-571-4763 www.drexel.edu/law

Roger J. Dennis 162/156 3.28 86.87% 100% Aug. 1 No fee

$34,450/Same 440 0 18.2% 44.5% 24/21 31/52 15.7:1

Duquesne University School of Law 201 Hanley Hall 900 Locust St. Pittsburgh, PA 15282 412-396-6296 / 412-396-1073 www.law.duq.edu

Ken Gormley 155/151 3.35 82.2% 0% April 1 — Day Division May 1 — Evening Division June 1 — Part-time Day Division $60

$32,376/Same 454 234 6.2% 47.5% 25/25 36/45 20.5:1

Pennsylvania State University — The Dickinson School of Law Lewis Katz Building University Park, PA 16802 814-865-8900 / 800-840-1122 Fax: 814-863-7274 www.law.psu.edu

Philip J. McConnaughay

161/157 3.60 92.08% 66.67% March 31 $60

$36,816/Same 617 1 14.3% 42.4% 54/52 19/20 9.4:1

Rutgers University School of Law — Camden 217 N. Fifth St. Camden, NJ 08102 856-225-6102 / 856-969-7903 www.camlaw.rutgers.edu

Rayman L. Soloman

161/157 3.40 82.84% 88.46% March 1 April 15 June 15 $65

$22,382/$33,173 573 216 20.1% 39.9% 51/53 43/56 11.6:1

Temple University — James E. Beasley School of Law 1719 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19122 215-204-7861 / 215-204-1185 www.law.temple.edu

JoAnne Epps 164/159 3.44 91.74% 87.5% March 1 $60

$18,206/$31,220 797 186 26.7% 43.3% 61/58 94/122 12.6:1

University of Pennsylvania Law School 3400 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-898-7481 / 215-573-2025 www.law.upenn.edu

Michael A. Fitts 171/166 3.85 96.92% 100% Dec. 1 — Early Decision Feb. 15 — Regular Notification $80

$48,362/Same 802 0 30.3% 47.6% 67/62 40/48 10.2:1

University of Pittsburgh School of Law 3900 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15260 412-648-1400 / 412-648-1318 www.law.pitt.edu

Mary A. Crossley 161/158 3.38 83.98% 81.48% March 1 $55

$26,550/$34,176 739 0 16.9% 42.9% 45/41 51/61 13.8:1

Villanova University School of Law 299 N. Spring Mill Road Villanova, PA 19085 610-519-7000 / 610-519-6472 www.law.vill.edu

John Y. Gotanda 163/159 3.33 91.57% 87.5% March 1 $75

$36,690/Same 765 0 19.1% 42.7% 38/34 57/69 16.4:1

Widener University School of Law — Delaware 4601 Concord Pike Wilmington, DE 19803-0474 302-477-2100 / 302-477-2282 www.law.widener.edu

Linda L. Ammons 154/150 3.18 86.39% 92.31% May 15 $60

$34,890/Same 647 352 17.3% 42.6% 49/42 51/48 15.4:1

Widener University School of Law — Harrisburg 3800 Vartan Way Harrisburg, PA 17106 717-541-3902 / 717-541-3999 www.law.widener.edu

Linda L. Ammons 153/148 3.10 80% 80% May 15 $60

$34,890/Same 350 103 12.9% 45.5.% 24/22 18/18 14.8:1

PaLAW 2011 25

PA Minority- & Women-Owned Law Firms

Source: Survey of Minority- and Women-Owned Law Firms

Firm, Address, Phone/Fax, E-Mail/Website Managing Partner(s) No. of Attorneys Practice Areas

Ann C. Lebowitz The Bellevue, 200 S. Broad St., Suite 600 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-893-4976 / 215-790-0723 [email protected]

Ann C. Lebowitz 1 Appellate practice.

Atkins & Cohen 2230 Land Title Building, 100 S. Broad St Philadelphia, PA 19110 215-448-3900 / 215-448-3905 [email protected] / www.atkins-cohen.com

Roland J. Atkins 5 Civil litigation and estate administration.

Bagia & Associates The Bourse, 111 S. Independence Mall East, Suite 592 Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-922-5354 / 215-922-5713 [email protected] / www.bagiaimmigration.com

Jay Bagia 5 All areas of U.S. immigration.

Bickerton & Bickerton 1034 Fifth Ave., Suite 400 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-398-5507 [email protected] / http://bickerton-law.com

Lea T. Bickerton 2 Criminal defense, traffic ticket defense and driver’s license reinstatement and firearms law.

Brown Stone Nimeroff Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market St., Suite 3420 Philadelphia, PA 19103 267-861-5330 / 267-350-9050 [email protected] / www.bsnlawyers.com

Mary Kay Brown, Antoinette R. Stone and Jami B. Nimeroff

5 Commercial litigation, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy.

Cohen Fluhr & Gonzalez 1608 Walnut St., Suite 1108 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-854-0060 / 215-854-0097 [email protected] / www.cfg-law.com

Sanjuanita Gonzalez 4 Social Security/SSI Disability and immigration.

Espinosa & Associates 243 N. Duke St., Second Floor Lancaster, PA 17602 717-293-8010 / 717-293-8038 www.espinosaandassociatesllc.com

Osvaldo Espinosa 2 Family law, Social Security disability and criminal defense.

Gary Lee 1835 Market St., Suite 2710 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-922-3232

Gary Lee 1 Appellate litigation, personal injury, family law, employment discrimination, business litigation, business transactions and advice, real estate, estate planning and administration.

Harper & Paul 140 W. Maplewood Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19144 215-844-4848 / 215-844-0464 [email protected] / www.harperandpaul.com

Ronald J. Harper 3 General practice.

Hing Cheng 123 N. Ninth Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-568-0400 / 215-568-5560 [email protected] / www.hingcheng.com

Glenn F. Hing 4 Real estate, financing, zoning and land use, business transactions, landlord/tenant matters, immigration and commerical litigation.

Hwang & Haas 107 W. Township Line Road East Norriton, PA 19403 484-674-3250 / 484-674-3246 [email protected] / www.hwanglegal.com

Sam Y. Hwang 2 Business, corporate, banking, real estate and commercial litigation.

26 PaLAW 2011

PA Minority- & Women-Owned Law Firms


Firm, Address, Phone/Fax, E-Mail/Website Managing Partner(s) No. of Attorneys Practice Areas

Law & Associates 1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 650 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-751-0500 / 215-751-0700 [email protected]

Tsiwen M. Law 3 Real estate and construction litigation, personal injury, wills and trusts, commercial transactions and business litigation.

Law Office of Dolores Rocco Kulp 2300 Chestnut St., Suite 340 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-468-5444 / 215-468-5443 [email protected] / www.drkulplaw.com

Dolores Rocco Kulp 5 Personal injury defense specializing in transportation and common-carrier litigation, general insurance defense and appellate practice.

Law Office of Jettie D. Newkirk 3600 Conshohocken Ave., Suite 2001 Philadelphia, PA 19131 215-877-4546 / 215-877-4547 [email protected]

Jettie D. Newkirk 1 Probate, wills, powers of attorney, real estate and nonprofits and small business representation.

Law Office of Nicola Henry-Taylor 100 Ross St., Suite 1 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-360-9393 / 412-201-5161 [email protected] / www.henry-taylorlaw.info

Nicola Henry-Taylor 1 Criminal law, family law, Social Security and disability claims.

Law Offices of Carmen R. Matos 40 E. Court St., Third Floor Doylestown, PA 18901 215-345-8550 / 215-345-8551 [email protected] / www.carmenmatoslaw.com

Carmen R. Matos 2 Employment law, mediation, personal injury and family law.

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PA Minority- & Women-Owned Law FirmsFirm, Address, Phone/Fax, E-Mail/Website Managing Partner(s) No. of Attorneys Practice Areas

Riverside Law 300 Four Falls Corporate Center, Suite 710 3000 Conshohocken State Road West Conshohocken, PA 19428 215-368-3888 / 215-368-3871 [email protected] / www.riversidelaw.com

Kathryn Doyle 4 Intellectual property law, emphasis in life sciences.

Shemtob Law 790 Penllyn Pike, Suite 303 Blue Bell, PA 19422 215-542-2105/215-542-2143 [email protected] / www.shemtoblaw.com

Lori Shemtob 5 Family law.

Steven L. Chung, LLC 1616 Walnut St., Suite 2110 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-688-5777 / 215-405-3702 [email protected] / www.paesquire.com

Steven Chung 1 Personal injury.

Taylor Law Firm 1382 Old Freeport Road, Suite 3AR Pittsburgh, PA 15238 412-999-6655 [email protected]

Kezia Taylor 1 Commercial real estate development and labor and employment.

The Law Office of Brian K. Wiley 100 S. Main St. North Wales, PA 19454 215-699-2522 / 215-699-8988 [email protected]

Brian K. Wiley 1 Plaintiff’s employment law, federal court, civil rights, school and education law and disability law.

Tran Law Associates 834 Chestnut St., Suite 206 Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-690-1933 [email protected] / www.tranlawassociates.com

Djung Tran 1 Immigration, family law and real estate.

Triquetra Law 35 E. Orange St., Suite 301 Lancaster, PA 17602 717-299-6300 / 717-299-6338 www.triquetralaw.com

Sharon R. Lopez 2 Appeals, civil rights and employment law.

Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards 1717 Arch St., Suite 3838 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-731-9004 / 215-731-9044 [email protected] / www.trrlaw.com

Kenneth I. Trujillo 7 Antitrust, commercial litigation, international litigation, securities, government regulation, investigations and disputes.

Tucker Law Group 1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1700 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-875-0609 / 215-875-8143 [email protected] / www.tlgattorneys.com

Joe H. Tucker Jr. 10 Civil & commercial litigation and employment discrimination.

Vinh P. Su Esq. 230 S. Broad St., Suite 700 Philadelphia, PA 19102 267-243-9372 / 215-735-2954 [email protected] / vinhsulaw.wordpress.com

Vinh Su 1 General practice, criminal defense, family law, immigration, real property, wills and trusts and estates.

Winston Law Firm 1500 Market St., 12th Floor, East Tower Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-665-5736 / 215-569-8228 [email protected] / www.winslaw.com

Daryl W. Winston 3 Commercial litigation, catastrophic injury, employment matters and business counseling


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PA Public Interest Law Firms

Source: Survey of Public Interest Organizations Listed by Annual Budget NA (Not Applicable) WND (Would Not Disclose) *2010 data

Organization, Address, Phone/Fax, E-Mail/Website

Top Staff Member/Title Annual Budget Core Services

Area Served

Full-Time Attorneys

Full-Time Paralegals

Other Full-Time Staff

Volunteer Attorneys/Paralegals & Students

Cases Opened from 7/10 to 7/11

Community Legal Services of Philadelphia 1424 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19140 215-981-3700 / 215-981-0434 www.clsphila.org

Catherine C. Carr, Executive Director

$10,140,598 Provides free legal services to low-income Philadelphia residents in the areas of aging and disabilities, community economic development, consumer, employment, energy, family advocacy, housing, language access and public benefits law.

County 54 33 26 5/52 10,570

Mazzoni Center 21 S. 12th St., 12th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 866-542-8529 / 215-563-0748 [email protected] www.mazzonicenter.org

Nurit L. Shein, Executive Director; David Rosenblum, Legal Services Director

$8,340,696 Provides quality comprehensive health and wellness services in an LGBT-focused environment, offering assistance to low-income LGBT individuals on more than 30 distinct issues including family law, legal documentation, wills and estate planning documents and employment discrimination.

State 2 0 6 0 840

Disability Rights Network of PA 1315 Walnut St., Suite 500 Philadelphia, PA 19107 800-692-7443 / 215-772-3126 [email protected] / www.drnpa.org

Mark J. Murphy, Chief Executive Officer

$6,100,000 Provides legal and other advocacy services to people with disabilities.

State 16 4 38 29/0 4,500

Neighborhood Legal Services Association 928 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412-255-6700 / 412-765-3223 [email protected] / www.nlsa.us

Robert V. Racunas, Executive Director

$6,019,266 Provides civil legal services to low-income residents in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties.

Regional 33 4 24 310/48 12,231

North Penn Legal Services 507 Linden St. Scranton, PA 18503 610-317-5308 / 610-317-8778 [email protected] www.northpennlegal.org

Victoria A. Coyle, Executive Director

$5,000,000 Provides civil legal aid in matters threatening safe housing, families and economic security.

Regional 35 15 28 202/23 9,197

Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center 42 S. 15th St., Suite 500 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-981-3800 / 215-981-3860 [email protected] www.philalegal.org

Anita Santos-Singh, Executive Director

$4,500,000 Provides free legal services to low-income residents of Philadelphia in the areas of family law, public benefits and consumer housing. It also operates the Pennsylvania Farmworker Project, which provides legal services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers throughout Pennsylvania.

County 15 20 9 0/86 9,343

Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania 625 Swede St. Norristown, PA 19401 610-275-5400 / 215-275-5406 [email protected], [email protected] www.lasp.org

Harvey F. Strauss and Elizabeth Wood Fritsch, Co-Executive Directors

$4,300,000 Provides civil legal assistance to low-income residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties.

Regional 27 8 17 350/20 10,000

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KidsVoice 700 Frick Building, Suite 700 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-391-3100 / 412-391-3588 [email protected] / www.kidsvoice.org

Scott Hollander, Executive Director

$4,100,000 Provides legal representation and advocacy for abused and neglected children.

County 24 2 40 12/9 3,000

Juvenile Law Center 1315 Walnut St., Fourth Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-625-0551 / 215-625-2808 [email protected] / www.JlC.org

Robert G. Schwartz, Executive Director

$2,353,400 Uses the law to promote fairness, prevent harm, ensure access to appropriate services and create opportunities for children in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

State 10 2 8 3/0 7

Support Center for Child Advocates 1900 Cherry St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 267-546-9200 / 267-546-9201 [email protected] www.advokid.org

Frank P. Cervone, Executive Director

$2,283,284 Provides legal and social service advocacy for victims of child abuse and neglect, with the goal of securing a permanent, nurturing environment for every child.

Regional 5 0 22 328/13 290

Regional Housing Legal Services 2 S. Easton Road Glenside, PA 19038-7615 215-572-7300 / 215-572-0262 [email protected] / www.rhls.org

Mark Schwartz, Executive Director

$1,900,000 Provides legal services, technical assistance and policy analysis to community-based organizations that develop affordable housing and/or work on utility issues.

State 15 1 3 1/5 8

American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania P.O. Box 40008 Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-592-1513 / 215-592-1343 [email protected] / www.aclupa.org

Reggie Shuford, Executive Director

$1,750,000 Provides services regarding civil rights litigation.

State 4 1 13 130/60 180

Education Law Center 429 Fourth Ave., Suite 1901 Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1910 412-258-2120 / 412-391-4496

1315 Walnut St., Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-238-6970 / 215-772-3125 [email protected] / www.elc-pa.org

Len Rieser, Executive Director

$1,500,000 Helps low-income and disadvantaged families, students and community organizations with problems involving access to public education and quality of education services.

State 7 1 2 5/5 250

HIAS Pennsylvania 2100 Arch St. Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-832-0900 / 215-832-0919 [email protected] www.hiaspa.org

Judith Bernstein-Baker, Executive Director

$1,400,000 Provides direct immigration legal services to immigrants and refugees, refugee resettlement services, community education on immigration issues and technical assistance to providers and non-immigration attorneys.

Regional 6 4 5 40/10 680

Pennsylvania Health Law Project 123 Chestnut St., Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-625-3990 / 215-625-3879 [email protected] / www.phlp.org

Laval Miller-Wilson, Executive Director

$1,168,498 Provides free legal services to lower-income consumers, seniors and persons with disabilities who are having trouble accessing publicly funded health care coverage or services.

State 4 3 3 0/5 2,541

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Full-Time Attorneys





Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia 1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Second Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-627-7100 / 215-627-3183 [email protected] / www.pilcop.org

Jennifer R. Clarke, Executive Director

$1,137,780 Use high-stakes legal strategies to improve the well-being and life prospects of the Philadelphia region’s most vulnerable populations by assuring that they have access to the material resources and services that all of us need to live our lives: education, health care, housing, employment and the unencumbered right to vote.

State 6 0 5 89/0 53

SeniorLAW Center 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810 Philadelphia, PA 19110- 215-988-1244 / 215-988-1243 [email protected] www.seniorlawcenter.org

Karen C. Buck, Executive Director

$1,122,790 Improves the lives of older Pennsylvanians and protects their rights through legal representation, education and advocacy.

County 9 2 3 94/20 5,300

AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania 1211 Chestnut St., Suite 600 Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-587-9377 / 215-587-9902 [email protected] www.aidslawpa.org

Ronda B. Goldfein, Executive Director

$935,000* Provides free legal services to Pennsylvanians with HIV/AIDS.

State 5 4 4 2/12 2,131

Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project 718 Arch St., Suite 304 South Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-925-2966 / 215-925-5337 [email protected] / www.pailp.org

Angus Love, Executive Director

$900,000 Provides free civil legal assistance to eligible institutionalized persons in Pennsylvania.

State 4 3 4 2/4 600

Women Against Abuse Legal Center 100 S. Broad St., Fifth Floor Philadelphia, PA 19110 215-686-7082 / 215-686-7041 www.womenagainstabuse.org

Jeannine Lisitski, Executive Director

$878,328 Assists victims of domestic violence with their PFA, custody and support cases.

County 6 0 7 9/5 282

Legal Clinic for the Disabled 1513 Race St. Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-587-3158 / 215-587-3166 [email protected] / www.llcdphila.org

Linda A. Peyton, Executive Director

$408,000 Provides free legal services to low-income persons with physical disabilities and deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in the five-county Philadelphia region.

Regional 6 0 4 7/3 170

Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts Three Parkway, 1601 Cherry St. Suite 1320 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-569-1150 / 215-569-9153 [email protected] www.pmconline.org

Lynn A. Marks, Executive Director

$350,000 Works to improve and strengthen the justice system by reforming the judicial selection and discipline processes; improving court administration, financing and the jury system; increasing fairness; and assisting Pennsylvanians in navigating the courts and justice system, whether as litigants, jurors or witnesses.

State 2 0 1 0/0 0

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Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project 42 S. 15th St., Fourth Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-523-9511 / 215-981-3866 [email protected] www.philalegal.org

Mary Anne Lucey, Executive Director

$230,000 Provides debt and budget counseling in conjunction with Chapter 7 bankruptcy to enable clients to stabilize their finances.

County 2 2 1 70/15 350

Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts 200 S. Broad St., Suite 700 Philadelphia, PA 19102-3896 215-790-3836 / 215-790-3888 [email protected] www.artsandbusiness.org/pvla

Miriam K. DeChant, Director

$90,000 Provides education, outreach and pro bono services to low-income individuals and collectives and to small arts and cultural nonprofit organizations.

Regional 1 0 1 180/48 603

CASA of Allegheny County* 564 Forbes Ave., Suite 902 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-594-3606 / 412-594-3607 [email protected] / www.pgh-casa.org

Melissa Protzek, Executive Director

WND Provides advocacy for abused and neglected children per juvenile court order by researching cases and making recommendations for the best interest of the child.

County 1 0 7 12/8 9

Mental Health America Legal Services* 100 Sheridan Sq., Second Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15206-3042 412-661-7860 / 412-661-7865 [email protected] / www.mhaac.net

Frank Cecchetti, Attorney

WND Provides consultation and representation to individuals in Allegheny County receiving services in the public mental health systems. Handles civil matters only.

County 0 0 0 1/0 0

Northwestern Legal Services Renaissance Centre, 1001 State St., Suite 700 Erie, PA 16501 814-452-6949 / 814-452-3734 [email protected] / www.nwls.org

Robert A. Oakley, Executive Director

WND Provides free legal services in certain civil cases for low-income clients.

State 15 4 17 76/5 5,474

MidPenn Legal Services Inc.* 213A N. Front St. Harrisburg, PA 17101 717-234-0492 / 717-234-0496 [email protected] www.midpenn.org

Rhodia D. Thomas, Executive Director

WND Provides legal representation to low -income individuals in civil legal matters and survivors of domestic violence.

Regional 44 19 33 1,146/26 11,085

Laurel Legal Services Inc.* 306 S. Pennsylvania Ave. Greensburg, PA 15601-3066 724-836-2211 / 724-836-3680 [email protected] www.laurellegalservices.org

Cynthia A. Sheehan, Executive Director

WND Provides a full range of legal services from advice and brief services to administrative and court representation and appeal in civil non-fee generating cases within program priorities for those of low income who meet eligibility requirements.

County 17 1 16 3/5 5,000

SafeNet Legal Clinic — PFACS* P.O. Box 1436 Erie, PA 16512 814-455-1774 / 814-459-6512 [email protected] www.safeneterie.org

Linda King, Executive Director

WND Provides free legal representation to domestic violence victims, protection from abuse orders and civil cases related to abuse.

County 1 1 50 0/4 50

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Homeless Advocacy Project 42 South 15th St., 4th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-523-9595 / 215-981-3866 [email protected] www.homelessadvocacyproject.org

Marsha I. Cohen, Executive Director

WND Provides free civil legal services to homeless individuals and families in 25 Philadelphia homeless shelters and soup kitchens through the use of volunteer attorneys, paralegals and law students.

County 7 4 3 325/75 3,000

Nationalities Service Center 1216 Arch St., Fourth Floor Philadelphia, PA 19119 215-893-8400 / 215-735-9718 [email protected] / www.nscphila.org

Dennis Mulligan, Executive Director

WND Provides immigration legal services, English classes, interpretation and translation, senior center and refugee resettlement.

Regional 3 3 23 5/20 910

Philadelphia VIP 1500 Walnut St., Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-523-9550 / 215-564-0845 [email protected] www.phillyvip.org

Sara L. Woods, Executive Director

WND Recruits, trains and supports volunteer attorneys who provide pro bono legal services to eligible low-income clients with non-fee generating civil legal matters.

County 10 3 4 608/69 1,645

Women’s Law Project* 125 S. Ninth St., Suite 300 Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-928-9801 / 215-928-9848 [email protected] www.womenslawproject.org

Carol E. Tracy, Executive Director

WND Works to advance the legal, social and economic status of women through litigation, public policy advocacy, public education and individual counseling.

State 4 0 6 30/0 6

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network 118 Locust St. Harrisburg, PA 17101 717-236-9486 / 717-233-4088 [email protected] www.palegalaid.net

Samuel W. Milkes, Executive Director

WND Provides civil legal aid to low-income clients in certain priority areas.

State 257 111 168 940/100 68,188

Friends of Farmworkers* 42 S. 15th St., Suite 605 Philadelphia, PA 19102-2205 215-733-0878 / 215-733-0876 [email protected] / www.friendsfw.org

Gisselle Guerrero, Executive Director

WND Provides legal services to improve the living and working conditions of indigent farmworkers, mushroom workers, food processing workers and workers from immigrant and migrant communities.

State 4 1 1 10/10 500

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Largest PA Public Corporations

Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources NA (Not Applicable) WND (Would Not Disclose) *Last year’s information

Rank Public Corporation/Address

2010 Revenue (In Millions) Chief Legal Officer Title

Year Named

No. of In-House Attorneys Major Law Firms Used

1. AmerisourceBergen Corp. 1300 Morris Drive, Suite 100 Chesterbrook, PA 19087

$77,953.98 John G. Chou Senior V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2007 21 Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Pittsburgh; Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Philadelphia; Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg, Philadelphia; Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh; K&L Gates, Pittsburgh

2. Comcast Corp. One Comcast Center 1701 John F. Kennedy Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19103

$37,937.00 Arthur R. Block Senior V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2000 225 Davis Polk & Wardwell; Wilkie Farr & Gallagher; Davis Wright Tremaine; Drinker Biddle & Reath; Ballard Spahr

3. Sunoco Inc. 1735 Market St., Suite LL Philadelphia, PA 19103

$37,489.00 Stacy L. Fox Senior V.P. & General Counsel

2010 17 Kirkland & Ellis; Beveridge & Diamond; Morgan Lewis & Bockius; Foley & Lardner; Reed Smith

4. CIGNA Corp. Two Liberty Place 1601 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19192-1550

$21,253.00 Nicole Jones Executive V.P. & Chief Counsel

2010 WND DLA Piper; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker; Morgan Lewis & Bockius; Jenner & Block*

5. Alcoa Inc. 201 Isabella St., Alcoa Corporate St. Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5858

$21,013.00 Nicholas J. DeRoma Executive V.P., Chief Legal & Compliance Officer

2009 85* Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, New York; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, New York; K&L Gates, Pittsburgh; Cravath Swaine & Moore, New York; Hunton & Williams*

6. U.S. Steel Corp. 600 Grant St. Pittsburgh, PA 15219

$17,374.00 James D. Garraux Senior V.P. - Corporate Affairs & General Counsel

2007 49 WND

7. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222

$15,176.00 Helen P. Pudlin Executive V.P. & General Counsel

2009 WND WND

8. PPG Industries Inc. One PPG Place Pittsburgh, PA 15272

$13,423.00 Glenn E. Bost II Senior V.P. & General Counsel

2010 28 WND

9. H.J. Heinz Co. One PPG Place, Suite 3100 Pittsburgh, PA 15222

$10,494.98 Theodore N. Bobby Executive V.P. & General Counsel

2006 WND WND

10. Lincoln National Corporation 150 N. Radnor Chester Road, Suite A305 Radnor, PA 19087

$10,407.00 Nicole S. Jones Senior V.P. & General Counsel

2010 WND WND

11. Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 7201 Hamilton Blvd. Allentown, PA 18195

$9,026.00 John D. Stanley Senior V.P. & General Counsel

2009 29 WND

12. Crown Holdings Inc. One Crown Way Philadelphia, PA 19154-4599

$7,941.00 William T. Gallagher Senior V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2000 5 Dechert, Philadelphia; Law Offices of Michael J. Stack, Philadelphia; Elliott Greenleaf & Seidzikowski, Blue Bell, Pa.; Woodcock Washburn, Philadelphia

13. Sunoco Logistics Partners 525 Fritztown Road Sinking Spring, PA 19608

$7,837.00 Kathleen Shea-Ballay

V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2010 WND WND

14. The Hershey Co. 100 Crystal A Drive Hershey, PA 17033

$5,671.01 Burton H. Snyder Senior V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2001 10 WND

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15. UGI Corp. 460 N. Gulph Road King of Prussia, PA 19406

$5,591.40 Robert H. Knauss V.P., General Counsel & Assistant Secretary

2003 12 Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia; Foley & Lardner, Washington; Nelson Kinder & Mosseau, Manchester, N.H.; Reed Smith, Chicago; Blank Rome, Philadelphia

16. Universal Health Services Inc. Universal Corporate Center 367 S. Gulph Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-0958

$5,568.19 Matthew D. Klein V.P. & General Counsel 2008 8 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh; Fulbright & Jaworski, New York, Washington and Houston; Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia; McDermott Will & Emery; Jackson Lewis

17. Mylan Laboratories Inc. 1500 Corporate Drive, Suite 400 Cannonsburg, PA 15317

$5,450.52 Kristin A. Kolesar Senior V.P. & Global General Counsel

2010 25* Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti; Cravath Swaine & Moore*

18. CONSOL Energy Inc. 1000 CONSOL Energy Drive Canonsburg, PA 15317

$5,236.02 P. Jerome Richey Executive V.P. - Corporate Affairs & Chief Legal Officer

2009 9 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney; Dickie McCamey & Chilcote; Dinsmore & Shohl; Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

19. WESCO International Inc. 225 W. Station Square Drive, Suite 700 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

$5,063.86 Diane E. Lazzaris V.P. - Legal Affairs 2010 5 K&L Gates, Pittsburgh; Reed Smith, Pittsburgh; Cohen & Grigsby, Pittsburgh

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20. Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. 300 Industry Drive, RIDC Park West Pittsburgh, PA 15275

$4,412.84 David I. Mossé Senior V.P. - Legal, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

2010 6* Jones Day; Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney*

21. Airgas Inc. 249 N. Radnor-Chester Road, Suite 100 Radnor, PA 19087

$4,251.47 Robert H. Young Jr. Senior V.P. & General Counsel

2007 6 McCausland Keen & Buckman, Radnor, Pa.; Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, New York

22. Allegheny Technologies Inc. 1000 Six PPG Place Pittsburgh, PA 15222

$4,047.80 Elliot S. Davis Senior V.P., Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel & Secretary

2011 7 WND

23. Unisys Corp. 801 Lakeview Drive, Suite 100 Blue Bell, PA 19422

$4,019.60 Nancy Straus Sundheim

Senior V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2001 86* WND

24. Buckeye Partners Five Tek Park 9999 Hamilton Blvd. Breinigsville, PA 18031

$3,151.27 William H. Schmidt Jr.

V.P., General Counsel & Secretary of General Partner

2007 2 Armstrong Teasdale, St. Louis; Arnall Golden Gregory, Atlanta; Latham & Watkins, Chicago; Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia; Vinson & Elkins, Houston

25. FMC Corp. 1735 Market St. Philadelphia, PA 19103

$3,116.30 Andrea E. Utecht V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2001 12 Dechert, Philadelphia; Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia; Blank Rome, Philadelphia; Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia; Swanson Martin & Bell, Chicago

26. Harsco Corp. 350 Poplar Church Road Camp Hill, PA 17011

$3,038.68 Mark E. Kimmel Senior V.P., Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

2004 13* Jones Day, Cleveland; Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh; Nixon Peabody, Buffalo, NY; McNees Wallace & Nurick, Harrisburg*

27. American Eagle Outfitters Inc. 77 Hot Metal St. Pittsburgh, PA 15203

$2,940.27 Neil Bulman Jr. V.P. & General Counsel 2000 5 Wood Herron & Evans, Cincinnati, Ohio; Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, Columbus, Ohio; Reed Smith, Pittsburgh; Rutan & Tucker, Costa Mesa, Calif.; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, New York

28. Cephalon Inc. 41 Moores Road, P.O. Box 4011 Frazer, PA 19355

$2,811.06 Gerald J. Pappert Executive V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2008 18 WND

29. Armstrong World Industries Inc. P.O. Box 3001 Lancaster, PA 17604

$2,766.40 Mark Hershey Senior V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2011 10* Weil Gotshall & Manges; Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice; Sandler Travis & Rosenberg; Thompson & Knight; Stevens & Lee*

30. Vishay Intertechnology Inc. 63 Lancaster Ave. Malvern, PA 19355

$2,725.09 Avner Z. Lahat Director of Legal Services

2004 3 WND

31. Education Management Corp. 210 Sixth Avenue, 33rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222

$2,508.56 J. Devitt Kramer Senior V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2006 8 Jones Day, Pittsburgh; Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Pittsburgh; K&L Gates, Pittsburgh

32. Ametek Inc. 1100 Cassatt Road, P.O. Box 1764 Berwyn, PA 19312

$2,470.95 Robert S. Feit V.P. & General Counsel 2007 1 WND

33. Penn National Gaming Inc. Wyomissing Professional Ctr. 825 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 200 Wyomissing, PA 19610

$2,459.11 Jordan Savitch Senior V.P. & General Counsel

2002 WND WND

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34. Urban Outfitters Inc. 5000 S. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19112

$2,274.10 Glen A. Bodzy General Counsel & Secretary

1997 WND WND

35. Dentsply International Inc. Susquehanna Commerce Center 221 W. Philadelphia St. York, PA 17405

$2,221.01 Deborah Rasin V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2011 7 Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Pittsburgh; McNees Wallace & Nurick, Harrisburg; Woodcock Washburn, Philadelphia; Goodell DeVries, Baltimore

36. Charming Shoppes Inc. 450 Winks Lane Bensalem, PA 19020

$2,064.60 Colin D. Stern Executive V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

1989 5 Morgan Lewis & Bockius; Call & Jensen; Radey Thomas

37. Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack 3111 W. Allegheny Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19132

$1,910.94 Brian D. Zuckerman Senior V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2003 4* Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia; DLA Piper, Philadelphia; Reed Smith, Philadelphia; Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg, Philadelphia*

38. Kennametal Inc. 1600 Technology Way, P.O. Box 231 Latrobe, PA 15650

$1,884.07 Kevin G. Nowe V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2010 8 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Pittsburgh; Baker & McKenzie, Washington; Covington & Burling, Washington; Babst Calland, Pittsburgh

39. Teleflex Inc. 155 S. Limerick Road Limerick, PA 19468

$1,801.71 Laurence G. Miller Executive V.P., Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary

2004 6 WND

40. Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. 100 Endo Blvd. Chadds Ford, PA 19317

$1,716.23 Caroline B. Manogue Executive V.P., Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

2004 20 Arnold & Porter; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; Drinker Biddle & Reath; Dechert

41. EnerSys 2366 Bernville Road Reading, PA 19605

$1,579.39 Joseph Lewis V.P., General Counsel & Assistant Secretary

2009 3 WND

42. Wabtec Corp. 1001 Air Brake Ave. Wilmerding, PA 15148

$1,507.01 David M. Seitz V.P., Senior Counsel & Assistant Secretary

2000 3 Reed Smith, Pittsburgh; The Webb Law Firm, Pittsburgh; K&L Gates, Pittsburgh

43. Toll Brothers Inc. 250 Gibraltar Road Horsham, PA 19044

$1,494.77 John K. McDonald Senior V.P., General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

2010 14 Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia; Duane Morris, Philadelphia

44. P.H. Glatfelter Co. 96 South George St., Suite 500 York, PA 17401

$1,465.98 Thomas G. Jackson V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2008 2 Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia; Shearman & Sterling, New York; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, New York; Dilworth Paxson, Philadelphia; Barley Snyder

45. EQT Corp. 225 North Shore Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15212

$1,322.71 Lewis B. Gardner V.P. & General Counsel 2008 12 WND

46. Triumph Group Inc. 1550 Liberty Ridge Drive, Suite 100 Wayne, PA 19087

$1,294.78 John B. Wright II V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2004 5 Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia; Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Philadelphia; Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, Philadelphia; Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, Phoenix; Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia

47. Koppers Holdings Inc. 436 Seventh Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15219

$1,245.50 Steven R. Lacy Senior V.P. - Administration, General Counsel & Secretary

2004 WND WND

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48. Carpenter Technology Corp. P.O. Box 14662 Reading, PA 19612

$1,198.60 James Dee Senior V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2010 3 WND

49. West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. 101 Gordon Drive P.O. Box 645 Lionville, PA 19341

$1,104.70 John R. Gailey III V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

1991 WND WND

50. GSI Commerce Inc. 935 First Ave. King of Prussia, PA 19406

$1,004.22 Paul Cataldo Senior V.P. & General Counsel

WND 9* WND

51. Harleysville Group Inc. 355 Maple Ave. Harleysville, PA 19438

$986.27 Robert A. Kauffman Senior V.P., Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel & Secretary

2004 40 Blank Rome, Philadelphia; Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia; Fox Rothschild, Philadelphia

52. Mine Safety Appliances Co. 121 Gamma Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15238

$982.67 Douglas K. McClaine V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2002 3 Reed Smith, Pittsburgh; Dillon McCandless King & Coulter, Saxonburg, Pa.; Crowell & Moring, Washington

53. Black Box Corp. 1000 Park Drive Lawrence, PA 15055

$961.39 Christopher H. Gebhardt

General Counsel WND 3* WND

54. Federated Investors Inc. Federated Investors Tower 1001 Liberty Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222

$951.94 John W. McGonigle Vice Chairman, Executive V.P., Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

1998 Reed Smith, Pittsburgh; Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Pittsburgh; K&L Gates, Pittsburgh

55. Fulton Financial Corp. One Penn Square P.O. Box 4887 Lancaster, PA 17604

$930.28 George R. Barr Jr. Senior V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2001 5 Barley Snyder, Lancaster, Pa.; Caldwell & Kearns, Harrisburg; Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia; McNees Wallace & Nurick, Harrisburg

56. CDI Corp. 1717 Arch St., 35th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103

$926.29 Joseph R. Seiders Senior V.P., Chief Legal and Compliance Officer & Secretary

1987 5* Dechert, Philadelphia*

57. SEI Investments Co. 1 Freedom Valley Drive Oaks, PA 19456

$900.84 N. Jeffrey Klauder Executive V.P. & General Counsel

2004 23 Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia; Matheson Ormsby & Prentice, Dublin, Ireland; Simmons & Simmons, London; Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Philadelphia; Stikeman Elliot, Toronto

58. Checkpoint Systems Inc. One Commerce Square 2005 Market St. Philadelphia, PA 19103

$834.50 John Van Zile V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2003 5 Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, Philadelphia; Latham & Watkins, Washington

59. Matthews International Corp. Two Northshore Center, Suite 200 Pittsburgh, PA 15212

$821.83 Brian D. Walters V.P. & General Counsel 2009 1 Reed Smith, Pittsburgh and New York; Thorp Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh; Beirne Maynard & Parsons, Houston; The Webb Law Firm, Pittsburgh; Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh

60. Knoll Inc. 1235 Water St. East Greenville, PA 18041

$809.47 Michael A. Pollner V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2007 2 WND

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Year Named


61. Healthcare Services Group Inc. 3220 Tillman Dr., Suite 300 Bensalem, PA 19020

$773.96 WND WND WND WND WND

62. Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. 1005 Virginia Drive Ft. Washington, PA 19034

$762.78 Lester Wong Senior V.P., General Counsel & Legal Affairs

2011 2* Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia*

63. Liberty Property Trust 500 Chesterfield Parkway Malvern, PA 19355

$746.83 James J. Bowes General Counsel & Secretary

1996 2 Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia; Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia; Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia

64. Aqua America Inc. 762 W. Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

$726.07 Roy H. Stahl Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary

1984 3 Riley Riper Hollin & Colagreco, Paoli, Pa.; Saul Ewing, Philadelphia; Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh

65. rue21 Inc. 800 Commonwealth Drive, Suite 100 Warrendale, PA 15086

$634.73 Stacy Siegal V.P. & General Counsel 2010 4 Littler Mendelson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Pepper Hamilton, Reed Smith

66. DFC Global Corp. 1436 Lancaster Ave., Suite 300 Berwyn, PA 19312

$633.30 Roy W. Hibberd Senior V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2005 WND WND

67. ANSYS Inc. 275 Technology Drive Canonsburg, PA 15317

$580.24 Sheila S. DiNardo V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2004 WND WND

68. Brandywine Realty Trust 555 E. Lancaster Ave. Radnor, PA 19087

$566.90 Brad A. Molotsky Executive V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

1997 2 Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia; Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia; Sirlin & Lesser, Philadelphia; DLA Piper, Baltimore and Chicago; Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg, Philadelphia

69. Quaker Chemical Corp. One Quaker Park 901 Hector St. Conshohocken, PA 19428

$544.06 D. Jeffry Benoliel V.P. - Global Strategy, General Counsel & Secretary

2001 3 Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia; Baker & McKenzie, London, Amsterdam and Milan; Fox Rothschild, Philadelphia; Irell & Manella, Los Angeles

70. Destination Maternity Corp. 456 N. Fifth St. Philadelphia, PA 19123

$531.19 Ron Masciantonio Senior V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2006 3 Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia; Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia; Duane Morris, Philadelphia; Paul Hastings, San Diego; Holland & Knight, Boston

71. NutriSystem Inc. 300 Welsh Road Building 1 Suite 100 Horsham, PA 19044

$509.52 Ralph J. Mauro V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2010 WND Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia*

72. Michael Baker Corp. Airside Business Park 100 Airside Drive Moon Township, PA 15108

$499.35 H. James McKnight Executive V.P., Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

1995 6 Reed Smith, Pittsburgh; Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Pittsburgh; K&L Gates, Pittsburgh

73. Calgon Carbon Corp. P.O. Box 717 Pittsburgh, PA 15230

$482.34 Richard D. Rose Senior V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2009 3 K&L Gates, Pittsburgh; Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Pittsburgh

74. L.B. Foster Co. 415 Holiday Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15220

$475.05 David L. Voltz V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

1986 1 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Pittsburgh

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Year Named


75. Dorman Products Inc. 3400 E. Walnut St. Colmar, PA 18915

$455.72 Thomas J. Knoblauch

V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2005 2 Blank Rome, Philadelphia; Volpe & Koenig, Philadelphia

76. Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust 200 S. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19102

$455.64 Bruce Goldman Executive V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2000 8 Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia; Blank Rome, Philadelphia

77. CSS Industries Inc. 1845 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19103

$448.45 William G. Kiesling V.P. - Legal & Human Resources & General Counsel

2006 WND WND

78. ViroPharma Inc. 397 Eagleview Blvd. Exton, PA 19341

$439.01 J. Peter Wolf III V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2008 WND WND

79. Radian Group Inc. 1601 Market St. Philadelphia, PA 19103

$417.46 Edward J. Hoffman Executive V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2008 8 Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia; Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia; Posternak Blankstein & Lund, Boston; White & Williams, Philadelphia; Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia

80. RTI International Metals Inc. Westpointe Corporate Center One 1550 Coraopolis Heights Road, 5th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15108

$407.98 Chad Whalen V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2007 2 WND

81. InterDigital Inc. 781 Third Ave. King of Prussia, PA 19406

$394.55 Steven W. Sprecher General Counsel & Secretary

2008 15* Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Dechert; Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young; Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis; The Hoyle Law Firm

82. Entercom Communications Corp. 401 City Ave., Suite 809 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004

$391.45 John C. Donlevie Executive V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

1984 6 Lerman Senter, Washington; Latham & Watkins, Washington

83. Horsehead Holding Corp. 300 Frankfort Road Monaco, PA 15061

$382.36 Ali Alavi V.P. - Corporate Adminstration, General Counsel & Secretary

1996 WND

84. II-VI Inc. 375 Saxonburg Blvd. Saxonburg, PA 16056

$345.09 None NA NA NA Sherrard German & Kelly, Pittsburgh

85. C&D Technologies Inc. 1400 Union Meeting Road, Suite 110 P.O. Box 3035 Blue Bell, PA 19422

$335.71 David Anderson V.P., General Counsel & Secretary

2011 2* WND

86. Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. 600 Grant St., Suite 4600 Pittsburgh, PA 15219

$326.89 Robert F. Schultz V.P. - Industrial Relations & Senior Counsel

1 WND

87. iGate Patni Park West Two, Suite 410 2000 Cliff Mine Road Pittsburgh, PA 15275

$280.60 WND WND WND 2* Reed Smith, Philadelphia*

88. Penn Virginia Corp. Three Radnor Corporate Center 100 Matsonford Road, Suite 300 Radnor, PA 19087

$254.44 Nancy M. Snyder Executive V.P., Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary

2008 3 Vinson & Elkins, New York and Houston

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Year Named


89. Nobel Learning Communities 1615 West Chester Pike, Suite 200 West Chester, PA 19382

$232.04 NA NA NA 1* Pepper Hamilton; Morgan Lewis & Bockius*

90. Beneficial Mutual Bancorp Inc. 510 Walnut St., 19th floor Philadelphia, PA 19106


91. Auxilium Pharmaceuticals 40 Valley Stream Parkway Malvern, PA 19355

$211.43 Jennifer Evans Stacey

Executive V.P., General Counsel - Human Resources & Secretary

2006 WND WND

92. StoneMor Partners 311 Veterans Highway, Suite B Levittown, PA 19056

$197.29 NA NA NA NA Blank Rome

93. Kenexa Corp. 650 E. Swedesford Road, Second Floor Wayne, PA 19087

$196.35 Cynthia Dixon General Counsel 2001 7 Pepper Hamilton

94. Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. 600 Mayer St. Bridgeville, PA 15017

$189.42 Paul A. McGrath V.P. - Administration, General Counsel & Secretary

2007 WND WND

95. RAIT Financial Trust 2929 Arch St., 17th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104

$153.40 Raphael Licht Chief Operating Officer 2010 3 Dechert, Philadelphia; Duane Morris, Philadelphia; Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia; Ledgewood Law, Philadelphia

96. eResearch Technology Inc. 1818 Market St., Suite 1000 Philadelphia, PA 19103

$140.99 Eric I. Schwartz Executive V.P. & Chief Legal Officer

2011 WND WND

97. Hemispherx Biopharma Inc. One Penn Center 1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Sixth Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103

$135.00 Thomas Equels* Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, General Counsel, Secretary & Litigation Counsel*

2010* WND WND

98. Univest Corp of Pennsylvania Univest Plaza, 14 North Main St. P.O. Box 64197 Souderton, PA 18964


99. Lannett Co. Inc. 9000 State Road Philadelphia, PA 19136

$125.18 WND WND WND WND Fox Rothschild, Philadelphia*

100. Internet Capital Group Inc. 690 Lee Road, Suite 310 Wayne, PA 19087

$115.71 Suzanne Newmeyer General Counsel, Managing Director & Secretary

2003 2* Pepper Hamilton; Dechert, Philadelphia*

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Law Firms Identified by Corporate Clients

Source: PaLAW Survey

Rank Firm No. of Corporations Clients

1. Morgan Lewis & Bockius 20 AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Brandywine Realty Trust; Buckeye Partners; Charming Shoppes Inc.; CIGNA Corp.; Dentsply International Inc.; Destination Maternity Corp.; Education Management Corp.; FMC Corp.; Liberty Property Trust; Michael Baker Corp.; Nobel Learning Communities; NutriSystem Inc.; Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack; Radian Group Inc.; rue21 Inc.; SEI Investments Co.; Sunoco Inc.; Triumph Group Inc.; UGI Corp.

2. Reed Smith 12 American Eagle Outfitters Inc.; Federated Investors Inc.; iGate Patni; Matthews International Corp.; Michael Baker Corp.; Mine Safety Appliances Co.; Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack; rue21 Inc.; Sunoco Inc; UGI Corp.; Wabtec Corp.; WESCO International Inc.

3. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney 9 AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Calgon Carbon Corp.; CONSOL Energy Inc.; Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.; Federated Investors Inc.; Kennametal Inc.; L.B. Foster Co.; Triumph Group Inc.; Universal Health Services Inc.

4. (tie) K&L Gates 8 Alcoa Inc.; AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Calgon Carbon Corp.; Education Management Corp.; Federated Investors Inc.; Michael Baker Corp.; Wabtec Corp.; WESCO International Inc.

4. (tie) Dechert 8 CDI Corp.; Crown Holdings Inc.; Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.; FMC Corp.; Internet Capital Group Inc.; InterDigital Inc.; OraSure Technologies Inc.; RAIT Financial Trust

4. (tie) Pepper Hamilton 8 Brandywine Realty Trust; Destination Maternity Corp.; FMC Corp.; Internet Capital Group Inc.; Kenexa Corp.; Nobel Learning Communities; rue21 Inc.; Universal Health Services Inc.

7. (tie) Drinker Biddle & Reath 6 Comcast Corp.; Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.; Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc.; Pennsylvania Real Estate Invest-ment Trust; Quaker Chemical Corp.; Radian Group Inc.

7. (tie) Blank Rome 6 Dorman Products Inc.; FMC Corp.; Harleysville Group Inc.; Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust; StoneMor Partners; UGI Corp.

9. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

4 AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Aqua America Inc.; CONSOL Energy Inc.; Harsco Corp.

10. (tie) Fox Rothschild 3 Harleysville Group Inc.; Lannett Co. Inc.; Quaker Chemical Corp.

10. (tie) McNees Wallace & Nurick 3 Dentsply International Inc.; Fulton Financial Corp.; Harsco Corp.

10. (tie) Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis

3 InterDigital Inc.; Liberty Property Trust; Radian Group Inc.

10. (tie) Jones Day 3 Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.; Education Management Corp.; Harsco Corp.

10. (tie) Duane Morris 3 Destination Maternity Corp.; RAIT Financial Trust; Toll Brothers Inc.

10. (tie) Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

3 Checkpoint Systems Inc.; InterDigital Inc.; Triumph Group Inc.

10. (tie) DLA Piper 3 Brandywine Realty Trust; CIGNA Corp.; Pep Boys—Manny, Moe & Jack

10. (tie) Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg

3 AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Brandywine Realty Trust; Pep Boys—Manny, Moe & Jack

18. (tie) Cravath Swaine & Moore 2 Alcoa Inc.; Mylan Laboratories Inc.

18. (tie) Barley Snyder 2 Fulton Financial Corp.; P.H. Glatfelter Co.

18. (tie) Baker & McKenzie 2 Kennametal Inc.; Quaker Chemical Corp.

18. (tie) Gibson Dunn & Crutcher 2 CIGNA Corp.; InterDigital Inc.

18. (tie) Woodcock Washburn 2 Crown Holdings Inc.; Dentsply International Inc.

18. (tie) Ledgewood Law 2 RAIT Financial Trust; Resource America Inc.

18. (tie) Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

2 Alcoa Inc.; Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.

18. (tie) Foley & Lardner 2 Sunoco Inc.; UGI Corp.

54 PaLAW 2011

By Gina PassarellaOf the Legal Staff

espite resurgent strain on the U.S. economy in recent weeks thanks in part to global economic troubles,

Pennsylvania law firms saw at least a glim-mer of hope in the last year as they fared much better on all financial fronts, even with costs increasing. The trick could have been increasing rates, which was far and away the most cited tactic for maintaining profitability, according to PaLAW’s 16th an-nual Managing Partners Survey.

But in a slow-growth economy, whether financial metrics will continue to improve in the face of hard-to-find revenue streams and little left to cut remains to be seen.

The number of firms that saw increases between the prior two fiscal years in gross revenue, revenue per lawyer (RPL), net profits, and particularly profits per equity partner (PPP), shot up from last year.

Of the respondents, 70 percent saw jumps in gross revenue between their last two fiscal years. That was compared to just 46.2 percent who could say the same last year. Similar figures were seen with RPL, a metric that rose year-over-year at 70 percent of responding firms. Only 44.4 per-

cent said the same thing last year.

When it came to net profits, nearly 76 percent of responding firms saw increases, compared to 55.6 percent who said last year they had seen increases in that fig-ure. The largest improvement was seen in the PPP area, in which 72.4 percent of respondents saw increases year-over-year, compared to the 37 percent who said so the prior year. And the nearly 30 percent of respondents last year who said they saw decreases in PPP dwindled to just 3.4 per-cent this year.

The larger number of firms that saw jumps in profits as compared to those that saw rises in revenue is consistent with what the largest firms in Pennsylvania experi-enced in 2010. As Zack Needles reports in his analysis of firm financials beginning on page 96, most large firms saw significant rises in PPP that weren’t often matched by equal jumps in revenue. Even a few firms that saw revenue decline saw sizeable in-creases in PPP, thanks to what they said was consistent cost management.

But as Altman Weil consultant Ward Bower points out in his article on law firm

growth strategies beginning on page 94, there is little room for more cost cutting without dramatically restructuring a law firm’s business model.

According to the Managing Partners Sur-vey, costs have been on the rise over the last two fiscal years. When asked in 2010 if costs increased, decreased or stayed the same when comparing the firm’s two most recent fiscal years, the respondents were equally split with each category getting 33 percent of the responses.

In 2011, however, those figures changed. The number of firms that saw an increase in costs rose from that 33 percent to 55.2 percent. Those that saw a decrease dropped to 20.7 percent while 24.1 percent of respondents saw costs remain flat in the last two years.

KEEPING PROFITS UPThe list of tactics firms implemented to re-duce costs and maintain profitability over the past few years is long, but these arrows are being pulled from the quiver much less frequently in many instances. The number of respondents who said they reduced eq-

Managing Partners Survey

Pa. Firms Showed Significant Financial Improvement Over Last Two Fiscal Years But Was That an Aberration or the New Reality?

MERGER POSSIBILITIES

16.7% Actively seeking merger opportunities

53.3% Would be open to merger opportunities

30% Has no interest in merging

DID YOUR FIRM HAVE NON PARTNER- TRACK ASSOCIATES FROM JUNE 2010 TO JUNE 2011?

45.2% Yes

54.8% No

HAS YOUR FIRM DE-EQUITIZED ANY PARTNERS BETWEEN JUNE 2010 AND JUNE 2011?

23.3% Yes

76.7% No

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58.1% Grew slightly

GROWTH IN NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS JUNE 2010 TO JUNE 2011

9.7% Grew significantly

16.1% Stayed the same

16.1% Shrunk slightly

0% Shrunk significantly

64.5% Will grow slightly

PROJECTED GROWTH IN NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS JUNE 2011 TO JUNE 2012

16.1% Will grow significantly

16.1% Will stay the same

3.2% Will shrink slightly

0% Will shrink significantly

uity partners, laid off attorneys or staff, reduced hiring, reduced marketing costs, deferred associates or cut associate com-pensation dropped significantly between 2010 and 2011.

For example, only 4.3 percent of respon-dents said this year that they reduced lat-eral hiring to maintain profitability. That was compared to 34.8 percent who did so last year. While nearly 48 percent of re-spondents in 2010 said they reduced entry-level hiring, only 13 percent said so in 2011.

More than 39 percent of 2010’s respon-dents had cut marketing costs, whereas only 4.3 percent did so in 2011. While no one cut associate salaries in 2011 in order


FIRM COSTS

55.2% Increased

20.7% Decreased


DID YOUR FIRM HIRE CONTRACT ATTORNEYS LAST YEAR?

38.7% Yes

61.3% No

PROFITS PER PARTNER

72.4% Increased

3.4% Decreased


FIRM REVENUE

70% Increased

6.7% Decreased


FIRMNET PROFITS

75.9% Increased

3.4% Decreased


REVENUE PER LAWYER

70% Increased

13.3% Decreased


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Percent of Managing Partners Who Selected Category

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 1000 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

51.6%Commercial Litigation

Employment Law

Intellectual Property

Class Action

Bankruptcy

Public Finance

Labor Law

Mergers & Acquisitions

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to maintain profitability, 21.7 percent of 2010’s respondents had.

There were just two areas firms looked to noticeably more in 2011 than in 2010 in order to maintain profitability — switching their practice area focus to higher-demand areas and, everyone’s favorite, raising bill-ing rates.

In 2010, 26.1 percent of respondents switched to higher-demand practice areas compared to the 39.1 percent who did so in 2011.

Raising billing rates became much more

popular in 2010 after many firms were forced to freeze or reduce rates in the few years prior. That popularity grew even more in 2011, with the 65.2 percent of 2010 respondents who rose rates in 2010 jump-ing to 73.9 percent who did so this year.

PARTNERS ON CHOPPING BLOCK NEXT?Maintaining profitability often came at the expense of staff or associates who were of-ten either fired or saw their compensation cut during the recession. Consultants have suggested that firms need to turn to the

partner ranks to have any continued profit-ability management in the coming years as revenue remains stagnant. The Managing Partners Survey shows there is some evi-dence firms are starting to heed that ad-vice, albeit in small increments.

Firms looked slightly more often to the reduction of partner compensation as a method of maintaining profitability, with that figure rising from 4.3 percent in 2010 to 8.7 percent this year.

While partner layoffs don’t seem to be in the works in any significant numbers,


AREAS OF LAW WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GROWTH OR DECLINE IN OPPORTUNITIES

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Reduce lateral hiring

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Reduce marketing costs

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WHAT ACTIONS HAS YOUR FIRM TAKEN TO RETAIN PROFITABILITY LEVELS?


DOES YOUR FIRM REGULARLY USE CLIENT SATISFACTION SURVEYS?

35.5% Yes

64.5% No

DOES YOUR FIRM HAVE A MANDATORY RETIREMENT POLICY?

25.8% Yes

74.2% No

WILL YOUR FIRM LAY OFF STAFF IN THE COMING YEAR?

6.7% Yes

93.3% No

HAS YOUR FIRM LAID OFF STAFF IN THE LAST YEAR?

12.9% Yes

87.1% No

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58 PaLAW 2011

de-equitizations do. Between June 2010 and June 2011, 23.3 percent of firms said they de-equitized partners. That was up from 12 percent who did so the prior year. And more firms plan on continuing that trend in the coming year. When asked if de-equitizations were planned for the time period between June 2011 and June 2012, 13.8 percent of respondents said they were, up from 8 percent last year. The percent-age of partners to be de-equitized at those firms who plan to ranges from 3 percent to 8 percent.

By all accounts, layoffs at most levels are done, with well more than 90 percent of respondents saying they did not this year and have no plans in the coming year to lay off associates. Between 87 percent and 93 percent said the same for staff. While 15.4 percent of respondents last year said they deferred associates, no one said so this year. And while 18.2 percent decreased associate salaries in 2010, none did so this year. In fact, 34.6 percent increased sala-ries this year compared to the 13.6 percent who did so in 2010.

That figure is consistent with reports of a number of Pennsylvania firms raising salaries for incoming first-year associates. Blank Rome, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Reed Smith, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young and Schnader Harrison Segal & Lew-is all increased salaries for their new attor-neys, though they weren’t accompanied by a fanfare of press releases that historically heralded such changes in years past.

Whether they increased or kept sala-ries the same, firms seem happier with the current compensation model and have few plans to change it.

When asked about first-year associate salaries, 54.8 percent of respondents said first-years were fairly compensated. That is a jump from the 37.5 percent who re-sponded the same in 2010. Those that feel they are somewhat overpaid fell from 58.3 percent in 2010 to 41.9 percent in 2011.

In 2010, 28 percent of firms were con-sidering changing compensation models for either partners, non-partners or both. In 2011, fewer than 10 percent of respon-dents are looking to monkey with anyone’s compensation structure.

Along with salary increases, first-year

associates are also getting hired at higher rates. Of the respondents, 36.7 percent said they hired more first-year associates this year than in 2010. That figure rose from 18.5 percent who said the same last year. Conversely, only 23.3 percent of re-spondents said this year that they hired no first-year associates, compared to 55.6 percent who hired none in 2010.

LAW FIRM GROWTHAlong with financial improvements came headcount growth, though not enough in Pennsylvania at least to make much of an impact on this year’s ranking of the 100 Largest Law Firms in Pennsylvania.

Reed Smith held onto the number one spot despite reporting 12 fewer attorneys


DOES YOUR FIRM EXPECT TO LAY OFF ANY ATTORNEYS IN THE NEXT YEAR?

6.5% Yes

93.5% No

IN THE PAST YEAR, HAS YOUR FIRM LAID OFF ANY ATTORNEYS DUE TO THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN?

3.2% Yes

96.8% No

DOES YOUR FIRM HAVE A DIVERSITY INITIATIVE?

70% Yes

30% No

CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE BILLING, CLIENTS PREFER:

84% Flat fee for projects

12% Fixed fee plus outcome-based bonus

4% Task-based billing

CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE BILLING, CLIENTS:

50% Still prefer hourly billing

36.7% Are eager to hear creative strategies

6.7% Come to us with creative strategies

6.7% Other


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across its Pennsylvania offices. Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Pepper Hamilton swapped second and third place from last year thanks to a change in headcount of only a few attorneys at each firm. Mor-gan Lewis moved up to second with four more lawyers, putting it at 303 attorneys in Pennsylvania. Pepper Hamilton had five fewer lawyers in the state this year, drop-ping it to third place with 297 attorneys.

Once again, the top five was rounded out by Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney and Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin. The rankings are based on the number of full-time attorneys across all Pennsylvania offices.

When looking beyond just the top five firms, the overall responses to this year’s Managing Partners Survey showed signifi-cantly fewer firms stayed the same size in the last year and many more grew by 10 percent or less.

In 2010, 40.7 percent of respondents said headcount remained flat in the prior year, whereas only 16.1 percent said the same this year. More than 58 percent of respondents grew slightly and 16.1 percent shrunk slightly. No firms shrunk more than 10 percent and 9.7 percent of firms grew by more than 10 percent.

As for growth in the coming year, 16.1 percent of firms said they plan on growing significantly, or by more than 10 percent. That was up from 3.8 percent who said the same last year. The bulk of firms, or 64.5 percent, plan to grow slightly.

One clear growth area for firms was in

the non-partner track or staff associate category. More than 45 percent of respon-dents had that tier at their firms, up from 29.6 percent last year. It doesn’t seem that growth trend will continue into next year, however. More than 53 percent of respon-dents plan to keep the tier the same size, while 20 percent will look to shrink the number of staff associates they have.

Fewer Pennsylvania firms merged in the last year than had in the previous year. And fewer seem interested in merging in the coming year. Those findings buck na-tional trends that show law firm merger activity increasing. It may be a function of the respondents to the survey considering a number of small Pennsylvania firms have been involved in mergers in the last year or so.

Only 16.1 percent of respondents said they merged in the last year, compared to 25.9 who said the same in 2010. Thirty per-cent of firms are not interested in a merg-er in the coming year, up from 22 percent who were opposed last year. More than 53 percent of respondents said they were open to merger opportunities in the com-ing year and 16.7 percent said they were actively seeking them.

OTHER NOTABLESFirms may be taking a hint from the Ameri-can Bar Association’s recommendation to do away with mandatory retirement poli-cies. That or they are looking to keep books of business no matter what the age of the partner holding that book. According to the

survey, only 25.8 percent of respondents had mandatory retirement policies, down from 44 percent who did last year.

Client surveys are being used more fre-quently, though probably not yet at the levels consultants would suggest firms employ. When asked if they regularly used client satisfaction surveys, 35.5 percent of respondents said they did. That is up from the 18.5 percent who said the same in 2010.

Slightly fewer firms have a diversity ini-tiative, with 70 percent saying in 2011 that they have one and 81.5 percent responding the same in 2010. The number of firms that said they received RFPs asking about the firm’s minority and gender numbers de-clined by a similar margin.

THE RESPONDENTSThe survey is sent out to managing part-ners at more than 100 law firms across the state. There were 32 respondents this year, with 29 percent of them hailing from firms with more than 125 attorneys. The second largest response group, at 24.1 percent, was from firms of between 26 and 50 lawyers.

More than 63 percent of respondents were from Philadelphia firms, 16.7 percent were from Pittsburgh and the rest were from locations across the state, including Blue Bell, York and Allentown.

More than 58 percent of responding firms were full service, 22.6 percent had limited practice areas and 19.4 percent were boutiques.


WITH RESPECT TO FIRST-YEAR ASSOCIATE SALARIES THIS YEAR, YOUR FIRM:

34.6% Increased salaries

65.4% Kept them the same

0% Decreased salaries

REGARDING FIRST-YEAR ASSOCIATES, WHAT DID YOUR FIRM HIRE FOR THE FALL OF 2011?

36.7% More first-year associates

26.7% Same amount

13.3% Fewer first-year associates

23.3% No first-year associates

I BELIEVE FIRST- AND SECOND-YEAR ASSOCIATES ARE:

3.2% Grossly overpaid

41.9% Somewhat overpaid

54.8% Fairly compensated

0% Underpaid

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100 Largest Law Firms in Pennsylvania

NA (Not Applicable) WND (Would Not Disclose) NR (Not Ranked) PPP (Profits Per Equity Partner) RPL (Revenue Per Lawyer) *Last year’s informationSources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources (All data as of 6/10/11) Firms ranked by FT attorneys in PA offices

RankFirm, Address, Phone/Fax, E-Mail/Website, Other Offices

Total Full-Time Attorneys in PA

2010 Gross Revenue (millions)/ PPP/RPL Firm Management

First-Year Associate Salary Practice Areas

Representative Clients

Rank 2010

1. Reed Smith Reed Smith Centre, 225 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412-288-3131 / 412-288-3063 www.reedsmith.com Philadelphia; New York; Washington; Princeton, N.J.; Falls Church and Richmond, Va.; Wilmington, Del.; Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Palo Alto, Calif.; Chicago; Munich, Germany; Paris; London; Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE; Piraeus, Greece; Hong Kong; Beijing.

311 $958 $1,050,000 $661,000

Gregory B. Jordan, Global Managing Partner; Ajay Raju, Philadelphia Office Managing Partner; George L. Stewart, Pittsburgh Office Managing Partner

$125,000 —Pittsburgh

$130,000 —Philadelphia

Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Labor & Employment, Insurance, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Products Liability, Taxation

Tenet Healthcare Corp.; Wells Fargo; Merck & Co. Inc.; The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.; U.S. Steel; Federated Investors Inc.

1.

2. Morgan Lewis & Bockius 1701 Market St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-963-5000 / 215-963-5001 [email protected] / www.morganlewis.com Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pa.; Washington; New York; Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palo Alto and Irvine, Calif.; Miami; Chicago; Princeton, N.J.; Dallas and Houston, Texas; Boston; London; Paris; Brussels, Belgium; Frankfurt, Germany; Tokyo; Beijing.

303 $1,084$1,400,000$875,000

J. Gordon Cooney Jr., Philadelphia Office Managing Partner; Francis Milone, Chairman; Thomas J. Sharbaugh, Managing Partner for Operations

$145,000 Antitrust, Business & Finance, Employee Benefits, Energy, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Investment Management, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Real Estate

ARAMARK; Bimbo Bakeries USA; Hewlett-Packard Co.; SEI Investments Co.; SunGard Data Systems Inc.; GSI Commerce Inc.

3.

3. Pepper Hamilton 3000 Two Logan Square Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-981-4000 / 215-981-4750 [email protected] / www.pepperlaw.com Berwyn, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, Pa.; Princeton, N.J.; Washington; Wilmington, Del.; Boston; Detroit; New York; Irvine, Calif.

297 $313 $731,000 $683,000

Robert E. Heideck, Executive Partner; Nina M. Gussack, Chairwoman of the Executive Committee

$125,000 Antitrust, Bankruptcy, White-Collar/Corporate Governance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Labor & Employment, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Products Liability, Taxation

Advent International Corporation; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Brandywine Realty Trust; Tyco International Ltd.

2.

4. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant St., 20th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-562-8800 / 412-562-1041 [email protected] / www.bipc.com Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pa.; Newark and Princeton, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Alexandria, Va.; Washington; New York; San Diego and Temecula, Calif.; Aventura, Miami and Tampa, Fla.

275 $250 $660,000 $615,000

John A. “Jack” Barbour, CEO & Board Chairman



Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Labor & Employment, Government Relations, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Taxation

AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Arkema Inc.; Catholic Health East; Motorola Inc.; PNC Bank; Reliant Energy

4.

5. Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin 1845 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-575-2600 / 215-575-0856 www.marshalldennehey.com Bethlehem, King of Prussia, Doylestown, Erie, Harrisburg, Scranton, Williamsport and Pittsburgh, Pa.; Cherry Hill and Roseland, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Akron, Ohio; New York; Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Tampa and Orlando, Fla.

254 WND Thomas A. Brophy, President & CEO; Peter S. Miller, Chairman of the Board & COO; Philip B. Toran, Chairman of Executive Committee

WND Insurance, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Health Care, Construction, Products Liability/ Mass Torts, Workers’ Compensation, Labor & Employment, Commercial Litigation

QBE Insurance Group; Chrysler Group; Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies; CAN; Chartis; Zurich Insurance Co.

5.

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Rank 2010

6. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott 600 Grant St., 44th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-566-6000 / 412-566-6099 [email protected] www.eckertseamans.com Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Southpointe, Pa.; Wilmington, Del.; Washington; White Plains, N.Y.; Boston; Richmond, Va.

240 WND Timothy P. Ryan, Chief Executive Officer; Stephen R. Delinsky, Chairman of the Board of Directors

WND Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Energy, Intellectual Property, Products Liability/Mass Torts

WND 7.

7. Cozen O’Connor 1900 Market St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-665-2000 / 215-665-2013 [email protected] / www.cozen.com Harrisburg, West Conshohocken and Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Cherry Hill, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Washington; New York; Chicago; Charlotte, N.C.; Atlanta; Miami; Dallas and Houston, Texas; Santa Fe, N.M.; Los Angeles and San Diego, Calif.; Seattle; Denver; Toronto; London.

239 $277 $602,555 $550,693

Michael Heller, President; Thomas A. Decker, CEO; Vincent R. McGuinness, Managing Partner

$135,000 Commercial Litigation, Business & Finance, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Health Care, Government Relations, Taxation, Real Estate, Insurance, Trusts & Estates

The Dow Chemical Company; ARAMARK Corporation; ACE; Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania; Comcast-Spectacor; Liberty Property Trust

6.

8. Blank Rome One Logan Square, 130 N. 18th St. Philadelphia, PA 19103-6998 215-569-5500 / 215-569-5555 [email protected] www.BlankRome.com Princeton, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; New York; Washington; Cincinnati, Ohio; Boca Raton, Fla.; Los Angeles; Houston; Shanghai; Hong Kong.

228 $311 $691,000 $647,000

Alan J. Hoffman, Co-Chairman & Managing Partner; T. Michael Dyer, Co-Chairman

$145,000 Litigation, Products Liability/Mass Torts, Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Taxation, Corporate & Securities, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Labor & Employment, Trusts & Estates

SunGard Data Systems Inc.; Lyondell Basell Industries; PNC Bank; St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network; DRA Advisors; Iconix Brand Group Inc.

7.

9. Fox Rothschild 2000 Market St., 20th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-299-2000 / 215-299-2150 [email protected] www.foxrothschild.com Exton, Blue Bell, Pittsburgh and Warrington, Pa.; Atlantic City, Roseland and Princeton, N.J.; New York; Stamford, Conn.; Washington; West Palm Beach, Fla.; Las Vegas; Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif.

211 $239 $565,289 $528,553

Mark Silow, Firmwide Managing Partner; Abraham C. Reich, Co-Chairman; Phillip E. Griffin, Co-Chairman

$125,000 Family Law, Health Care, Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Real Estate, Taxation, Labor & Employment, Trusts & Estates

WND 11.

10. K&L Gates 210 Sixth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412-355-6500 / 412-355-6501 [email protected] / www.klgates.com Newark, N.J.; New York; Washington; Boston; Chicago; Charlotte, Raleigh and Research Triangle Park, N.C.; Miami; Austin, Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas; Anchorage, Alaska; Los Angeles, Orange County, Palo Alto, San Diego and San Francisco, Calif.; Portland, Ore.; Seattle and Spokane, Wash.; London; Brussels, Belgium; Warsaw, Poland; Frankfurt, Germany; Paris; Moscow; Dubai; Shanghai; Singapore; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo.

209 $1,055 $930,122 $598,752

Peter J. Kalis, Chairman & Global Managing Partner; Michael G. Zanic, Administrative Partner, Pittsburgh

WND Financial Services, Energy, Corporate & Securities, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Government Relations, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Health Care, Real Estate

Allegheny Technologies; E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co.; PPG Industries Inc.; Alcoa Inc.; Bank of America Corp.; Westinghouse Electric Co.

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11. Duane Morris 30 S. 17th St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-979-1000 / 215-979-1020 www.duanemorris.com Cherry Hill and Newark, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; New York; Boston; Baltimore; Washington; Atlanta; Boca Raton and Miami, Fla.; Chicago; Houston; Las Vegas; Lake Tahoe, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego, Calif; London; Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Singapore.

195 $411 $830,000 $655,000

John J. Soroko, Chairman and CEO

$145,000 Litigation, Intellectual Property, Bankruptcy, Business and Finance, E-Commerce & Technologies, Corporate & Securities, Health Care, Insurance, Labor & Employment, Real Estate

Edward Jones; Lenox Corp.; Chubb & Son; Balfour Beatty Capital Group; Wockhardt; Zynga Game Network

13.

12. Ballard Spahr 1735 Market St., 51st Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599 215-665-8500 / 215-864-8999 www.ballardspahr.com Cherry Hill, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Bethesda and Baltimore, Md.; Washington; Atlanta; Denver; Las Vegas; Salt Lake City; Phoenix; Los Angeles and San Diego, Calif.

193 $273.5 $525,000 $615,000

Mark Stewart, Chairman WND Business & Finance, Labor & Employment, Litigation, White-Collar/Corporate Governance, Public Finance, Real Estate, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Intellectual Property, Banking, Government Relations

DuPont; PNC Bank; Sunoco Corp.; GlaxoSmithKline; Comcast Corp.; NV Energy

14.

13. (tie)

Dechert Cira Centre, 2929 Arch St. Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-994-4000 / 215-994-2222 [email protected] / www.dechert.com Princeton, N.J.; New York; Hartford, Conn.; Boston; Washington; Charlotte, N.C.; Austin, Texas; Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco and Mountain View, Calif.; London; Dublin; Paris; Moscow; Brussels, Belgium; Luxembourg; Munich; Beijing and Hong Kong, China.

183 $648.5 $2,010,000 $860,000

Andrew J. Levander, Chairman; Daniel O’Donnell, CEO

$145,000 Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Products Liability/ Mass Torts, Business and Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Litigation, Bankruptcy, White-Collar/Corporate Governance, Taxation

Pfizer; Crown Holdings Inc.; Endo Pharmaceuticals; Dean Foods Company; Enka Insaat ve Sanayi; PIMCO

11.

13. (tie)

Drinker Biddle & Reath One Logan Square, Suite 2000 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-988-2700 / 215-988-2757 [email protected] / www.drinkerbiddle.com Princeton and Florham Park, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; New York and Albany, N.Y.; Washington; Chicago; Milwaukee; San Francisco and Los Angeles, Calif.

183 $376 $659,984 $625,289

Andrew C. Kassner, Executive Partner; Alfred W. Putnam Jr., Chairman

$130,000 ($105,000 for first four months until completion of FY develop-ment program. Salary then increased to $130,000.)

Bankruptcy, Products Liability, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Health Care, Litigation

Johnson & Johnson; AT&T Mobility; Urban Outfitters; St. Paul Travelers Cos.; General Electric; Comcast Company

10.

15. White & Williams One Liberty Place, 1650 Market St., Suite 1800 Philadelphia, PA 19103-7395 215-864-7000 / 215-864-7123 www.whiteandwilliams.com Conshohocken, Berwyn and Center Valley, Pa.; Cherry Hill and Paramus, N.J; Wilmington, Del.; New York and Westchester, N.Y.; Boston.

162 WND Guy A. Cellucci, Managing Partner

WND Corporate & Securities, Health Care, Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Insurance, Litigation, Products Liability/Mass Torts, Labor & Employment

ACE; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Allied World Assurance Company Ltd.; Citizens Bank

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16. Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young 2005 Market St., Suite 2600 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-564-8000 / 215-564-8120 www.stradley.com Malvern and Harrisburg, Pa.; Cherry Hill, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Washington.

152 WND William R. Sasso, Chairman; Jeffrey A. Lutsky, Managing Partner; Kevin R. Boyle, Financial Partner

$125,000 Business & Finance, Corporate & Securities, Labor & Employment, Banking, Real Estate, Government Relations, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Trusts & Estates

Archdiocese of Philadelphia; Franklin Templeton Group of Funds; Delaware Group of Funds

16.

17. Stevens & Lee 111 N. Sixth St. Reading, PA 19601 610-478-2000 / 610-376-5610 attys@stevenslee / www.stevenslee.com Harrisburg, Lancaster, Bethlehem, Philadelphia, Scranton, Valley Forge and Williamsport, Pa.; New York; Cherry Hill and Princeton, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Charleston, S.C.

145 $114 $1,004,757 $684,292

Ernest Choquette, President; Joseph Harenza, Non-Executive Chairman; Joseph W. Marshall III, Vice Chairman

WND Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Government Relations, Health Care, Corporate & Securities, Business & Finance, Real Estate, Labor & Employment, Litigation

PFM; EnerSys; Armstrong World Industries; Temple University; Wellspan Health; Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency

17.

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18. Post & Schell Four Penn Center, 1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19103-2808 215-587-1000 / 215-587-1444 www.postschell.com Allentown, Harrisburg, Lancaster and Pittsburgh, Pa.; Princeton, N.J; Washington.

142 WND Brian M. Peters, President & CEO; John R. Sparks, Chief Development Officer; William F. Sutton, Chief Compliance Officer

WND Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense, E-Commerce/Technology, Labor & Employment, Energy, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Health Care, Insurance

Chartis; PPL; Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals; Duquesne Light; Novartis; Davita

18.

19. McNees Wallace & Nurick 100 Pine St. Harrisburg, PA 17101 717-232-8000 / 717-237-5300 [email protected] / www.mwn.com State College and Lancaster, Pa.; Columbus, Ohio; Washington.

119 WND David M Kleppinger, Chairman

WND Intellectual Property, Litigation, Environmental, Business & Finance, Taxation, Corporate & Securities, Real Estate, Trusts & Estates, Labor & Employment, Family Law

WND 20.

20. Dickie McCamey & Chilcote Two PPG Place, Suite 400 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412-281-7272 / 412-392-5367 [email protected] / www.dmclaw.com Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pa.; Haddonfield, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Steubenville, Ohio; Charlotte, N.C.; Wheeling, W.Va.

110 WND Jeffrey T. Wiley, Managing Director & COO; James R. Miller, President, CEO & Chairman of the Board

WND Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Real Estate, Construction, Litigation, Bankruptcy, Products Liability/Mass Torts, Medical Malpractice, Insurance

WND 21.

21. (tie)

Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check 280 King of Prussia Road Radnor, PA 19087 610-667-7706 / 610-667-7056 [email protected] / www.ktmc.com San Francisco.

108(Includes staff attorneys for first time)

WND Darren Check, Director of Institutional Relations

$85,000 Securities, ERISA, Derivative/Takeover, Intellectual Property

Philadelphia Public Employees Retirement System; PGGM-Dutch National Pension Fund; Montgomery County Employees’ Retirement System (PA); Washington State Investment Board; Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association; Erie County Employees Retirement System

33.

21. (tie)

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis 1600 Market St., Suite 3600 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-751-2000 / 215-751-2205 [email protected] / www.schnader.com Pittsburgh; Cherry Hill, N.J.; Washington; New York; San Francisco; Wilmington, Del.

108 WND David Smith, Chairman; Nicholas J. LePore III, Managing Partner



Business & Finance, Bankruptcy, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, White-Collar/Corporate Governance, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Family Law, Real Estate, Trusts & Estates

UPS; Liberty Property Trust; Global Aerospace; Wells Fargo; CBS

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23. Cohen & Grigsby 625 Liberty Ave., Fifth Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412-297-4900 / 412-209-0672 [email protected] / www.cohenlaw.com Bonita Springs, Fla.

107 WND Jack W. Elliott, President; Charles C. Cohen, Chairman; Andrew M. Roman, Executive Vice President

WND Intellectual Property, Litigation, Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Real Estate, E-Com-merce & Technology, Labor & Employment, Trusts & Estates

WND 24.

24. Saul Ewing Centre Square West, 1500 Market St., 38th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-972-7777 / 215-972-7725 [email protected] / www.saul.com Wayne and Harrisburg, Pa.; Princeton and Newark, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Baltimore; Washington; New York.

102 $121 $514,000 $552,000

David S. Antzis, Managing Partner

$110,000 Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Energy, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Education, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Trusts & Estates

AMETEK Inc.; CIGNA; Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania; Constellation Energy; Shire

22.

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25. Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel One Penn Center 1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd., 19th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103-1895 215-665-3000 / 215-665-3165 [email protected] / www.obermayer.com Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Altoona and Berwyn, Pa.; Cherry Hill, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Denver.

99 WND Robert I. Whitelaw, Managing Partner

$125,000 Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Government Relations, Labor & Em-ployment, Environmen-tal/Toxic Torts, Family Law, Health Care, Real Estate, Litigation, Trusts & Estates

WND 23.

26. Rawle & Henderson The Widener Building, One South Penn Square Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-575-4200 / 215-563-2583 [email protected] / www.rawle.com Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, Pa.; Marlton, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; New York; Wheeling, W.Va.

98 WND Thomas A. Kuzmick, Timothy J. Abeel and John H. McCarthy, Executive Committee Members

WND Bankruptcy, Insurance, Litigation, Medical Mal-practice, Commercial Litigation, Products Liability, Construction, Workers’ Compensa-tion, Environmental/Toxic Torts

Honeywell International Inc.; Erie Insurance; AIG Technical; Zurich; Lexington Insurance Co.; Oglebay Norton Co./Ferro Engineering

26.

27. Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads 123 S. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19109 215-772-1500 / 215-772-7620 [email protected] / www.mmwr.com Berwyn, Pa.; Linwood and Cherry Hill, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.

86 WND Richard L. Scheff, Chairman; Stephen A. Madva, Managing Partner; Louis A. Petroni, Vice Chairman

$100,000 ADR, Intellectual Property, Bankruptcy, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Real Estate, Taxation, Labor & Employment, White-Collar/Corporate Governance

University of Pennsylvania; Microsoft Corp.; Schering-Plough Corp.; Sanofi-Aventis; LaSalle University

25.

28. Thorp Reed & Armstrong One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant St., 14th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1425 412-394-7711 / 412-394-2555 [email protected] / www.thorpreed.com Philadelphia; Princeton, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Wheeling, W.Va.

85 WND Jeffrey J. Conn, Managing Partner; Joseph M. Donley, Partner-in-Charge, Philadelphia Office

$100,000 Bankruptcy, Environ-mental/Toxic Torts, Business & Finance, Corporate & Securities, Labor & Employ-ment, Health Care, Litigation, Real Estate, White-Collar/Corporate Governance, Insurance

WND 27.

29. Margolis Edelstein The Curtis Center, 601 Walnut St., Fourth Floor Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-922-1100 / 215-922-1772 [email protected] www.margolisedelstein.com Harrisburg, Scranton, Hollidaysburg, Beaver and Pittsburgh, Pa.; Berkley Heights and Mount Laurel, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.

84 WND Michael P. McKenna, Managing Partner

WND Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, Environ-mental/Toxic Torts, Health Care, Insurance, Litigation, Products Liability, Workers’ Compensation

Erie Insurance Group; CAMICO Mutual Insurance; Arrowpoint Capital; Chartis Insurance Group; Pennsylvania National Insurance; Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co.

29.

30. Burns White Four Northshore Center, 106 Isabella St. Pittsburgh, PA 15212 412-995-3000 / 412-995-3300 [email protected] / www.burnswhite.com West Conshohocken, Pa.; Wheeling, W.Va.; Cherry Hill, N.J.

81 WND David A. Damico, Director & Member

WND Health Care, Construc-tion, Transportation, Business & Finance, Labor & Employment, White-Collar Criminal Defense, Medicare Compliance, Profes-sional Liability, Work-ers’ Compensation, Products Liability

Northfolk Southern Corp.; CSX Transportation Inc.; St. Paul Travelers Cos.; Health South; DPIC/XL Design Professionals; Citizens Bank

29.

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31. Tucker Arensberg 1500 One PPG Place Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412-566-1212 / 412-594-5619 www.tuckerlaw.com Harrisburg, Pa.

80 WND Thomas P. Peterson, Managing Shareholder

WND Business & Finance, Immigration, Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property, Commercial Litigation, Education, Health Care, Trusts & Estates, Labor & Employment, Real Estate

WND 36.

32. Swartz Campbell Two Liberty Place, 50 S. 16th St., 28th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-564-5190 / 215-299-4301 www.swartzcampbell.com Allentown, Camp Hill, Media, Pittsburgh, Scranton and West Chester, Pa.; Mount Laurel and Bedminster, N.J.; New York; Wilmington, Del.; Wheeling, W.Va.; Cleveland, Ohio; Fort Meyers and Orlando, Fla.

78 WND Jeffrey B. McCarron, James Haggerty and G. Daniel Bruch Jr., Managing Partners

WND Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Workers’ Compensation, Medical Malpractice, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts

Nationwide Insurance Co.; CAN; Honeywell Inc.; Westport; Erie Insurance; Argonaut Insurance

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33. Dilworth Paxson 1500 Market St., Suite 3500E Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-575-7000 / 215-575-7200 www.dilworthlaw.com Harrisburg, Pa.; Cherry Hill and Neptune, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Washington.

77 WND Joseph H. Jaocvini, Chairman; James W. Hennessey, Managing Partner; Stephen J. Harmelin, Managing Partner

$110,000 Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Banking, Bankruptcy, Labor & Employment, Commercial Litigation, White-Collar/Corporate Governance, Taxation, Trusts & Estates, Business & Finance

SEPTA; Dow Chemical Co.; Independence Blue Cross/Blue Shield; TD Bank; Liberty Property Trust

32.

34. (tie)

Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg 1835 Market St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-568-6060 / 215-568-6603 [email protected] / www.klehr.com Cherry Hill, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.

75 WND William A. Harvey, Managing Partner

WND Real Estate, Corporate & Securities, Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Taxation, Labor & Employment, Environ-mental/Toxic Torts

PREIT-Rubin; Sun Capital Partners; Thomas Jefferson University; Lubert-Adler Real Estate Opportunity Fund; Campus Apartments; AmerisourceBergen

31.

34. (tie)

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby 2000 Market St., Suite 1300 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-972-7900 / 215-564-7699 www.wglaw.com Norristown, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Scranton, Pa.; Newark and Cherry Hill, N.J.; Dover, Del.; New York.

75 WND Paul M. Fires, Joseph Goldberg and Paul A. Koczan, Management Committee Members

WND Insurance, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Health Care, Commercial Litigation, Workers’ Compensation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Labor & Employment, Family Law

WND 36.

36. Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti One Oxford Centre, 38th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-263-2000 / 412-261-5295 [email protected] / www.pietragallo.com Philadelphia, Sharon and West Chester, Pa.; Weirton, W.Va.; Steubenville, Ohio.

74 WND William Pietragallo II, Managing Partner

WND Intellectual Property, Construction, Work-ers’ Compensation, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Health Care, White-Collar/Corporate Governance, Products Liability, Labor & Em-ployment, Insurance

WND 34.

37. Babst Calland Two Gateway Center, Sixth Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412-394-5400 / 412-394-6576 www.babstcalland.com State College, Pa.; Sewell, N.J.

72 WND Chester R. Babst III, Managing Partner

$100,000 Litigation, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Intellecutal Property, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Commercial Litigation, Family Law, Construction

Beazer East Inc.; Gen Tek Inc.; Crown Castle International Corp.; NOVA Chemical Inc.; PQ Corporation; Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

35.

38. Thomas Thomas & Hafer 305 N. Front St. Harrisburg, PA 17101 717-237-7100 / 717-237-7105 [email protected] / www.tthlaw.com Bethlehem, Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia, Pa.; Clifton, N.J.; Baltimore.

68 WND James K. Thomas II, Edward H. Jordan Jr., and Peter J. Speaker, Managing Partners

WND Medical Malpractice, Insurance, Real Estate, Workers’ Compensa-tion, Health Care, Products Liability/Mass Torts, Commercial Litigation, Litigation, Labor & Employment, Criminal Defense

Traveler’s Insurance; Penn National Insurance; State Farm Insurance; AAIC; Nationwide Insurance; UGI Utilities

38.

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39. Berger & Montague 1622 Locust St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 800-424-6690 / 215-875-4604 [email protected] / www.bergermontague.com

64 WND Daniel Berger, Managing Shareholder; H. Laddie Montague Jr., President

WND Litigation, Antitrust, Corporate & Securities, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Insurance, Products Liability, Qui Tam, Business & Finance

WND 40.

40. Cipriani & Werner 650 Washington Road, Suite 700 Pittsburgh, PA 15228 412-563-2500 / 412-563-2080 [email protected] / www.c-wlaw.com Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Scranton, Pa.; Marlton, N.J.; Wheeling, W.Va.

63 WND Gerald J. Cipriani, President

WND Litigation, Workers’ Compensation, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, Insurance

WND

42.

41. (tie)

Barley Snyder 126 E. King St. Lancaster, PA 17602 717-299-5201 / 717-291-4660 [email protected] / www.barley.com York, Reading, Malvern and Hanover, Pa.

58 WND Timothy G. Dietrich, Managing Partner

WND Bankruptcy, Banking, Intellectual Property, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Real Estate, Trusts & Estates, Labor & Employment, Health Care

WND 39.

41. (tie)

Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski 925 Harvest Drive, Suite 300 Blue Bell, PA 19422 215-977-1000 / 215-977-1099 [email protected] www.elliottgreenleaf.com Harrisburg, Scranton, Philadelphia and Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Wilmington, Del.

58 WND John M. Elliott, Chairman & CEO; Henry F. Siedzikowski, President; Bruce W. Kauffman, Co-Chairman of Executive Committee

WND Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, Business & Finance, Health Care, Banking, Corporate Securities, Litigation, Antitrust, Family Law

Aetna Inc.; CBS; UniTek; 3M; Jefferson Health System

43.

43. The Chartwell Law Offices 970 Rittenhouse Road Eagleville, PA 19403 610-666-7700 / 610-666-7704 [email protected] / www.chartwelllaw.com Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Scranton and Pittsburgh, Pa.; Moorestown, N.J; Wilmington, Del.; Baltimore; New York; Miami.

52 WND Clifford Goldstein, CEO WND Banking, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Workers’ Compensation, Insurance, Aviation, Subrogation

Lexington Underwriters; Harleysville Insurance; Home Depot; Chubb Insurance; City of Philadelphia; Citizens Bank

47.

44. Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy 1818 Market St., 13th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-569-2800 / 215-569-1606 [email protected] / www.zarwin.com Bethlehem, Pa.; Marlton and Jersey City, N.J.

51 WND Mitchell Kaplan, Managing Shareholder

WND Government Relations, Commercial Litigation, Immigration, Labor & Employment, Environmental, Insurance, Products Liability, Real Estate, Trusts & Estates, Workers’ Compensation

Korman Residential Properties; First Niagra Bank; The Bancorp Bank; Tornetta Properties

54.

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45. (tie)

Jones Day 500 Grant St., Suite 4500 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-391-3939 / 412-394-7959 www.jonesday.com New York; Washington; Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio; Boston; Chicago; Dallas and Houston, Texas; Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Irvine and Palo Alto, Calif.; Mexico City; London; Brussels, Belgium; Madrid; Milan; Paris; Moscow; Munich and Frankfurt, Germany; Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai, China; Tokyo; Taipei, Taiwan; Singapore; Sydney, Australia; Dubai; Saudi Arabia; New Dehli, India; Sao Paulo, Brazil.

50 $1,616$820,000$645,000

Laura E. Ellsworth, Partner in Charge, Pittsburgh

WND Antitrust, Business & Finance, Litigation, Labor & Employment, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Products Liability, Real Estate, Taxation

WND

45.

45. (tie)

Lavin O’Neil Ricci Cedrone & DiSipio 190 Independence Mall West, Suite 500 Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-627-0303 / 215-627-2551 [email protected] / www.lavin-law.com Mount Laurel, N.J; New York and Rochester, N.Y.

50 WND Basil A. DiSipio, President & COO

WND Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Environmental/Toxic Torts

General Motors Corp.; Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc.; Nissan North America Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; 3M Company; Quest Diagnostics

47.

45. (tie)

Rhoads & Sinon One S. Market Square, 12th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17101 717-233-5731 / 717-232-1459 www.rhoads-sinon.com

50 WND Charles J. Ferry, Chairman; Thomas J. Nehilla, Todd J. Shill, Dean H. Dusinberre and Robert J. Tribeck, Executive Committee Members

WND Energy, Banking, Real Estate, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Taxation, Trusts & Estates, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts

WND 51.

48. Bennett Bricklin & Saltzburg 1601 Market St., 16th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103-2393 215-561-4300 / 215-561-6661 [email protected] / www.bbs-law.com Blue Bell and Lancaster, Pa.; Cherry Hill, N.J.

49 WND Louis E. Bricklin, Managing Partner

WND Insurance, Litigation, Products Liability/Mass Torts, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Labor & Employment, Medical Malpractice, Environmental/Toxic Torts

WND 45.

49. (tie)

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman United Plaza, 30 S. 17th St., 19th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-564-1700 / 215-564-3066 www.cohenseglias.com Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pa.; Wilmington, Del.

47 WND Roy S. Cohen, President; Edward Seglias, Vice President; Jason A. Copley, Managing Partner

$100,000 Real Estate, Trusts & Estates, Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Health Care, Insurance

WND 44.


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49. (tie)

Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller* One Logan Square, 27th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-568-6200 / 215-568-0300 www.hangley.com Harrisburg and Norristown, Pa.; Cherry Hill, N.J.

47 WND David Pudlin, President; William T. Hangley, Chairman

$125,000 Antitrust, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Trusts & Estates, Environmental, Litigation, Family Law, Government Relations

WND 50.

51. Littler Mendelson 1601 Cherry St., Suite 1400 Philadelphia, PA 19102 267-402-3000 / 267-402-3131 [email protected] / www.littler.com Pittsburgh; New York, Long Island and Rochester, N.Y.; Newark, N.J.; Washington; Tyson’s Corner, Va.; New Haven, Conn.; Boston; Providence, R.I.; Cleveland and Coumbus, Ohio; Detroit; Milwaukee; Minneapolis; Indianapolis; Lexington, Ky.; Kansas City, Mo.; Atlanta; Birmingham and Mobile, Ala.; Miami and Orlando, Fla.; Nashville, Tenn.; Fayetteville, Ark,; Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago; Columbia, S.C.; Dallas and Houston, Texas; Denver; Las Vegas and Reno, Nev.; Phoenix; Portland, Ore.; Seattle; St. Louis; Fresno, Los Angeles, Irvine, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose and Walnut Creek, Calif.

45 $381.5$485,000$505,000

Kristine Grady Derewicz, Managing Shareholder of Philadelphia Office; Marko Mrkonich, President & Managing Shareholder; John Cerilli, Managing Shareholder of Pittsburgh Office

WND Labor & Employment

WND 60.

52. (tie)

Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst 518 Township Line Road, Suite 300 Blue Bell, PA 19422 610-862-6500 / 610-862-6501 [email protected] / www.nldhlaw.com Cherry Hill, N.J.; New York; Columbus, Ohio; Denver; London.

44 WND Michael R. Nelson, Chairman; Mary Anne Jaquay, Executive Vice President & COO

WND Insurance, Litigation

Nationwide Insur-ance Cos.; Lloyds of London; Chartis Insurance; State Farm Fire & Casualty; Erie Insurance; Har-leysville Insurance

55.

52. (tie)

Woodcock Washburn Cira Centre, 2929 Arch St., 12th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-568-3100 / 215-568-3439 www.woodcock.com Bethesda, Md.; Atlanta; Orlando, Fla.; Chicago; Phoenix; Seattle.

44 WND David Bailey, Gary Levin and David Wolfsohn, Policy Committtee Members

$130,000 Intellectual Property Microsoft; Johnson & Johnson; Crown; SAP; TruePosition; University of Pennsylvania

41.

54. Meyer Unkovic & Scott 535 Smithfield St., Suite 1300 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412-456-2800 / 412-456-2864 [email protected] / www.muslaw.com

43 WND Kevin F. McKeegan, Managing Partner

WND Business & Finance, Commercial Litiga-tion, Construction, Corporate & Securi-ties, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Real Estate, Trusts & Estates, Litigation

WND 47.


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55. Spector Gadon & Rosen 1635 Market St., Seventh Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-241-8888 / 215-241-8844 [email protected] / www.lawsgr.com St. Petersburg, Fla.

42 WND Paul R. Rosen, President; Steven F. Gadon, Vice President; Edward G. Fitzgerald, Secretary/Treasurer

WND Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Family Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Trusts & Estates, Real Estate, Labor & Employment, Insurance

WND 51.

56. Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett 120 W. 10th St. Erie, PA 16501 814-459-2800 / 814-453-4530 [email protected] / www.kmgslaw.com North East, Pa.

41 WND Thomas A. Tupitza, President

WND Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Labor & Employment, Family Law, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Trusts & Estates, Workers’ Compensation, Real Estate, Government Relations

WND 55.


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NA (Not Applicable) WND (Would Not Disclose) NR (Not Ranked) PPP (Profits Per Equity Partner) RPL (Revenue Per Lawyer) *Last year’s information Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources (All data as of 6/10/11) **All offices not listed






Rank 2010

57. (tie)

DLA Piper One Liberty Place, 1650 Market St., Suite 4900 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-656-3300 / 215-656-3301 [email protected] / www.dlapiper.com Wilmington, Del.; Atlantic City and Florham Park, N.J.; Atlanta; Austin, Dallas and Houston, Texas; Baltimore; Boston; Chicago; La Jolla, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Sacramento, San Diego and San Francisco, Calif.; Miami and Tampa, Fla.; New York; Reston, Va.; Phoenix; Raleigh, N.C.; Seattle; Washington; Abu Dhabi; Amsterdam; Antwerp and Brussels, Belgium; Bangkok; Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai, China; Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany; Paris; Rome; Sydney; Warsaw, Poland; Madrid**

40 $1,900 $1,135,000 $585,000

James M. Brogan, Philadelphia Managing Partner

$140,000 Litigation, Intellectual Property, Corporate & Securities, Antitrust, White-Collar/Corporate Governance, Business & Finance, Products Liability/Mass Torts, Insurance

Church & Dwight; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; Harley-Davidson; Brandywine Realty Trust; BDO-Seidman; Rico

57.

57. (tie)

Gibbons 1700 Two Logan Square Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-665-0400 / 215-636-0366 [email protected] / www.gibbonslaw.com Newark and Trenton, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; New York.

40 $106 752,631 534,708

Patrick C. Dunican Jr., Chairman & Managing Director; Stephen Imbriglia, Administrative Director of Philadelphia Office

$135,000 Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Criminal Defense, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Government Relations, Intellectual Property, Products Liability, Real Estate

WND 57.

57. (tie)

MacDonald Illig Jones & Britton 100 State St., Suite 700 Erie, PA 16507 814-870-7600 / 814-454-4647 [email protected] www.macdonaldillig.com

40 WND Russell S. Warner, Managing Partner

WND Insurance, Intellectual Property, Banking, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Trusts & Estates, Health Care, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts

Erie Insurance Group; First National Bank of PA; American Refining Group; General Electric Co.; Plastek Industries Inc.; Erie Management Group

53.

57. (tie)

Rubin Fortunato & Harbison 10 S. Leopard Road Paoli, PA 19301 610-408-2000 / 610-408-9000 [email protected] www.rubinfortunato.com

40 WND Gregory S. Rubin, Chairman

WND Labor & Employment, Business, Litigation

Amazon.com; Bank of America-Merrill Lynch; BLDS; StarCite Inc.; Superior Mortgage Corp.; Temple University

62.

61. (tie)

Marks O’Neill O’Brien & Courtney 1880 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1900 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-564-6688 / 215-564-2526 [email protected] / www.mooclaw.com Pittsburgh; Pennsauken, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Towson, Md.; Elmsford, N.Y.

39 WND Kevin J. O’Brien, Managing Director

WND Bankruptcy, Com-mercial Litigation, Personal Injury, Health Care, Insurance, Products Liabilty, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Labor & Employment, Environ-mental/Toxic Torts

WND 59.

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61. (tie)

Willig Williams & Davidson 1845 Walnut St., 24th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-656-3600 / 215-561-5135 [email protected] / www.wwdlaw.com Harrisburg and Media, Pa.

39 WND Deborah R. Willig, Managing Partner

WND Family Law, Litigation, Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Workers’ Compensation, Labor & Employment, Criminal Defense, Trusts & Estates

AFSCME; Philadelphia Federation of Teachers; Teamsters; United Food & Commercial Workers Union; International Association of Firefighters; SEIU

68.

63. Volpe & Koenig 30 S. 17th St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-568-6400 / 215-568-6499 [email protected] / www.vklaw.com Princeton, N.J.

36 $27.6 $171,300 $690,763

Gerald B. Halt, President; Anthony S. Volpe, CEO; C. Frederick Koenig, Secretary

$130,000 Intellectual Property WND 60.


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64. (tie)

Conrad O’Brien 1515 Market St., 16th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-864-9600 / 215-864-9620 [email protected] www.conradobrien.com West Chester and Harrisburg, Pa.

35 WND Nicholas M. Centrella, Managing Shareholder

WND Commercial Litigation, White-Collar/Corporate Governance, Products Liability/Mass Torts, Medical Malpractice, Government Relations, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Real Estate, ADR

Dow Chemical Company; Hewlett Packard; Exxon Mobil Corp.; Cephalon Inc.; IBM Corp.; Lorillard Tobacco Co.

62.

64. (tie)

Greenberg Traurig Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market St., Suite 2700 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-988-7800 / 215-988-7801 www.gtlaw.com Wilmington, Del.; New York, Albany and White Plains, N.Y.; Morristown, N.J.; Washington; Tysons Corner, Va.; Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Tallahassee, Orlando, Boca Raton and Tampa, Fla.; Boston; Chicago; Dallas, Houston and Austin, Texas; Atlanta; Los Angeles, Irvine, East Palo Alto, Sacramento and San Francisco, Calif.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Denver; Amsterdam; London; Shanghai.

35 $1,236 $1,320,000 $718,000

Michael L. Lehr, Regional Operating Shareholder; Robert M. Goldich, Philadelphia Operating Shareholder

WND Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Corporate & Securities, E-Commerce & Technology, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Taxation, Health Care, Litigation

WND 68.

64. (tie)

Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino The Paragon Centre, 1611 Pond Road, Suite 300 Allentown, PA 18104 610-391-1800 / 610-391-1805 [email protected] / www.thslaw.com Bridgewater, N.J.; New York.

35 WND Matthew Sorrentino, Managing Partner

WND Workers’ Compensation, Banking, Health Care, Business & Finance, Trusts & Estates, Real Estate, Taxation, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Labor & Employment, Litigation

Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network; Lehigh University; National Penn Bank; Bennett Automotive Group; Lucent Technologies; City of Easton

72.

67. (tie)

Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein 910 Harvest Drive, Suite 200 Blue Bell, PA 19422-0765 610-260-6000 / 610-260-1240 [email protected] / www.kaplaw.com Cherry Hill, N.J.

34 WND Maury B. Reiter, Managing Principal

WND Construction, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Labor & Employment, Health Care, Real Estate, Taxation, Trusts & Estates

Toll Brothers; Stoltz Management; Pitcairn Properties Inc.; Chick-Fil-A; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Wolfson-Verrichia Group

66.

67. (tie)

McQuaide Blasko* 811 University Drive State College, PA 16801 814-238-4926 / 814-234-5620 [email protected] / www.mcquaideblasko.com Hershey and Hollidaysburg, Pa.

34 WND James M. Horne, Managing Partner

WND Litigation, Family Law, Health Care, Business & Finance, Intellectual Property, Corporate & Securities, Real Estate, Labor & Employment, Trusts & Estates

WND 66.

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67. (tie)

Metz Lewis Brodman Must O’Keefe 11 Stanwix St., 18th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412-918-1100 / 412-918-1199 [email protected] / www.metzlewis.com New York.

34 WND LeRoy L. Metz II, President

WND Intellectual Property, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Real Estate, Labor & Employment, Trusts & Estates

WND 78.

70. (tie)

Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young 1880 John F. Kennedy Blvd., 10th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-587-1600 / 215-587-1699 [email protected] / www.cpmy.com Wilmington, Del.; Westmont, N.J.; New York; Boston.

33 WND Ralph J. Luongo, Shareholder

WND Litigation, Insurance, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability/Mass Torts, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Workers’ Compensation, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts

WND 62.


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70. (tie)

Sherrard German & Kelly Two PNC Plaza, 28th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412-355-0200 / 412-261-6221 www.sgkpc.com

33 WND Robert D. German and Walter R. Bashaw II, Managing Shareholders

WND Insurance, Trusts & Estates, Banking, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Labor & Employment, Family Law, Real Estate, Taxation

WND 65.

70. (tie)

Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky Four Gateway Center, 444 Liberty Ave., Suite 2200 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 [email protected] / www.smgglaw.com Greensburg and New Brighton, Pa.

33 WND Reid B. Robert and Harry F. Kunselman, Co-Managing Partners

WND Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Criminal Defense, Family Law, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Trusts & Estates, Real Estate, Workers’ Compensation

WND 78.

73. (tie)

Archer & Greiner One Liberty Place, 1650 Market St., 32nd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-963-3300 / 856-795-0574 [email protected] / www.archerlaw.com Haddonfield, Flemington, Hackensack and Princeton, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.

31 $71 $389,300 $454,100

Christopher R. Gibson, President; James H. Carll, Chairman of the Board

$110,000 Litigation, Family Law, Real Estate, Corporate & Securities, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Personal Injury, Trusts & Estates

Exxon Mobil Corp.; Keystone Foods; Pulte Home Corp.; Holman Enterprises; City of Philadelphia; National Lead Inc.

68.

73. (tie)

McGuire Woods EQT Plaza, 625 Liberty Ave., 23rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3142 412-667-6000 / 412-667-6050 [email protected] www.mcguirewoods.com New York; Baltimore; Washington; Charlottesville, Norfolk, Richmond and Tyson’s Corner, Va.; Wilmington, Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C; Atlanta; Jacksonville, Fla.; Austin and Houston, Texas; Chicago; London; Brussels, Belgium.

31 $532$815,000$600,000

Richard Cullen, Chairman; Peter Covington, Vice Chairman; Thomas Cabaniss and David Pusateri, Office Managing Partners

WND Litigation, White-Collar/Corporate Governance, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Business & Finance, Trust & Estates, Health Care, Products Liability, Real Estate, Labor & Employment, Banking

DuPont; Ford; Siemens

75.

75. (tie)

Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald 15 S. Franklin St. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 570-826-5600 / 570-826-5640 [email protected] / www.rjglaw.com Hazleton and Scranton, Pa.

30 WND Joseph L. Persico, Managing Partner

WND Personal Injury, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, Taxation, Intellectual Property, Energy, Real Estate, Mergers & Acquisitions, E-Commerce & Technology

Guard Insurance Group Inc.; Wilkes University; Sordoni Construc-tion Services Inc.; Diversified Informa-tion Technologies Inc.; Manufacturers & Traders Trust Company; Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority

72.

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Rank 2010

75. (tie)

The Webb Law Firm 420 Ft. Duquesne Blvd., Suite 1200 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412-471-8815 / 412-471-4094 [email protected] / www.webblaw.com

30 WND Kent E. Baldauf, Lester N. Fortney and Kirk M. Miles, Management Committee

WND Intellectual Property

WND 72.

77. (tie)

CGA Law Firm 135 N. George St. York, PA 17401 717-848-4900 / 717-843-9039 [email protected] / www.cgalaw.com

29 WND Sharon E. Myers, Managing Partner

WND Bankruptcy, Business, Taxation, Labor & Employment, Family Law, Education, Litigation, Real Estate, Immigration, Trusts & Estates

WND 80.

77. (tie)

Kline & Specter 1525 Locust St., 19th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-772-1000 / 215-772-1359 www.klinespecter.com Cherry Hill, N.J.; New York.

29 WND Thomas R. Kline, Managing Partner; Shanin Specter, Managing Partner

WND Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability/Mass Torts

WND 82.

77. (tie)

MacElree Harvey 17 W. Miner St. West Chester, PA 19382 610-436-0100 / 610-429-4486 [email protected] / www.macelree.com Kennett Square, Pa.; Centreville, Del.

29 WND Mary Ann Rossi, CEO WND Family Law, Banking, Litigation, Real Estate, Corporate & Securities, Taxation, Trusts & Estates, Labor & Employment, Business & Finance

WND 80.

80. (tie)

Edgar Snyder & Associates 600 Grant St. Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-394-1000 [email protected] www.edgarsnyder.com Altoona, Ebensburg and Erie, Pa.

28 WND Edgar Snyder, President; Richard Rosenthal, Managing Partner

WND Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation, Social Security

WND 87.

80. (tie)

Gross McGinley 33 S. Seventh St. Allentown, PA 18105 610-820-5450 [email protected] www.grossmcginley.com Easton and Emmaus, Pa.

28 WND Malcolm J. Gross, Founding Partner; Paul McGinley, Founding Partner

WND Banking, Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Trusts & Estates, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Family Law, Medical Malpractice, Litigation

Rodale; PPL; KidsPeace; Lehigh Valley Hospital; Viamedia; First Star Bank

82.

80. (tie)

Houston Harbaugh Three Gateway Center 401 Liberty Ave., 22nd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412-281-5060 / 412-281-4499 [email protected] / www.hh-law.com

28 WND Bradley J. Franc, Michael J. Dempster and Mary-Jo Rebelo, Executive Committee Members

WND Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Litigation, Labor & Employment, Health Care, Real Estate, Trusts & Estates

WND 68.


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80. (tie)

Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers Centre Square, 1500 Market St., Suite 4100 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-735-7200 / 215-735-1714 [email protected] www.defensecounsel.com Pittsburgh; Cherry Hill, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; New York and Hicksville, N.Y.; Tampa and Miami, Fla.

28 WND Jay E. Mintzer, Managing Partner

WND Insurance, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Workers’ Compensation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation, E-Commerce & Technology, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts

Western World Insurance Co.; J.C. Penney Co. Inc.; Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.; National Indemnity Co.; Capital Insurance Co.; Academy Bus

93.

80. (tie)

Powell Trachtman Logan Carrle & Lombardo 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 610-354-9700 / 610-354-9760 [email protected] www.powelltrachtman.com Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pa.

28 WND Michael G. Trachtman, President; Gunther O. Carrle, Secretary-Treasurer; Paul A. Logan, Vice President*

WND Commercial Litigation, Business & Finance

WND 75.


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80. (tie)

Reger Rizzo & Darnall Cira Centre, 2929 Arch St., 13th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-495-6500 / 215-495-6600 [email protected] / www.regerlaw.com Mount Laurel, N.J.; Wilmington, Del.; Towson, Md.

28 WND Louis J. Rizzo Jr., Managing Partner

WND Trusts & Estates, Litigation, Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Family Law, Criminal Defense, Labor & Employment

Aqua America; Comcast Corp.; Prudential Fox & Roach Realtors; Travelers

82.

86. (tie)

Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba 4001 Schoolhouse Lane, P.O. Box 219 Center Valley, PA 18034 610-797-9000 [email protected] / www.flblaw.com

27 WND Joseph A. Bubba, Managing Partner

WND Corporate & Securities, Health Care, Real Estate, Litigation, Bankruptcy, Trusts & Estates, Labor & Employment, Family Law, Taxation, Banking

St. Luke’s Hospital; American International Group (AIG); First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union; Stabler Land Company; T-Mobile USA Inc.; Wegmans Food Markets Inc.

NR

86. (tie)

Naulty Scaricamazza & McDevitt* 1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-568-5116 / 215-568-2077 www.naulty.com Media, Pa.; Marlton, N.J.

27 WND William Cilingin, Managing Partner

WND Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, Envrionmental/Toxic Torts, Health Care, Insurance, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Workers’ Compensation

WND 87.

86. (tie)

Rothman Gordon 310 Grant St., Third Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-338-1100 / 412-281-7304 [email protected] www.rothmangordon.com

27 WND William E. Lestitian, Managing Shareholder

WND Real Estate, Workers’ Compensation, Trusts & Estates, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, ADR

WND 93.

86. (tie)

Wisler Pearlstine Blue Bell Executive Campus, 460 Norristown Rd., Suite 110 Blue Bell, PA 19422 610-825-8400 / 610-828-4887 [email protected] www.wislerpearlstine.com

27 WND Kenneth A. Roos, Administrative Partner

WND Education, Municipal, Construction, Banking, Family Law, Real Estate, Labor & Employment, Trusts & Estates, Litigation, ADR

WND 93.

90. (tie)

Goehring Rutter & Boehm Frick Building, 437 Grant St., 14th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-281-0587 www.grblaw.com Sewickley, Pa.

26 WND Daniel F. Gramc, President & Managing Director; Michael K. Parrish, Vice President; Robert J. Winters, Treasurer

WND Litigation, Real Estate, Trusts & Estates, Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Labor & Employment, Family Law

WND 87.

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90. (tie)

Hamburg Rubin Mullin Maxwell & Lupin 375 Morris Road Lansdale, PA 19446-0773 215-661-0400 / 215-661-0315 [email protected] / www.hrmml.com

26 WND Steven Lupin, Managing Partner

WND Corporate & Securities, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Family Law, Litigation, Products Liability/Mass Torts, Real Estate, Medical Malpractice, Trust & Estates

WND 87.

90. (tie)

Ratner Prestia 1235 Westlakes Drive, Suite 301 Berwyn, PA 19312 610-407-0700 / 610-407-0701 www.ratnerprestia.com Allentown, Pa.; Wilmington, Del.

26 WND Jonathan H. Spadt, Chief Executive Officer

WND Intellectual Property, Litigation

Panasonic; Porsche AG; ITT Industries; B. Braun Medical Inc.; Micron; University of Delaware

93.

90. (tie)

Weir & Partners 1339 Chestnut St., Suite 500 Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-665-8181 / 215-665-8464 [email protected] / www.weirpartners.com Wilmington, Del.; Cherry Hill, N.J.

26 WND Walter Weir Jr., Managing Partner

WND Real Estate, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Trusts & Estates

WND NR

94. (tie)

Blumling & Gusky 1200 Koppers Building, 436 Seventh Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-227-2500 www.blumlinggusky.com

25 WND Robert Blumling, Managing Partner

WND Construction, Real Estate, Corporate & Securities, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, Bankruptcy, Taxation, Trusts & Estates, Litigation, Business & Finance

WND NR

94. (tie)

Eastburn & Gray 60 E. Court St. Doylestown, PA 18901 215-345-7000 / 215-345-9142 [email protected] www.eastburngray.com Blue Bell, Pa.

25 WND D. Rodman Eastburn, President; Derek J. Reid, Vice President-Secretary; John A. VanLuvanee, Secretary

WND Real Estate, Banking, Litigation, Business & Finance, Bankruptcy, Family Law, Taxation, Trusts & Estates, Labor & Employment, Commercial Litigation

WND 87.

94. (tie)

Forry Ullman Ullman & Forry* 540 Court St. Reading, PA 19603 610-777-5700 / 610-777-2499 [email protected] www.forryullman.com King of Prussia, Bethlehem, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Scranton, Pa.

25 WND Lee E. Ullman, Chairman, Management Committee

WND Insurance, Commercial Litigation, Litigation, Workers’ Compensation, Family Law

WND 98.

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94. (tie)

German Gallagher & Murtagh* 200 S. Broad St., Suite 500 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-545-7700 / 215-732-4182 [email protected] / www.ggmfirm.com Moorestown, N.J.

25 WND Dean F. Murtagh, Managing Partner

WND Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Health Care, Workers’ Compensa-tion, Products Liability, Insurance, Medical Malpractice

WND 98.

94. (tie)

Grogan Graffam Four Gateway Center, 12th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222 412-553-6300 / 412-642-2601 [email protected] www.grogangraffam.com

25 WND Dennis A. Watson, President

WND Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance, Medical Malpractice, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Products Liability/Mass Torts, Business & Finance, Real Estate, Trusts & Estates, Workers’ Compensation

WND 87.

94. (tie)

Hartman Underhill & Brubaker 221 E. Chestnut St. Lancaster, PA 17602 717-299-7254 / 717-299-3160 [email protected] / www.hublaw.com

25 WND Mark Stanley, Managing Partner

WND Family Law, Government Relations, Business & Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate & Securities, Real Estate, Labor & Employment, Trusts & Estates

WND 93.

94. (tie)

Quinn Buseck Leemhuis Toohey & Kroto 2222 W. Grandview Blvd. Erie, PA 16506 814-833-2222 / 814-833-6753 [email protected] / www.quinnfirm.com

25 WND John M. Quinn Jr., Chairman, Litigation Division

WND Bankruptcy, Fam-ily Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Medical Malpractice, Real Estate, Criminal Defense, Trusts & Es-tates, Labor & Employ-ment, Environmental/Toxic Torts

WND NR

94. (tie)

Zimmer Kunz 3300 U.S. Steel Tower, 600 Grant St. Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2702 412-281-8000 / 412-281-1765 [email protected] / www.zklaw.com Greensburg, Pa.; Morgantown, W.Va.

25 WND Jeffrey A. Ramaley, President; Daniel E. Krauth, Treasurer; Christopher T. Yoskosky, Secretary

WND Litigation, Products Liability, Workers’ Compensation, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment, Environmental/Toxic Torts, Insurance

WND 75.



100 Largest Law Firms Alphabetically

*Last year’s information

Firm Rank Total FT Attorneys in PA

Archer & Greiner 73. (tie) 31

Babst Calland 37. 72

Ballard Spahr 12. 193

Barley Snyder 41. (tie) 58

Bennett Bricklin & Saltzburg 48. 49

Berger & Montague 39. 64

Blank Rome 8. 228

Blumling & Gusky 94. (tie) 25

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney 4. 275

Burns White 30. 81

CGA Law Firm 77. (tie) 29

Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young 70. (tie) 33

Cipriani & Werner 40. 63

Cohen & Grigsby 23. 107

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman 49. (tie) 47

Conrad O’Brien 64. (tie) 35

Cozen O’Connor 7. 239

Dechert 13. (tie) 183

Dickie McCamey & Chilcote 20. 110

Dilworth Paxson 33. 77

DLA Piper 57. (tie) 40

Drinker Biddle & Reath 13. (tie) 183

Duane Morris 11. 195

Eastburn & Gray 94. (tie) 25

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott 6. 240

Edgar Snyder & Associates 80. (tie) 28

Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski 41. (tie) 58

Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba 86. (tie) 27

Forry Ullman Ullman & Forry* 94. (tie) 25

Fox Rothschild 9. 211

German Gallagher & Murtagh* 94. (tie) 25

Gibbons 57. (tie) 40

Goehring Rutter & Boehm 90. (tie) 26

Greenberg Traurig 64. (tie) 35

Grogan Graffam 94. (tie) 25

Gross McGinley 80. (tie) 28

Hamburg Rubin Mullin Maxwell & Lupin 90. (tie) 26

Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller* 49. (tie) 47

Hartman Underhill & Brubaker 94. (tie) 25

Houston Harbaugh 80. (tie) 28

Jones Day 45. (tie) 50

K&L Gates 10. 209

Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein 67. (tie) 34

Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check 21. (tie) 108

Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg 34. (tie) 75

Kline & Specter 77. (tie) 29

Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett 56. 41

Lavin O’Neil Ricci Cedrone & DiSipio 45. (tie) 50

Littler Mendelson 51. 45

MacDonald Illig Jones & Britton 57. (tie) 40

MacElree Harvey 77. (tie) 29

Firm Rank Total FT Attorneys in PA

Margolis Edelstein 29. 84

Marks O’Neill O’Brien & Courtney 61. (tie) 39

Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin 5. 254

McGuire Woods 73. (tie) 31

McNees Wallace & Nurick 19. 119

McQuaide Blasko* 67. (tie) 34

Metz Lewis Brodman Must O’Keefe 67. (tie) 34

Meyer Unkovic & Scott 54. 43

Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers 80. (tie) 28

Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads 27. 86

Morgan Lewis & Bockius 2. 303

Naulty Scaricamazza & McDevitt* 86. (tie) 27

Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst 52. (tie) 44

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel 25. 99

Pepper Hamilton 3. 297

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti 36. 74

Post & Schell 18. 142

Powell Trachtman Logan Carrle & Lombardo 80. (tie) 28

Quinn Buseck Leemhuis Toohey & Kroto 94. (tie) 25

Ratner Prestia 90. (tie) 26

Rawle & Henderson 26. 98

Reed Smith 1. 311

Reger Rizzo & Darnall 80. (tie) 28

Rhoads & Sinon 45. (tie) 50

Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald 75. (tie) 30

Rothman Gordon 86. (tie) 27

Rubin Fortunato & Harbison 57. (tie) 40

Saul Ewing 24. 102

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis 21. (tie) 108

Sherrard German & Kelly 70. (tie) 33

Spector Gadon & Rosen 55. 42

Stevens & Lee 17. 145

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young 16. 152

Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky 70. (tie) 33

Swartz Campbell 32. 78

Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino 64. (tie) 35

The Chartwell Law Offices 43. 52

The Webb Law Firm 75. (tie) 30

Thomas Thomas & Hafer 38. 68

Thorp Reed & Armstrong 28. 85

Tucker Arensberg 31. 80

Volpe & Koenig 63. 36

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby

34. (tie) 75

Weir & Partners 90. (tie) 26

White & Williams 15. 162

Willig Williams & Davidson 61. (tie) 39

Wisler Pearlstine 86. (tie) 27

Woodcock Washburn 52. (tie) 44

Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy 44. 51

Zimmer Kunz 94. (tie) 25

84 PaLAW 2011

PaLAW 2011 85

Total Attorneys Worldwide

Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources Numbers Include Full-Time and Part-Time Attorneys *Last year’s information

Rank FirmTotal Attorneys in All Offices

1. DLA Piper 4,092

2. Jones Day 2,469

3. K&L Gates 1,825

4. Greenberg Traurig 1,723

5. Reed Smith 1,632

6. Morgan Lewis & Bockius 1,349

7. McGuire Woods 900

8. Littler Mendelson 828

9. Dechert 780

10. Duane Morris 714

11. Drinker Biddle & Reath 621

12. Cozen O’Connor 540

13. Fox Rothschild 513

14. Ballard Spahr 504

15. Blank Rome 494

16. Pepper Hamilton 473

17. Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin 443

18. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney 437

19. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott 336

20. Saul Ewing 227

21. White & Williams 226

22. Gibbons 223

23. (tie) Archer & Greiner 203

23. (tie) Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young 203

25. Stevens & Lee 177

26. Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis 167

27. Post & Schell 154

28. Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino 141

29. Dickie McCamey & Chilcote 138

30. Cohen & Grigsby 134

31. McNees Wallace & Nurick 131

32. Rawle & Henderson 122

33. Margolis Edelstein 120

34. Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads 119

35. (tie) Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check 113

35. (tie) Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel 113

37. (tie) Thorp Reed & Armstrong 105

37. (tie) Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby 105

39. Swartz Campbell 102

40. Dilworth Paxson 100

41. Burns White 90

42. Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg 85

43. (tie) Marks O’Neill O’Brien & Courtney 82

43. (tie) Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti 82

45. Tucker Arensberg 80

46. Babst Calland 78

47. Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers 77

48. Thomas Thomas & Hafer 75

49. Cipriani & Werner 73

50. The Chartwell Law Offices 70

51. (tie) Berger & Montague 67

Rank FirmTotal Attorneys in All Offices

51. (tie) Woodcock Washburn 67

53. (tie) Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski 64

53. (tie) Lavin O’Neil Ricci Cedrone & DiSipio 64

55. Barley Snyder 63

56. Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst 62

57. Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy 57

58. Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman 55

59. Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin* 52

60. (tie) Bennett Bricklin & Saltzburg 51

60. (tie) Rhoads & Sinon 51

62. Meyer Unkovic & Scott 50

63. Spector Gadon & Rosen 46

64. Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young 45

65. MacDonald Illig Jones & Britton 43

66. Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett 42

67. (tie) Rubin Fortunato & Harbison 40

67. (tie) Volpe & Koenig 40

69. Willig Williams & Davidson 39

70. (tie) Conrad O’Brien 38

70. (tie) Reger Rizzo & Darnall 38

72. (tie) Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein 35

72. (tie) Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald 35

72. (tie) Sherrard German & Kelly 35

75. (tie) McQuaide Blasko* 34

75. (tie) Metz Lewis Brodman Must O’Keefe 34

77. (tie) Houston Harbaugh 33

77. (tie) Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky 33

79. (tie) Naulty Scaricamazza & McDevitt* 32

79. (tie) Ratner Prestia 32

79. (tie) The Webb Law Firm 32

82. MacElree Harvey 31

83. (tie) CGA Law Firm 30

83. (tie) Wisler Pearlstine 30

85. (tie) Edgar Snyder & Associates 29

85. (tie) Hamburg Rubin Mullin Maxwell & Lupin 29

85. (tie) Kline & Specter 29

85. (tie) Weir & Partners 29

89. (tie) Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba 28

89. (tie) Goehring Rutter & Boehm 28

89. (tie) Gross McGinley 28

89. (tie) Hartman Underhill & Brubaker 28

89. (tie) Powell Trachtman Logan Carrle & Lombardo 28

94. (tie) Eastburn & Gray 27

94. (tie) Rothman Gordon 27

96. (tie) Blumling & Gusky 26

96. (tie) German Gallagher & Murtagh* 26

96. (tie) Zimmer Kunz 26

99. (tie) Forry Ullman Ullman & Forry* 25

99. (tie) Grogan Graffam 25

99. (tie) Quinn Buseck Leemhuis Toohey & Kroto 25

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Fastest-Growing Firms (Ranked by Percent Increase of Pa. Attorneys)

Rank Firm

No. of Attorneys 2011


Percent Change

1. Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check 108 78 38.46%

2. Littler Mendelson 45 37 21.62%

3. Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy 51 42 21.42%

4. Willig Williams & Davidson 39 33 18.18%

5. Tucker Arensberg 80 70 14.28%

6. Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe 34 30 13.33%

7. (tie) Rhoads & Sinon 50 45 11.11%

7. (tie) Rubin Fortunato & Harbison 40 36 11.11%

9. Cipriani & Werner 63 57 10.52%

10. Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky 33 30 10.00%

11. Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski 58 53 9.43%

12. Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino 35 32 9.37%

13. Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers 28 26 7.69%

14. Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst 44 41 7.31%

15.Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby

75 70 7.14%

Fastest-Growing Firms (Ranked by Increase in Number of Pa. Attorneys)

Rank Firm



Change in Number

1. Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check* 108 78 30

2.Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin

254 238 16

3. Tucker Arensberg 80 70 10

4. Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy 51 42 9

5. Littler Mendelson 45 37 8

6. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott 240 233 7

7. (tie) Cipriani & Werner 63 57 6

7. (tie) Willig Williams & Davidson 39 33 6

9. (tie) Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski 58 53 5

9. (tie) Rhoads & Sinon 50 45 5

9. (tie)Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby

75 70 5

12. (tie) Ballard Spahr 193 189 4

12. (tie) Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe 34 30 4

12. (tie) Morgan Lewis & Bockius 303 299 4

12. (tie) Rubin Fortunato & Harbison 40 36 4

Fastest-Shrinking Firms (Ranked by Decrease in Number of Pa. Attorneys)

Rank Firm



Change in Number

1. Drinker Biddle & Reath** 183 221 -38

2. Dechert 183 208 -25

3. K&L Gates 209 232 -23

4. Woodcock Washburn 44 59 -15

5. (tie) Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel 99 111 -12

5. (tie) Reed Smith 311 323 -12

7. Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads 86 97 -11

8. (tie) Duane Morris 195 205 -10

8. (tie) Saul Ewing 102 112 -10

8. (tie) Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis 108 118 -10

11. (tie) Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg 75 83 -8

11. (tie) Swartz Campbell 78 86 -8

13. Barley Snyder 58 65 -7

14. (Tie) Meyer Unkovic & Scott 43 49 -6

14. (Tie) Thorp Reed & Armstrong 85 91 -6

14. (Tie) Zimmer Kunz 25 31 -6

Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources Numbers Include Full-Time Attorneys Only*Growth due to inclusion of staff attorneys for the first time. **Firm changed reporting method to no longer include part-time attorneys.

Fastest-Shrinking Firms (Ranked by Percent Decrease of Pa. Attorneys)

Rank Firm



Percent Change

1. Woodcock Washburn 44 59 -24.32%

2. Zimmer Kunz 25 31 -16.67%

3. Drinker Biddle & Reath 183 221 -15.79%

4. Houston Harbaugh 28 33 -14.86%

5. Meyer Unkovic & Scott 43 49 -14.05%

6. Dechert 183 208 -11.30%

7. Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads 86 97 -10.71%

8. Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel 99 111 -10.61%

9. Barley Snyder 58 65 -10.17%

10. K&L Gates 209 232 -10.00%

11.Powell Trachtman Logan Carrle & Lombardo

28 31 -9.09%

12. Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg 75 83 -8.76%

13. Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman 47 52 -8.08%

14. Swartz Campbell 78 86 -7.78%

15. Saul Ewing 102 112 -7.69%

PaLAW 2011 87

Law Firm Growth

88 PaLAW 2011

Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources Numbers Include Full-Time Attorneys Only

Rank FirmTotal Attorneys in Pittsburgh

1. K&L Gates 190


3. Reed Smith 176


5. Cohen & Grigsby 107

6. Dickie McCamey & Chilcote 95

7. Tucker Arensberg 73

8. Thorp Reed & Armstrong 67

9. Babst Calland 66

10. Burns White 61

11. Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti 55

12. Jones Day 50

13. Meyer Unkovic & Scott 43

14. Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe 34

15. (tie) Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin 33

15. (tie) Sherrard German & Kelly 33

Rank FirmTotal Attorneys in Pittsburgh

17. (tie) McGuire Woods 31

17. (tie) Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky 31

19. (tie) Pepper Hamilton 30

19. (tie) The Webb Law Firm 30

21. Houston Harbaugh 28

22. Rothman Gordon 27

23. (tie) Blumling & Gusky 25

23. (tie) Goehring Rutter & Boehm 25

23. (tie) Grogan Graffam 25

23. (tie) Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis 25

27. Goldberg Persky & White* 24

28. (tie) Fox Rothschild 23

28. (tie) Edgar Snyder & Associates 23

30. (tie) Margolis Edelstein 22

30. (tie) Zimmer Kunz 22

30. (tie) Cipriani & Werner 22

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1. Morgan Lewis & Bockius 281

2. Blank Rome 228

3. Pepper Hamilton 226

4. Cozen O'Connor 214

5. Ballard Spahr 193

6. (tie) Drinker Biddle & Reath 183

6. (tie) Dechert 183

8. Duane Morris 178

9. White & Williams 147

10. Reed Smith 135

11. (tie) Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young 126

11. (tie) Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin 126

13. Fox Rothschild 99

14. Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel 90

15. Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis 83

Rank FirmTotal Attorneys in Philadelphia

16. Post & Schell 82

17. Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads 81

18. Rawle & Henderson 79

19. Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg 75

20. (tie) Dilworth Paxson 72

20. (tie) Saul Ewing 72



24. Berger & Montague 64

25. Lavin O'Neil Ricci Cedrone & DiSipio 50

26. (tie) Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy 49

26. (tie) Margolis Edelstein 49

28. Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby 47

29. Woodcock Washburn 44

30. Spector Gadon & Rosen 42

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1. McNees Wallace & Nurick 107

2. Rhoads & Sinon 50

3. Thomas Thomas & Hafer 39



6. Post & Schell 21

7. K&L Gates 19

8. Mette Evans & Woodside 17

Rank FirmTotal Attorneys in Harrisburg

9. (tie) Goldberg Katzman* 15

9. (tie) Keefer Wood Allen & Rahal 15

9. (tie) Saul Ewing 15

12. Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin 14

13. Stevens & Lee 13

14. Cipriani & Werner 12

15. (tie) Pepper Hamilton 11

15. (tie) Seratelli Schiffman & Brown 11

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PaLAW 2011 89

Percent of Female Attorneys (PA Only)

Sources: PaLAW Survey, Industry Resources Numbers Include Full-Time Attorneys Only *Last year’s information

Rank Firm Total Attorneys in PA Female Partners Female Associates Female Of Counsel Total Women Percent Female

1. Rubin Fortunato & Harbison 40 10 13 0 23 57.50%

2. Littler Mendelson 45 10 12 2 24 53.33%

3. Naulty Scaricamazza & McDevitt* 27 3 10 0 13 48.15%

4. Willig Williams & Davidson 39 11 6 0 17 43.59%

5. DLA Piper 40 4 13 0 17 42.50%

6. Bennett Bricklin & Saltzburg 49 6 12 2 20 40.82%

7. Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check 108 3 40 1 44 40.74%

8. (tie) Eastburn & Gray 25 5 4 1 10 40.00%

8. (tie) German Gallagher & Murtagh* 25 1 8 1 10 40.00%

8. (tie) Jones Day 50 5 13 2 20 40.00%

11. Rawle & Henderson 98 6 27 5 38 38.78%

12. Goehring Rutter & Boehm 26 4 6 0 10 38.46%

13. Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young 152 14 37 7 58 38.16%

14. Lavin O’Neil Ricci Cedrone & DiSipio 50 7 12 0 19 38.00%

15. Morgan Lewis & Bockius 303 18 93 2 113 37.29%

16 Greenberg Traurig 35 8 5 0 13 37.14%

17. Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller* 47 8 9 0 17 36.17%

18. Houston Harbaugh 28 6 4 0 10 35.71%

19. Burns White 81 3 25 0 28 34.57%

20. Ballard Spahr 193 20 45 1 66 34.20%

21. (tie) Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba 27 3 5 1 9 33.33%

21. (tie) Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis 108 14 21 1 36 33.33%

21. (tie) Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky 33 1 7 3 11 33.33%

24. (tie) Dechert 183 7 51 1 59 32.24%

24. (tie) Drinker Biddle & Reath 183 13 44 2 59 32.24%

26. Swartz Campbell 78 11 14 0 25 32.05%

27. Cohen & Grigsby 107 12 22 0 34 31.78%

28. Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino 35 6 4 1 11 31.43%

29. Pepper Hamilton 297 22 65 6 93 31.31%

30. McNees Wallace & Nurick 119 17 15 5 37 31.09%

31. Spector Gadon & Rosen 42 4 8 1 13 30.95%

32. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney 275 25 44 16 85 30.91%

33. Duane Morris 195 26 27 7 60 30.77%

34. Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young 33 4 5 1 10 30.30%

35. Dilworth Paxson 77 14 8 1 23 29.87%

36. Wisler Pearlstine 27 2 6 0 8 29.63%

37. Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel 99 6 19 4 29 29.29%

38. Post & Schell 142 19 22 0 41 28.87%

39. Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin 254 28 44 0 72 28.35%

40. Reed Smith 311 32 47 9 88 28.30%

41. Zimmer Kunz 25 2 5 0 7 28.00%

90 PaLAW 2011

Percent of Female Attorneys (PA Only)


Rank Firm Total Attorneys in PA Female Partners Female Associates Female Of Counsel Total Women Percent Female

42. Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads 86 14 10 0 24 27.91%

43. Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski 58 3 11 2 16 27.59%

44. Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst 44 4 8 0 12 27.27%

45. White & Williams 162 16 26 1 43 26.54%

46. Archer & Greiner 31 7 1 0 8 25.81%

47. Conrad O’Brien 35 5 3 1 9 25.71%

48. Edgar Snyder & Associates 28 1 6 0 7 25.00%

49. Blank Rome 228 16 37 3 56 24.56%

50. Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti 74 6 12 0 18 24.32%

51. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott 240 28 27 3 58 24.17%

52. (tie) CGA Law Firm 29 3 4 0 7 24.14%

52. (tie) Kline & Specter 29 2 5 0 7 24.14%

54. (tie) Blumling & Gusky 25 3 3 0 6 24.00%

54. (tie) Grogan Graffam 25 3 3 0 6 24.00%

56. Cipriani & Werner 63 3 11 1 15 23.81%

57. (tie) Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein 34 4 4 0 8 23.53%

57. (tie) Thomas Thomas & Hafer 68 9 7 0 16 23.53%

59. Berger & Montague 64 7 8 0 15 23.44%

60. Meyer Unkovic & Scott 43 1 5 4 10 23.26%

61. Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg 75 6 8 3 17 22.67%

62. Saul Ewing 102 10 13 0 23 22.55%

63. (tie) Gibbons 40 3 6 0 9 22.50%

63. (tie) Tucker Arensberg 80 2 16 0 18 22.50%

65. Thorp Reed & Armstrong 85 6 10 3 19 22.35%

66. Babst Calland 72 4 12 0 16 22.22%

67. Gross McGinley 28 4 2 0 6 21.43%

68. Cozen O’Connor 239 27 24 0 51 21.34%

69. Barley Snyder 58 8 3 1 12 20.69%

70. K&L Gates 209 15 23 4 42 20.10%

71. Dickie McCamey & Chilcote 110 12 8 2 22 20.00%

72. Fox Rothschild 211 16 25 1 42 19.91%

73. Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy 51 2 8 0 10 19.61%

74. Volpe & Koenig 36 0 7 0 7 19.44%

75. (tie) Hamburg Rubin Mullin Maxwell & Lupin 26 3 2 0 5 19.23%

75. (tie) The Chartwell Law Offices 52 2 8 0 10 19.23%

77. Stevens & Lee 145 13 8 6 27 18.62%

78. Rothman Gordon 27 2 3 0 5 18.52%

79. Sherrard German & Kelly 33 3 2 1 6 18.18%

80. Rhoads & Sinon 50 1 8 0 9 18.00%

81. (tie) Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers 28 2 3 0 5 17.86%

81. (tie) Reger Rizzo & Darnall 28 1 4 0 5 17.86%

PaLAW 2011 91

Percent of Female Attorneys (PA Only)Rank Firm Total Attorneys in PA Female Partners Female Associates Female Of Counsel Total Women Percent Female

83. MacDonald Illig Jones & Britton 40 4 3 0 7 17.50%

84. Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman 47 0 8 0 8 17.02%

85. Margolis Edelstein 84 8 6 0 14 16.67%

86. McGuire Woods 31 2 2 1 5 16.13%

87. Hartman Underhill & Brubaker 25 2 2 0 4 16.00%

88. Woodcock Washburn 44 2 4 0 6 13.64%

89. The Webb Law Firm 30 2 2 0 4 13.33%

90. Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett 41 3 2 0 5 12.20%

91. Ratner Prestia 26 0 2 1 3 11.54%

92. Powell Trachtman Logan Carrle & Lombardo 28 0 2 1 3 10.71%

93. MacElree Harvey 29 1 2 0 3 10.34%

94. Forry Ullman Ullman & Forry* 25 0 2 0 2 8.00%

95. Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald 30 0 1 0 1 3.33%


The following firms either had no women or did not report any gender-specific information: Marks O’Neill O’Brien & Courtney, McQuaide Blasko*, Metz Lewis Brodman Must O’Keefe, Quinn Buseck Leemhuis Toohey & Kroto, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, Weir & Partners.

92 PaLAW 2011

Percent of Minority Attorneys (PA Only)


Rank FirmTotal Pa. Attorneys

Minority Partners

Minority Associates

Minority Of Counsel

Total Minorities

Percent Minority

1. DLA Piper 40 2 8 0 10 25.00%

2. Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check 108 1 25 0 26 24.07%

3. Volpe & Koenig 36 0 5 0 5 13.89%

4. Bennett Bricklin & Saltzburg 49 2 4 0 6 12.24%

5. Morgan Lewis & Bockius 303 5 32 0 37 12.21%

6. Ballard Spahr 193 6 15 1 22 11.40%

7. Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis 108 4 7 1 12 11.11%

8. Kline & Specter 29 0 3 0 3 10.34%

9. (tie) Gibbons 40 0 4 0 4 10.00%

9. (tie) Rubin Fortunato & Harbison 40 0 4 0 4 10.00%

11. Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy 51 1 4 0 5 9.80%

12. (tie) Archer & Greiner 31 3 0 0 3 9.68%

12. (tie) McGuire Woods 31 1 2 0 3 9.68%

14. White & Williams 162 2 13 0 15 9.26%

15. (tie) Christie Pabarue Mortensen & Young 33 1 2 0 3 9.09%

15. (tie) Woodcock Washburn 44 0 4 0 4 9.09%

17. Tucker Arensberg 80 3 4 0 7 8.75%

18. Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young 152 3 8 2 13 8.55%

19. Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller* 47 3 1 0 4 8.51%

20. Drinker Biddle & Reath 183 3 11 0 15 8.20%

21. Pepper Hamilton 297 7 15 1 23 7.74%

22. Wisler Pearlstine 27 0 2 0 2 7.41%

23. Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers 28 0 2 0 2 7.14%

24. Dechert 183 0 12 1 13 7.10%

25. Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin 254 8 10 0 18 7.09%

26. Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel 99 3 3 1 7 7.07%

27. Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads 86 2 4 0 6 6.98%

28. Reed Smith 311 4 15 2 21 6.75%

29. Littler Mendelson 45 0 3 0 3 6.67%

30. Dilworth Paxson 77 3 2 0 5 6.49%

31. Lavin O’Neil Ricci Cedrone & DiSipio 50 0 3 0 3 6.00%

32. Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein 34 2 0 0 2 5.88%

33. The Chartwell Law Offices 52 3 0 0 3 5.77%

34. Conrad O’Brien 35 0 2 0 2 5.71%

35. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney 275 2 11 2 15 5.45%

36. Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti 74 2 2 0 4 5.41%

37. Barley Snyder 58 1 0 2 3 5.17%

38. Rawle & Henderson 98 1 4 0 5 5.10%

Percent of Minority Attorneys (PA Only)


The following firms either had no minorities or did not report any ethnic information: Blumling & Gusky, CGA Law Firm, Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman, Edgar Snyder & Associates, Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski, Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, Forry Ullman Ullman & Forry*, German Gallagher & Murtagh*, Goehring Rutter & Boehm, Gross McGinley, Hamburg Rubin Mullin Maxwell & Lupin, Hartman Underhill & Brubaker, Houston Harbaugh, Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, Ratner Prestia, Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald, Rothman Gordon, Sherrard German & Kelly, Spector Gadon & Rosen, The Webb Law Firm, Zimmer Kunz, Berger & Montague, Jones Day, Marks O’Neill O’Brien & Courtney, McQuaide Blasko*, Metz Lewis Brodman Must O’Keefe, Powell Trachtman Logan Carrle & Lombardo, Quinn Buseck Leemhuis Toohey & Kroto, Reger Rizzo & Darnall, Weir & Partners.

Rank FirmTotal Pa. Attorneys

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Minority Of Counsel

Total Minorities

Percent Minority

39. Burns White 81 0 4 0 4 4.94%

40. Fox Rothschild 211 3 6 1 10 4.74%

41. Cohen & Grigsby 107 0 5 0 5 4.67%

42. Duane Morris 195 5 4 0 9 4.62%

43. Cozen O’Connor 239 4 6 1 11 4.60%

44. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott 240 4 6 0 10 4.17%

45. Stevens & Lee 145 4 2 0 6 4.14%

46. (tie) Eastburn & Gray 25 0 1 0 1 4.00%

46. (tie) Grogan Graffam 25 0 1 0 1 4.00%

46. (tie) Rhoads & Sinon 50 1 1 0 2 4.00%

49. Swartz Campbell 78 0 3 0 3 3.85%

50. K&L Gates 209 0 7 1 8 3.83%

51. Naulty Scaricamazza & McDevitt* 27 1 0 0 1 3.70%

52. Thorp Reed & Armstrong 85 0 3 0 3 3.53%

53. Blank Rome 228 2 6 0 8 3.51%

54. MacElree Harvey 29 1 0 0 1 3.45%

55. Cipriani & Werner 63 0 2 0 2 3.17%

56. Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky 33 0 1 0 1 3.03%

57. Saul Ewing 102 1 2 0 3 2.94%

58. (tie) Greenberg Traurig 35 0 1 0 1 2.86%

58. (tie) Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino 35 0 1 0 1 2.86%

60. Post & Schell 142 1 3 0 4 2.82%

61. Babst Calland 72 0 2 0 2 2.78%

62. Dickie McCamey & Chilcote 110 0 3 0 3 2.73%

63. Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby 75 0 2 0 2 2.67%

64. Willig Williams & Davidson 39 0 1 0 1 2.56%

65. MacDonald Illig Jones & Britton 40 0 1 0 1 2.50%

66. Margolis Edelstein 84 0 2 0 2 2.38%

67. Meyer Unkovic & Scott 43 0 1 0 1 2.33%

68. Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst 44 0 1 0 1 2.27%

69. McNees Wallace & Nurick 119 1 1 0 2 1.68%

70. Thomas Thomas & Hafer 68 1 0 0 1 1.47%

71. Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg 75 0 1 0 1 1.33%

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94 PaLAW 2011

By Ward Bower

Growing market share in a declining or static economy or economic sector is diffi-cult. Generally it requires either pirating customers

from competitors or combining with them.

The U.S. EconomyPost-recession U.S. economic recovery is anemic, at best. Projected GDP growth for 2011 was 2 percent to 3 percent. Actual re-sults were 0.4 percent in the first quarter and 1.3 percent in the second quarter. It is likely that growth will barely top 1 percent for the rest of the year.

Expectations for 2012 are equally gloomy. A recent poll of economists indicated a 50 percent chance of sliding into a double-dip recession in 2012.

Corporations are hunkered down. There is some baseline merger and acquisition activ-ity and there have been a few IPOs. However, for the most part, corporations and inves-tors are hoarding cash, not investing or hir-ing. Uncertainty regarding the national debt, trade deficits and the government’s ability to function are inhibiting investment activity.

The Legal EconomyHistorically, the legal economy mirrors the national economy, albeit with a time lag of six to nine months. The U.S. economy came out of recession in 2009, but it wasn’t until 2010 that the recovery began in the legal sector. And the legal recovery has not been robust, either. Revenue and profit projec-tions for 2011 are in the +/- 5 percent range. The first quarter of 2011 was robust for many firms, the second quarter disappointing, third quarter mixed. No one is projecting a fourth-quarter boom.

Positive results for law firm performance in 2010 were largely attributable to cost cuts implemented during the recession. Many firms saw a decline in revenues but increase in profits due to belt tightening. In many of these cases, there is little room for more cuts without drastic restructuring at all levels. Theprevailing leverage-based business mod-

el for law firms needs to be rethought.Corporate clients are seriously seeking re-

ductions in legal fees. Their focus has been on bringing work in-house rather than send-ing it out, use of alternative service provid-ers (legal process outsourcers, temporary and contract lawyers, etc.), rate pressures, dictating law firm staffing on corporate mat-ters, even directing case or matter strategy. They also are consolidating their legal work in smaller numbers of outside firms. All of those pressures will continue into the future.

In a slow- to no-growth general economy, the legal economy can be expected to be static, at best. Gone are the days when a ris-ing tide can be expected to float all boats, as in past economic recoveries.

Law Firm Strategies, 2011 and ForwardAfter two years of hunkering down during the recession and operating in survival mode, law firm strategies in the post-recession re-covery are oriented toward the following:• Keeping existing clients from moving their

work to other law firms;• Gaining access to new clients;• Gaining access to new markets;• Positioning the firm to prevail as corpora-

tions reduce the number of outside law firms they use;

• Slashing costs;• Reorganizing at a partner level (de-equiti-

zation, implementation of new partner cri-teria and accountability, etc.).

The impact of implementation of these strategies will define critical trends in the le-gal marketplace over the next few years.

ConsolidationLaw firms are employing growth strategies to keep their growing clients from moving to larger firms, to ensure access to large mat-ters that clients might otherwise take to larger firms with greater depth and breadth in practice areas, and to gain access to larger clients as corporations reconsolidate their le-gal work in a smaller number of outside firms. Much of that growth is by merger. Altman Weil MergerLine shows a 79 percent increase in the number of U.S. law firm mergers during

the first three quarters of 2011, over compa-rable figures for the first three quarters of 2010. After decreases in the number of U.S. law firm mergers in 2009 and 2010, 2011 pro-jections of 57 or more mergers will bring us back to 2007 levels of merger activity.

Consolidation is evident in the largest law firms, as can be seen in the Am Law 100. In 2010 the top 10 firms generated 25 percent of aggregate Am Law 100 revenues, up from 21 percent in 2000. Conversely, the bottom 10 commanded 4 percent of Am Law 100 revenues, down from 5.5 percent in 2000. Six of the top 10 U.S. firms in 2010 were not in the top 10 in 2000. Three of them arrived there as a result of mergers or significant lateral growth (DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells, Greenberg Traurig).

Geographic scope mergers (between firms in different locations) dominate. Of the 43 mergers announced during the first three quarters of 2011, 67 percent were between firms in different cities. Geographic scope mergers provide access to new clients and new markets. Additionally, they create com-petitive advantage as corporations recon-solidate work in a smaller number of outside firms, enabling a single firm to serve a corpo-ration in multiple markets. Geographic scope mergers are typically domestic, although there is an increasing number of international mergers, exemplified by recent trans-Atlantic blockbusters, including Hogan Lovells, Squire Sanders Hammonds and SNR Denton.

GlobalizationTrans-Atlantic mergers are reflective of the impact of globalization on the legal market. U.S. law firms are expanding internationally to serve U.S.-based clients doing business overseas, an essentially defensive strategy designed to avoid losing those clients to for-eign firms that have U.S. offices who might offer a one-stop solution to their internation-al clients. Merger is the preferred method to enter international markets, as greenfield op-erations are expensive to grow to a competi-tive position and take way too much time and investment. Next year will see some signifi-cant mergers of U.S. national firms with U.K. firms and possibly even some U.S.-Australian

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Analysis: Growth Strategies for Law Firmsand U.S.-Asian mergers. In the future, we can expect PRC firms to establish significant U.S. and U.K. offices to retain work associated with outbound investment by Chinese clients and funds in the U.S. and U.K.

Price CompetitionCorporate clients are viewing more of their outside legal work as commodity in nature, and giving it to the lowest bidder. They are placing extreme pressure on hourly rates. Even major law firms are discounting some billing rates to keep existing clients and gain access to new clients.

Corporations are also prodding outside law firms to provide pricing alternatives to hourly billing in a search for cost savings and to gain certainty of overall legal fees. In some cases, law firms are using alterna-tive providers, including legal process out-sourcers, both domestic and offshore. In some large matters, work is bifurcated, for example, in litigation with document review and litigation support functions going to LPOs, while law firms handle trial prepara-tion and courtroom functions. In the future we can expect to see significant effort by corporations to find innovative alterna-tives to reduce the cost of legal services through the use of LPOs, virtual law firms and the like.

Cost ReductionLaw firms will respond to corporate efforts at cost reduction by reducing their own costs to enable them to be more price com-petitive, while maintaining profit margins. Staffing cuts are just the tip of the iceberg. Law firms themselves will outsource, pri-marily domestically rather than overseas (although U.K. firms are outsourcing both front- and backoffice operations to Asia and India). Onshore outsourcing by U.S. law firms will enable reduction of both staffing and oc-cupancy costs, the two major categories on the expense side of most law firms’ profit and loss statements. Onshore outsourcing by U.S. firms is exemplified by Orrick and Wilmer Hale operations in Wheeling, W.Va. and Dayton, Ohio, respectively. Onshore out-sourcing by U.S. firms will inevitably include some lawyer functions such as document re-view and litigation support, to enable them to compete with LPO companies and keep entire matters within the law firm.

Occupancy costs are the second major cost category, after staffing. As leases ex-pire we can expect innovation in space utili-zation featuring smaller lawyer offices, less “library” space and workspaces consistent with reduced staffing and new information technologies. Space innovations will also take into consideration increased remote working by lawyers and staff, whether it be from home, client workplaces or on the road. Lawyer offices will become smaller and de-fined functionally as workplaces, not work and meeting places. Investment in and ex-penditure on the fit out of new office space will be concentrated in conference centers, meeting spaces, reception and other areas which clients will see, not on the offices and work spaces that house lawyers and staff.

RestructuringLaw firms are rethinking their partnership structure. At the associate level, fixed ex-penses, primarily associate lawyers, are be-ing replaced by the increased use of tem-porary and contract lawyers. Permanent staffing will be lean, augmented in peak loads by temporaries and contract resources.

Criteria for becoming or remaining an equity partner and sharing in profits will be adjusted. Lifetime equity partner tenure will become an antiquated concept. Equity part-ners will be accountable for contribution to the firm on a continuing basis.

Non-equity partner ranks will expand but criteria will be tightened for becoming or re-maining a non-equity partner. Any stigma pre-viously attached to non-equity partner status has already disappeared in many firms.

Partner compensation systems will be rationalized to allow downward movement, as well as upward. Seniority will give way to meritocracy.

As baby boomers approach retirement, succession plans will allow for client and leadership transitions. Compensation will be adjusted accordingly. Mandatory retirement policies will disappear. Partner production expectations and compensation will be re-duced as client succession is implemented over multiyear spans.

Nonlawyer OwnershipImplementation of the Legal Services Act in England and Wales, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2011, will be carefully observed by

U.S. law firms. Should nonlawyer or corpo-rate investment in one or more major Lon-don firms occur, it is possible that capital may be used to attract lateral partners from the London offices of U.S. firms. Should clients follow those partners to London firms, then U.S. firms may become much more interest-ed in seeking regulatory liberalization in the U.S. to level the playing field by allowing for nonlawyer investment in U.S. firms. The is-sues presented by the MDP (multidisciplinary partnership) debates of the late 1990s will re-emerge, in the context of globalization and allowance of nonlawyer ownership in law firms in the U.K. Australia already allows non-lawyer ownership and other jurisdictions are likely to follow in eliminating restrictions on outside investment in law practices.

ShakeoutThe shakeout or business failure of firms un-able to compete in the new legal marketplace is likely to continue. The demise, in recent years, of major firms like Heller Ehrman, Wolf Block, Coudert Brothers and Howrey will continue in the future. Economic and com-petitive pressures in the no-growth legal market which, by necessity, require firms seeking new clients to effectively steal them from other firms, will result in dissolutions.

ConclusionConsolidation, price competition, cost reduc-tion, globalization, restructuring, non-lawyer ownership and shakeout will be the dominant trends in the slow-growth, no-growth legal economy of the coming years. These trends are a predictable result of implementation of law firm strategies for continued success, or even survival. Firms that act quickly and decisively to implement strategies for growth, client acquisition, cost control and restructuring will be winners in the new legal economy. Those who dawdle face exis-tential risk. The legal marketplace of the future will not be the kind, generous market-place of the past.

Ward Bower is a principal of Altman Weil Inc. based in Newtown Square, PA. He has consulted to law firms on strategy, mergers, organization and profitability issues for more than 35 years. His bio can be found at www.altmanweil.com/bower.

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By Zack NeedlesOf the Legal Staff

s the economy slowly reeled itself back from the brink in 2010, sev-eral of Pennsylvania’s largest firms

posted big gains in equity partner profits that often didn’t appear to correspond to comparable leaps in revenue.

In fact, two firms — Dechert and Pepper Hamilton — increased their profits per equity partner (PPP) despite experiencing decreases in revenue and making no major cuts to their equity partner tiers.

The common explanation among firms whose profit growth outpaced their reve-nue growth was that they were conserva-tive in their spending on non-essentials in 2010.

In fact, one firm head said annual profit increases should be about three times larger than annual revenue increases, but only if expenses are kept on a tight leash.

All in all, 2010 represented a marked upswing from the prior year, which had been one of the toughest the profession had ever seen.

One quick note: Legal affiliate The American Lawyer began tracking head-count figures differently this year, making a year-over-year comparison of revenue per lawyer, profits per equity partner and average compensation for all partners a bit tricky considering those metrics are calculated based on the full-time equiva-lent headcount. The magazine now tracks full-time equivalent lawyers based on a Dec. 31 cutoff date, not the Aug. 31 cutoff it previously used.

K&L GATESPittsburgh-based K&L Gates continued in 2010 its streak of growing revenue and partner profits, increasing gross revenue by 2 percent and profits per equity partner by 8 percent.

Firm Chairman Peter Kalis said this was the 16th straight year the firm has man-aged that feat. It did see, however, a dip in revenue per lawyer (RPL) of about 1.3 per-cent, according to numbers provided by the firm.

The firm’s gross revenue grew from

$1.03 billion to $1.06 billion due to what Kalis said was simply an uptick in some of its practices. He pointed specifically to litigation, intellectual property litigation and regulatory work. Kalis said the firm’s corporate mergers and acquisitions practice showed some comeback, but the real comeback kid was its real estate practice.

K&L Gates closed out 2010 with an aver-age PPP of $930,000, compared to PPP of $861,000 in 2009. The firm’s average RPL was $599,000 in 2010 compared to $607,000 in 2009. The average compen-sation for all partners was $545,514 in 2010 compared to $532,724 in 2009.

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K&L Gates inched up its headcount by just under 1 percent, moving from 1,747 lawyers in 2009 under the Dec. 31 cutoff date to 1,763 in 2010. The equity partner tier remained relatively flat, moving from 295 equity partners in 2009 to 294 in 2010. The non-equity tier increased by 1.3 percent from 605 non-equity partners to 613, the firm said.

When asked how the firm managed to grow PPP 8 percent when revenue increased just 2 percent and no equity partners were cut nor were major cost-cuts conducted, Kalis said the firm was busier and was able to hold its pricing.

DECHERTPhiladelphia-based Dechert saw a 9 per-cent drop in gross revenue in 2010, bring-ing in $65 million less than it had in 2009.

The firm earned $648.6 million in rev-enue in 2010, compared to $713 million in 2009 and $815.9 million in 2008.

The firm’s headcount dropped 8.8 per-cent between 2009 and 2010 to 756 full-time equivalent lawyers. Between 2008 and 2009, the firm’s headcount dropped by nearly 12 percent.

Dechert grew in profits and profitability, however, while maintaining close to the same number of equity partners.

With The American Lawyer’s new calcu-lations, Dechert saw a 5.5 percent decrease in RPL to $858,000 in 2010 from $908,000 in 2009 and a 2.6 percent increase in PPP from $1.96 million in 2009 to $2.01 million last year. The firm’s average compensation for all partners grew by about 2.5 percent from $1.37 million in 2009 to $1.41 million in 2010.

The firm was able to grow profits at a higer rate than it shrunk the equity part-ner tier. The firm had 148 equity partners in 2009 under the Dec. 31 cutoff date com-pared to 146 in 2010, making for a 1.3 per-cent decline in that tier. The non-equity partner tier dropped by about 3 percent from 106 to 103.

Dechert grew its net profit by nearly 1 percent to $294.3 million. The firm’s profit margin grew from 41 percent in 2009 to 45.4 percent in 2010.

Chairman Barton J. Winokur said the firm’s strategy of focusing on the highest-end work for clients as well as moving quickly to adjust to a changing legal land-scape during the recession allowed it to maintain profitability without significantly cutting equity partners and despite seeing gross revenue fall.

MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUSMorgan Lewis & Bockius saw its gross rev-enue increase 1.5 percent to $1.08 billion. The firm’s revenue per lawyer increased more than 6 percent to $875,000 and its profits per equity partner grew nearly 10 percent to $1.4 million. The firm’s head-count fell 4.4 percent to 1,239 attorneys. The firm was ranked 11th last year and 12th the year before that.

REED SMITHPittsburgh-based Reed Smith grew its rev-enue 1.7 percent from $942 million in 2009 to $958 million in 2010.

The firm was also able to bump up its profit margin a percentage point from 33.6 percent to 34.6 percent, bringing in net revenue in 2010 of $331.7 million.

After seeing headcount drop between 2008 and 2009, Reed Smith moved in the opposite direction in 2010, bumping head-count a little more than 1 percent from 1,433 lawyers to 1,449 last year. The equity partner tier remained virtually flat, mov-

ing up from 315 to 316 equity partners year-over-year. The non-equity partner tier grew 3.3 percent from 362 non-equity partners in 2009 to 374 in 2010.

Based on the Dec. 31 cutoff, Reed Smith averaged revenue per lawyer in 2010 of $661,000 and profits per equity partner of $1.05 million. The firm’s average compensation for all partners came in at $677,222. Under the Aug. 31 cutoff date used in 2009, Reed Smith’s RPL was $660,000, its PPP was $1 million and its average compensation for all partners was $652,415.

Though not an exact comparison, between 2009 and 2010 the firm roughly increased its RPL by 0.2 percent, its PPP by 4.7 percent and its average compensa-tion for all partners by 3.8 percent.

While the firm’s headcount barely inched up, its hours billed grew by 3.4 per-cent from 2.39 million in 2009 to 2.47 mil-lion in 2010. That didn’t result, however, in an equal rise in gross revenue.

“To move the revenue needle in this year was not easy,” Reed Smith managing partner Gregory B. Jordan said. “Keeping the productivity up was really a challenge. When there is a lack of demand, price com-petition becomes more intense and that definitely has an impact on realization and the net results.”


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PEPPER HAMILTONPepper Hamilton’s gross revenue was down about 5.8 percent in 2010, dipping from $333 million in 2009 to $313.7 million in 2010, and RPL slipped about 1.2 percent, from $691,000 to $683,000.

However, PPP rose 1.4 percent from $721,000 in 2009 to $731,000 in 2010 and average compensation for all partners rose about 5.5 percent from $599,000 to $632,000.

Executive partner Robert E. Heideck said the firm had “some extraordinary expenses” in 2009 but was largely able to keep costs down in 2010.

For example, he said, the firm used fewer contract attorneys since several large matters were resolved in 2009.

The firm also decreased its headcount by 4.8 percent in 2010, dropping from 482 lawyers under the fiscal year cutoff date in 2009 to 459 lawyers. Its non-equity part-ner tier shrank 21.4 percent from 70 law-yers in 2009 to 55 lawyers in 2010, while its equity partner tier grew 7 percent, from 142 lawyers in 2009 to 152 lawyers in 2010.

Heideck said natural attrition and departures, like the firm’s loss of seven Pittsburgh real estate attorneys to Reed Smith, coupled with a reduction in hiring throughout the year as compared to 2005 and 2006 levels, contributed to the drop in overall headcount in 2010.

BLANK ROMEBlank Rome saw a 3.4 percent dip in gross revenue in 2010 but managed a 6 percent rise in profits thanks in part to its prepay-ment of 2010 expenses out of 2009 prof-its, the firm said.

Blank Rome’s gross revenue dipped from $322 million in 2009 to $311 million in 2010.

Blank Rome had to restate some of its 2009 financial reports, recalculating its net income, number of lawyers, number of equity partners, RPL, PPP and average compensation for all partners. The firm said it hadn’t finished its distributions last year before submitting its 2009 numbers.

In its restatements, the net income for 2009 turned out to be $5 million less and the equity partner tier was actually five lawyers fewer, resulting in a larger-than-first-reported RPL and a lower PPP than was first reported.

In comparing the restated numbers for 2009 to the firm’s reported numbers for 2010, Blank Rome increased its profit mar-gin from 30.7 percent in 2009 to 33.1 per-cent in 2010.

The firm’s RPL dropped 3 percent from $665,000 in 2009 to $645,000 in 2010. The PPP grew 6.2 percent from $650,000 to $690,000 and the average compensa-tion for all partners increased 4.3 percent from $513,000 to $535,000.

Blank Rome’s headcount dropped by less than 1 percent from 485 lawyers to 481. The firm’s equity partner tier decreased 2 percent from 152 equity part-ners to 149 and the non-equity tier grew 1.8 percent from 109 to 111. Total compen-sation for the non-equity lawyers increased by $1 million over 2009 to $36 million.

The firm’s billable hours dropped more than the headcount, falling 3.8 percent from $796,000 in 2009 to $766,000 in 2010.

Co-chairman Alan Hoffman said the firm was able to increase profitability despite hour and revenue decreases because of prepayments of expenses, a full-year’s benefit of 2009 layoffs of law-


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yers and staff and a continued manage-ment of expenses. He said the firm was able to get better deals on employee ben-efits and save on office operations and general administration.

COZEN O’CONNORCozen O’Connor saw dips in all of its key financial metrics in 2010 after seeing major rises in those figures the year before thanks to a large contingency fee in 2009.

The firm’s gross revenue fell 4.6 per-cent from $290.7 million in 2009 to $277.3 million in 2010. Cozen O’Connor’s RPL dropped by a similar margin of 4.5 percent from $575,000 to $550,000 and its PPP fell 7.4 percent from $650,000 to $605,000. The firm’s average compensa-tion for all partners fell 6.7 percent from $475,000 to $445,000, according to num-bers provided by the firm.

Cozen O’Connor’s profit margin also fell from 32.4 percent in 2009 to about 30 percent in 2010.

In 2009, Cozen O’Connor saw a 23 per-cent rise in revenue and a 19 percent jump in profits from 2008 due to a large contin-gency fee coming in that year as well as the addition of more than 65 lawyers from disbanding Wolf Block in April 2009.

Cozen O’Connor CEO Thomas A. “Tad” Decker said at the time that the firm’s 2010 gross revenue, while down from the previous year, was up over what the firm would have had in 2009 without the con-tingency fee. He said the firm’s financial performance in 2010 actually showed that the group of laterals remained busy and, in fact, even increased hours.

After a year of significant growth in 2009, Cozen O’Connor held its headcount relatively flat in 2010, moving from 505 full-time equivalent lawyers in 2009 to 503 in 2010. The equity partner tier decreased 4.8 percent from 145 equity partners to 138 and the non-equity tier moved from 121 down to 120.

BALLARD SPAHRLast year marked the first full year that all of Philadelphia-based Ballard Spahr’s part-ners were equity partners. And with a total

headcount reduction of about 8.6 percent from 488 lawyers in 2009 to 446 in 2010, that resulted in 49.5 percent of the firm having an equity stake.

That nearly 1-1 leverage model is not a common one, with most Pennsylvania firms keeping between 20 and 30 percent of their lawyers in the equity tier.

But for former Chairman Arthur Maka-don, nothing changed. A non-equity part-ner who made a fixed income of $250,000 in 2008 makes the same now. But they now get paid like equity partners do, with some money held back until the end of the year. Makadon said at the time that a num-ber of the non-equity partners made about $40,000 more in 2010 than they expected to because the firm saw a near 22 percent rise in PPP from $430,000 in 2009 to $525,000 in 2010, according to numbers provided by the firm.

The average compensation for Ballard Spahr partners grew 21.7 percent, or nearly $100,000, last year. It also makes sense to compare the firm’s 2010 PPP to its 2009 average profits per all partners (equity and non-equity), since each of those fig-ures included the whole of the firm’s part-nership now that all partners are equity. When comparing 2010 PPP to 2009 aver-age compensation for all partners, the firm grew profits from $427,000 in 2009 to $525,000 last year, or 22.9 percent.

No matter how you look at it, the firm’s more than 20 percent rise in PPP is a big switch from the 25 percent cut it took in PPP in 2008. Makadon said the firm was early into the downturn and now is earlier to come out of it.

Ballard Spahr was able to grow its gross revenue by about 1 percent from $270 mil-

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lion in 2009 to $273.6 million in 2010 thanks to a smaller reduction in billable hours than there was in headcount. While the headcount fell 8.6 percent, billable hours dropped 6.7 percent to nearly 828,500 hours. Ballard Spahr’s RPL grew 10.5 percent from $555,000 to $615,000.

DUANE MORRISPhiladelphia-based Duane Morris’ gross revenue rose 6 percent and PPP rose 10.5 percent in 2010 due in part to some small rate increases and strong collection activ-ity, coupled with continued cost-contain-ment measures, the firm said.

Gross revenue climbed from $387.7 mil-lion in 2009 to $411.1 million in 2010.

Although Chairman John J. Soroko told The Legal last year that 5 to 10 percent of the firm’s revenues in 2009 came from contingency fees and other types of alter-native fee arrangements, he said in an interview this year that contingency fees were not as much of a factor in 2010, accounting for less than 4 percent of the firm’s revenue.

Soroko said that along with “modest” rate increases in 2010, the firm was able to collect in 2010 a lot of leftover receivables from 2009.

The average compensation for all part-ners in 2010 was $540,000, up 5.7 percent from $511,000. RPL rose 3.3 percent from $633,000 to $654,000. PPP increased 10.5 percent from $753,000 in 2009 to $832,000 last year, exceeding the firm’s previous all-time PPP high of $800,000 in 2007.

Meanwhile, Duane Morris’ headcount grew 2.6 percent from 613 in 2009 to 629 in 2010 and the number of equity partners rose 4.6 percent from 130 to 136.

Soroko said the rise in PPP was the result of a continued philosophy of cost consciousness rather than cost-cutting. While it made no layoffs or associate sal-ary cuts in 2010, Duane Morris was already much less leveraged in its associate tier than other firms, according to Soroko.

Soroko said the firm’s PPP actually could have been higher had it not made

several “very aggressive” down payments on its 2011 expenses.

The non-equity partner tier shrank 1.8 percent from 221 to 217, while total non-equity partner compensation fell 4.7 per-cent from $81.2 million to $77.4 million.

DRINKER BIDDLE & REATHDrinker Biddle & Reath saw only a slight rise in gross revenue in 2010 but was able to significantly increase RPL and partner profits through what its executive partner called “expense control.”

Revenue rose 0.8 percent from about $373 million in 2009 to about $376 million in 2010.

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rose 4.2 percent from about $600,000 in 2009 to about $625,000 in 2010.

PPP grew 9.1 percent from about $605,000 in 2009 to about $660,000 in 2010.

The PPP percentage change was not affected by the new methodology because the firm’s 2009 equity partner headcount was the same for both the Aug. 31 and Dec. 31 cutoff dates.

Firm executive partner Andrew C. Kass-ner said the rise in profits was the result of a cost-conscious approach that included being mindful of occupancy costs and focusing on efficient project manage-ment.

Kassner said productivity also increased,


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while the firm’s overall headcount shrank 4.4 percent from 630 under the Dec. 31 cutoff date in 2009 to 602 in 2010.

This was largely due to a reduction in the firm’s equity partner tier, which dropped 4.1 percent from 193 lawyers in 2009 to 185 in 2010.

While Drinker Biddle’s billable hour total dropped slightly from 2009 to 2010, Kass-ner said the firm “blew right through” its billable hour budget last year.

BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEYPittsburgh-based Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney’s gross revenue stayed almost flat last year, but Chief Executive Officer John A. “Jack” Barbour called 2010 a “spectacu-lar” year for the firm.

The firm’s revenue crept up just 0.2 per-cent from $249.4 million in 2009 to $250 million in 2010, but profits spiked.

Last year, the firm reported its 2009 gross revenue as $264.9 million but this year restated that figure as $15.5 million less.

According to Barbour, a “clerical error” had led to the inclusion of reimbursed expenses such as filing fees in the U.S. Pat-ent and Trademark Office in last year’s gross revenue figure.

Barbour said those reimbursements amounted to “dollar in, dollar out” trans-actions and should not have been included as part of the firm’s gross revenue.

But while, based on the adjusted 2009 figure, Buchanan Ingersoll’s gross revenue saw only a slight increase in 2010, Barbour said the firm “far exceeded expectations” in his first full year at the helm since tak-ing over as CEO in July 2009.

Part of the reason for his enthusiasm is that PPP rose 12 percent, from $590,000 in 2009 to $661,000 in 2010.

Barbour said the firm was able to achieve this in part by managing its expenses well and making cuts where they needed to be made, focusing on retaining only “what was essential to our clients.”

The firm’s overall headcount did dip 3.6 percent in 2010, dropping from 421 to 406.

The firm restated its 2009 headcount to exclude 24 government relations non-lawyers. This change was also reflected by the restated 2009 RPL.

Meanwhile, the number of equity part-ners rose 1 percent, from 101 to 102, and the non-equity partner tier shrank by 8.4 percent, from 95 to 87.

Along with PPP, RPL in 2010 rose 5.5 percent from $584,000 to $616,000, and average compensation for all partners in 2010 jumped 18.5 percent from $437,000 to $518,000.

STEVENS & LEEStevens & Lee was able to increase its gross revenue by 5 percent in 2010 despite seeing a 2 percent drop in headcount and a 7 percent drop in billable hours. The firm was also able to increase PPP 10.5 percent,

pushing it to the $1 million mark for the first time.

The firm’s revenue rose from $108.6 million in 2009 to $114 million in 2010, thanks to what firm President Ernie Cho-quette said was a validation of its business model.

He said the firm spends a significant amount of time researching the economic climate in its local regions and nationally as well as the economic situations of its clients and their industries to determine what services it could best provide. That value-add, along with a lot of time spent cross-selling, resulted in client loyalty dur-ing the recession, Choquette said.

He said Stevens & Lee was able to increase revenue even though billable hours went down from more than 312,000


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in 2009 to more than 290,000 in 2010 because of about a 3 percent rate increase and the firm’s commitment to alternative fee arrangements.

Choquette said the firm has been imple-menting more and more fixed-fee and other alternative fee arrangements and has employed an internal tracking system to monitor their success. He said the arrangements have worked out well for both the firm and its clients and now con-tribute between 20 to 25 percent of the firm’s revenue.

Choquette said there were also a few contingency fees paid in 2010 that were “marginally material” to the top line with the bulk of the hours worked on those cases done in 2009.

After the law firm saw its profit margin fall from 57.2 percent in 2008 to 51.7 per-cent in 2009, the firm boosted that back up to 54.4 percent in 2010. RPL moved up nearly 8 percent from $635,000 to $685,000. Profits per equity partner reached a milestone, reaching for the first time $1 million. That was a 10.5 percent jump from 2009 when Stevens & Lee’s PPP was $905,000. The firm’s average compensation for all lawyers was up 5.5 percent to $695,000 in 2010.

The firm’s headcount dropped 2.3 per-cent from 171 lawyers in 2009 to 167 in 2010. After two years of shrinking, the firm’s equity tier remained flat at 62 equity partners. The non-equity tier grew nearly 6 percent from 51 to 54 last year.

SAUL EWINGAfter experiencing drops in its gross reve-nue and RPL in 2009, Philadelphia-based Saul Ewing was able to bolster both along with PPP and average compensation for all partners in 2010 despite partnership tiers that remained nearly flat.

The firm’s gross revenue was $121 mil-lion last year, up 5.2 percent from $115 mil-lion in 2009.

Meanwhile, the firm’s RPL rose 8.9 per-cent, from $505,000 in 2009 to $550,000 in 2010, while its headcount dipped 3.5 percent, from 228 lawyers in 2009 to 220

lawyers in 2010.The firm’s 2009 RPL was only slightly

changed by the new calculation. The PPP was not affected.

The firm’s equity partner tier shrunk just 1.2 percent, from 81 lawyers in 2009 to 80 lawyers in 2010, and its non-equity partner tier dropped 2 percent, from 49 lawyers in 2009 to 48 lawyers in 2010.

Average compensation for all partners rose 14.6 percent, from $384,000 to $440,000.

The firm saw its biggest increase, how-ever, in its PPP, which shot up 18.2 percent from $435,000 in 2009 to $514,000 in 2010.

According to managing partner David S. Antzis, this was a record for the firm, which

had never had PPP above $500,000.Still, Antzis added that while the “enor-

mous pressure to maximize PPP” has caused some firms to hastily shed equity partners whose practices have been slow during the recent business cycle, Saul Ewing was able to avoid such cuts and still increase profits in 2010.

Antzis said he’s always believed that a firm’s annual increase in PPP should be about three times its annual revenue increase.

For that to happen, he said, expenses need to be kept under control, which was a high priority for Saul Ewing in 2010.

“Our revenue [increased by] over $6 million and our expenses were static,” he said.


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According to Antzis, the firm achieved this not through cuts but rather by “not falling back on old habits.”

FOX ROTHSCHILDPhiladelphia-based Fox Rothschild was the rare Pennsylvania firm whose revenue rose by a higher percentage than its prof-its per partner in 2010. The firm’s gross revenue in 2010 was about $239.3 million, up nearly 10.3 percent from 2009, when its gross revenue was about $217 million.

Meanwhile, its PPP grew by 3.6 percent, from about $550,000 in 2009 to about

$570,000 in 2010.Firmwide managing partner Mark L.

Silow said 2010 was a “year of investment” that included both geographic and prac-tice growth.

Silow attributed the spike in the firm’s revenue partly to the addition of new lawyers.

The firm, with a fiscal year end of March 31, grew its total headcount by 5.6 percent from 429 in 2009 to 453 in 2010.

Along with 14 first-year associates, sev-eral laterals joined the firm, helping to ramp up the firm’s equity partner tier 9.8

percent, from 122 to 134, and the non-equity partner tier 7.4 percent, from 68 to 73.

But Silow said the firm’s revenue also grew because many of its existing lawyers had productive years.

“Part of that involved a few alternative fee arrangements, whether they were con-tingency or bonus fee arrangements,” he said, adding that alternative fee arrange-ments accounted for about $6 million of the firm’s revenue in 2010.


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