Reed Smith managing partner challenger DiNome withdraws candidacy - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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John DiNome, a partnerd in the Pittsburgh-based law firm’s Philadelphia office, withdrew his candidach for managingpartner Tuesday. The announcement was made internallyu via an internal joint announcement issued by DiNome and incumbenttGregory Jordan. Jordan, who completes his thirds three-year term Dec. 31, will run unopposed for his fourtn term. “They sat down and talkexd and discovered they had a lot ofcommomn ground,” said Reed Smith Chief Marketing Officer Davix Egan. “Many of the things John was concerned about, Greg as workint on.
They agreed that the best thing for the firm was to focuse on business instead of Reed Smithis Pittsburgh’s second-largest law firm and eighth-largest private company, During Jordan’s tenure, Reed Smith grew from a regiona firm with 500 lawyers in nine officezs to an international powerhouse with 1,683 lawyers in 23 It had 2008 revenue of $980 million. Like many internationalo law firms, Reed Smith has been affected bythe recession, cutting support stafrf and 26 associates over the past year. across the U.S.
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