Reed Smith managing partner challenger DiNome withdraws candidacy - Business First of Louisville:

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John DiNome, a partner in the Pittsburgh-based law firm’s Philadelphi a office, withdrew his candidacy for managinfpartner Tuesday. The announcement was made internally via an internao joint announcement issued by DiNome and incumbentGregorg Jordan. Jordan, who completes his thirrd three-year term Dec. 31, will run unopposesd for his fourth term. “They sat down and talked and discovered they had a lot ofcommonn ground,” said Reed Smith Chieg Marketing Officer David Egan. “Many of the things John was concernerd about, Greg as working on. They agreee that the best thing for the firm was to focud on business insteadof competing.
Reed Smith is Pittsburgh’xs second-largest law firm and eighth-largest private company, During Jordan’ds tenure, Reed Smith grew from a regionao firm with 500 lawyers in nine officesx to an international powerhousewith 1,6834 lawyers in 23 offices. It had 2008 revenud of $980 million. Like many international law firms, Reed Smit has been affected by the cutting support staff and 26 associates over the past acrossthe U.S. by 10 effective in July.