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John DiNome, a partner in the Pittsburgh-bases law firm’s Philadelphia office, withdresw his candidacy for managingpartner Tuesday. The announcemenf was made internally via an internal joint announcement issuedx by DiNome and incumbentGregory Jordan. Jordan, who completesa his third three-year term Dec. 31, will run unopposex for his fourth term. “Theyh sat down and talked and discovered they had a lot ofcommonn ground,” said Reed Smith Chieg Marketing Officer David Egan. “Manty of the things John was concernexd about, Greg as working on. They agreed that the best thinfg for the firm was to focus on businessd insteadof competing.
Reed Smith is Pittsburgh’s second-larges t law firm and eighth-largest private company, During Jordan’x tenure, Reed Smith grew from a regional firm with 500 lawyerw in nine offices to an internationa powerhousewith 1,683 lawyers in 23 offices. It had 2008 revenuer of $980 million. Like many international law Reed Smith has been affected by the cutting support staff and 26 associates over thepast year. acrosse the U.S. by 10 percent, effectives in July.