offices 8 no . of attorneys approximately 317 major practice areas general practice including lobbying key people mark l. alderman executive committee chair 1 revenue 159.5 m 2008 2 date founded 1903 founder horace stern and morris wolf company type limited liability partnership slogan sound counsel . since 1903 . dissolved announced dissolution 23 march 2009 by vote of partners 2 website wolfblock.com wolfblock llp formerly wolf block schorr & solis cohen 3 was a large u.s. law firm and lobbying group based in philadelphia pennsylvania . the national law journal ranked wolfblock the 149th largest firm in the united states and the 10th largest in philadelphia by number of attorneys . the firm was best known for its lobbying and government relations practice as well as for being one of the oldest law firms in philadelphia . contents 1 history 2 collapse 2.1 failed merger attempt 2.2 dissolution 3 practice areas 4 notable lawyers and alumni 5 references 6 external links history edit wolfblock was founded in 1903 by horace stern and morris wolf . stern would go on to work for the united states department of war and would go on to serve as chief justice of the pennsylvania supreme court . one of the firm s first major clients was the philadelphia rapid transit company one of the predecessors of septa . the firm gradually expanded and after world war ii acquired several smaller firms becoming a sizable regional firm . 3 in 2002 the firm established a lobbying subsidiary wolfblock government relations l.p. in harrisburg pennsylvania . the subsidiary was expanded into washington d.c. the following year . 3 collapse edit failed merger attempt edit wolfblock s management had planned a merger with the 500 lawyer miami florida based law firm of akerman senterfitt which would have created a single 800 lawyer firm . 4 but on 7 august 2008 the two firms released a joint statement explaining that the merger had been put on hold due to a client conflict that can not be discussed publicly . 5 dissolution edit on march 23 2009 the firm s partners voted for an orderly unwinding and dissolution of the firm due in part to difficulties the firm was having in continuing its line of credit with wachovia . 6 in a press release the firm announced wolfblock will remain in the practice of law for several months to protect the interests of its clients employees and creditors . the decision to unwind was reached in view of a confluence of unfavorable factors the economic recession especially in the firm s core real estate practice ; the constriction of credit occasioned by the ongoing banking crisis ; and the intended and anticipated departure of significant partners and practices . 2 practice areas edit in addition to its lobbying practice the firm had practice groups in corporate & securities law health law labor and employment employee benefits family law real estate & land use environmental law structured finance bankruptcy and creditors rights tax law estate planning energy law intellectual property and construction law . notable lawyers and alumni edit william j. green iii former congressman and mayor of philadelphia ramon l. posel real estate developer and art film promoter . howard gittis personal attorney for billionaire ronald perelman michael f. gerber member of the pennsylvania house of representatives for pennsylvania s 148th legislative district was an associate in the firm s philadelphia office . 7 faith ryan whittlesey ambassador to switzerland and assistant to president ronald reagan for public liaison references edit mark alderman s firm bio a b c passarella gina 2009 03 23 . wolf block to close its doors . the legal intelligencer . incisive media . retrieved 2009 03 23 . a b c firm history wolfblock & akerman senterfitt to form 800 lawyer firm aba journal 21 july 2008 . akerman merger with philadelphia law firm on hold tampa bay business journal 7 august 2008 . fagone jason june 2009 . wrongful death . philadelphia . metrocorp . retrieved 2009 06 01 . gerber s firm bio external links edit homepage wolfblock government relations homepage chambersusa profile profile from lexisnexis martindale hubbell v t e defunct law firms of the united states dissolved or wound up altheimer & gray arter & hadden brobeck phleger & harrison burleson llp coudert brothers dewey & leboeuf dickstein shapiro donovan leisure newton & irvine finley kumble wagner underberg manley myerson & casey halleck peachy & billings heller ehrman hill and barlow howe and hummel howrey isham lincoln & beale jenkens & gilchrist keck mahin & cate lord day & lord lyon & lyon mudge rose guthrie alexander & ferdon myerson & kuhn pennie & edmonds rider bennett shea & gould steven j. baum p.c. testa hurwitz & thibeault thacher proffitt & wood thelen llp tillinghast licht trevor law group waesche sheinbaum & o regan washington perito & dubuc wolfblock merged with or absorbed to other firms baker & daniels bell boyd and lloyd bingham mccutchen brown & wood community rights council dewey ballantine dow lohnes faegre & benson gardner carton & douglas graham & james hall dickler kent goldstein & wood hopkins & sutter leboeuf lamb greene & macrae luce forward hamilton & scripps parker chapin flattau & klimpl preston gates & ellis robinson silverman pearce aronsohn and berman rogers & wells rosenman & colin shea & gardner sonnenschein nath & rosenthal squadron ellenoff plesent & sheinfeld swidler berlin shereff friedman walter conston alexander & green winthrop stimson putnam & roberts retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wolfblock & oldid 738783411 categories law firms established in 1903defunct law firms of the united stateslaw firms disestablished in 2009defunct companies based in pennsylvanialobbying firms based in pennsylvania1903 establishments in pennsylvania2009 disestablishments in pennsylvania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 01 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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