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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:WolfBlock.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/WolfBlock.jpg/220px-WolfBlock.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/WolfBlock.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="263" data-file-height="50" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of offices</th><td class="infobox-data">8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of attorneys</th><td class="infobox-data">approximately 317</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Major practice areas</th><td class="infobox-data">General practice, including lobbying</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data">Mark L. Alderman<br />(Executive Committee Chair)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data">$159.5M (2008)<sup id="cite_ref-LegalIntelligencer_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LegalIntelligencer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1903</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Horace_Stern" title="Horace Stern">Horace Stern</a><br />Morris Wolf</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Category:Types_of_business_entity" title="Category:Types of business entity">Company type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Limited_liability_partnership" title="Limited liability partnership">Limited liability partnership</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data">Announced dissolution 23 March 2009, by vote of partners<sup id="cite_ref-LegalIntelligencer_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LegalIntelligencer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wolfblock.com/wbroot/index.asp">WolfBlock.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>WolfBlock LLP</b> (formerly <b>Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen</b><sup id="cite_ref-firmhistory_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firmhistory-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) was a large U.S. <a href="/wiki/Law_firm" title="Law firm">law firm</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lobbying" title="Lobbying">lobbying</a> group based in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/National_Law_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="National Law Journal">National Law Journal</a></i> ranked WolfBlock the 149th-largest firm in the United States, and the 10th-largest in Philadelphia, by number of attorneys. The firm was known for being one of the oldest law firms in Philadelphia. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WolfBlock&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WolfBlock was founded in 1903 by <a href="/wiki/Horace_Stern" title="Horace Stern">Horace Stern</a> and Morris Wolf. Stern would go on to work for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">United States Department of War</a>, and would go on to serve as Chief Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Supreme Court">Pennsylvania Supreme Court</a>. One of the firm's first major clients was the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Rapid_Transit_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company">Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company</a>, one of the predecessors of <a href="/wiki/SEPTA" title="SEPTA">SEPTA</a>. The firm gradually expanded, and after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, acquired several smaller firms, becoming a sizable regional firm.<sup id="cite_ref-firmhistory_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firmhistory-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Wolfman" title="Bernard Wolfman">Bernard Wolfman</a>, later Dean of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania_Law_School" title="University of Pennsylvania Law School">University of Pennsylvania Law School</a>, was the managing partner of the firm from 1961 to 1963. </p><p>In 2002, the firm established a lobbying <a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">subsidiary</a>, WolfBlock Government Relations <a href="/wiki/Limited_partnership" title="Limited partnership">L.P.</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">Harrisburg, Pennsylvania</a>. The subsidiary was expanded into <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a> the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-firmhistory_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firmhistory-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collapse">Collapse</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WolfBlock&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Collapse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Failed_merger_attempt">Failed merger attempt</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WolfBlock&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Failed merger attempt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WolfBlock's management had planned a <a href="/wiki/Merger" class="mw-redirect" title="Merger">merger</a> with the 500+ lawyer <a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a>-based law firm of <a href="/wiki/Akerman_Senterfitt" class="mw-redirect" title="Akerman Senterfitt">Akerman Senterfitt</a>, which would have created a single 800-lawyer firm.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But on August 7, 2008, the two firms released a joint statement explaining that the merger had been put on hold due to "a <a href="/wiki/Conflict_of_interest" title="Conflict of interest">client conflict</a> that cannot be discussed publicly".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dissolution">Dissolution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WolfBlock&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Dissolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Line_of_credit" title="Line of credit">line of credit</a> with <a href="/wiki/Wachovia" title="Wachovia">Wachovia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a press release, the firm announced: </p> <blockquote><p>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: <a href="/wiki/Great_Recession" title="Great Recession">the economic recession</a>, especially in the firm's core real estate practice; the constriction of credit occasioned by the <a href="/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial crisis of 2007–2008">financial crisis of 2007–2008</a>; and the intended and anticipated departure of significant partners and practices.<sup id="cite_ref-LegalIntelligencer_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LegalIntelligencer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Practice_areas">Practice areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WolfBlock&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Practice areas"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Green, III">William J. Green, III</a>, former <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">Congressman</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mayors of Philadelphia">mayor of Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Gittis" title="Howard Gittis">Howard Gittis</a>, personal attorney for billionaire <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Perelman" title="Ronald Perelman">Ronald Perelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_F._Gerber" title="Michael F. Gerber">Michael F. Gerber</a>, member of the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" title="Pennsylvania House of Representatives">Pennsylvania House of Representatives</a> for Pennsylvania's 148th Legislative District, was an associate in the firm's Philadelphia office.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Kaplinsky" title="Alan Kaplinsky">Alan Kaplinsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendell_Pritchett" title="Wendell Pritchett">Wendell Pritchett</a>, Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University%E2%80%93Camden" title="Rutgers University–Camden">Rutgers University–Camden</a>, Interim Dean and Presidential Professor at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania_Law_School" title="University of Pennsylvania Law School">University of Pennsylvania Law School</a>, and Provost of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_J._Shestack" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerome J. 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text" href="http://www.wolfblock.com/wbroot/attorney.asp?id=272">Mark Alderman's firm bio</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LegalIntelligencer-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LegalIntelligencer_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LegalIntelligencer_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LegalIntelligencer_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPassarella2009" class="citation news cs1">Passarella, Gina (2009-03-23). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202429314057">"Wolf Block to Close Its Doors"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legal_Intelligencer" title="The Legal Intelligencer">The Legal Intelligencer</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Incisive_Media" title="Incisive Media">Incisive Media</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-03-23</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Legal+Intelligencer&rft.atitle=Wolf+Block+to+Close+Its+Doors&rft.date=2009-03-23&rft.aulast=Passarella&rft.aufirst=Gina&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.com%2Fjsp%2Farticle.jsp%3Fid%3D1202429314057&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWolfBlock" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-firmhistory-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-firmhistory_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-firmhistory_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-firmhistory_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wolfblock.com/wbroot/firm_100.asp">Firm history</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://abajournal.com/news/wolfblock_akerman_senterfitt_to_form_800_lawyer_firm/">WolfBlock & Akerman Senterfitt to Form 800-Lawyer Firm</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Bar_Association" title="American Bar Association">ABA Journal</a>, 21 July 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2008/08/04/daily50.html?q=akerman%20senterfittProposed">Akerman merger with Philadelphia law firm on hold</a> Tampa Bay Business Journal, 7 August 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFagone2009" class="citation web cs1">Fagone, Jason (June 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.phillymag.com/articles/wrongful_death/">"Wrongful Death"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_(magazine)" title="Philadelphia (magazine)">Philadelphia</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Metrocorp" class="mw-redirect" title="Metrocorp">Metrocorp</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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