Blank Rome L.L.P. has declared it wants to expand its legal services worldwide and open offices to serve major global markets. Evidently that includes Princeton. The Philadelphia-based firm said yesterday it has enticed five lawyers to defect from Saul Ewing L.L.P.'s Princeton office and open a new Blank Rome office there.
Blank Rome says partners John Pribish, Seth Lapidow, Michael Conlan, Adrienne Rogove and Virginia White will focus on general-commercial, environmental, real estate and civil litigation. (Those are all archived links at the Wayback Machine. Saul Ewing already has erased the attorneys from its current live site.)
In its statement, Blank Rome quotes Pribish, the most senior of the group, as saying: "We are excited to be joining Blank Rome at a time when the Firm is in an exciting phase of growth and expansion. We believe that the Firm's expanding national and international platform will enable us to provide greater service to and opportunities for our clients." Not clear which clients the five might be taking with them to Blank Rome.
