This article, in a slightly different form, first appeared in Incisive Media's Legal Intelligencer/a> publication.

PHILADELPHIA-For the next two months, Wolf Block will wind down its practice and look to relocate the 300 attorneys and hundreds more staff to new workplaces. The firm voted Monday to dissolve its practice in the face of constricting credit lines and slumping practices in the tough economy.

And while there was much speculation regarding which firms might be interested in Wolf Block's lawyers and where lawyers might be headed, it's too early to tell where all the attorneys will wind up.

Wolf Block's Philadelphia office was a somber place on the morning after the vote, though operating at a hectic pace. Some attorneys and staff were filing into a conference room a few minutes before 9 a.m. and the receptionist was fielding call after call. Brad Hildebrandt, a consultant brought in to run the wind-down of the firm's affairs, was in high demand, Blackberry buzzing, as he sat down in Chairman Mark L. Alderman's office so the two could recap what happened and what is to come.