Wolf Block’s claim that some of its partners’ New Jersey roots make it a New Jersey firm for diversity jurisdiction purposes is belied by the defunct firm’s own statements that it has no partners, Wolf Block’s insurance company argued in an effort to keep the case against it in federal court.
Federal Insurance Co. said in its opposition to Wolf Block’s motion for remand that the former law firm had expressly told the insurer in prior communications that it has no partners to speak of since its May 2009 dissolution. The firm has also reported in certificates of annual registration with the state of Pennsylvania that it has had no partners for the years 2009 through 2012, according to the motion in Wolf Block v. Federal Insurance.
