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Eleven law firms raised the bar by adding more attorneys between 2001 and 2002. Nine other firms had fewer attorneys.

The Business Journal ranks the top list of law firms by number of local attorneys. Of the 366 law firms surveyed in the fivecounty region, 32 firms responded.

Harrisburg-based McNees, Wallace & Nurick tops the list with 79 attorneys. The firm had 78 attorneys in 2001.

Established in 1935, the firm employs 24 female attorneys and one minority attorney. John S. Oyler is the managing partner.

Barley Snyder, formerly Barley, Snyder, Senft & Cohen, had the same number of attorneys as in 2001; it ranks second, with 52 attorneys.

Barley …