Fees paid to Dilworth: $1.2 million.

Ties to Fumo: Gov. Rendell said Fumo occasionally sought work for Dilworth when Rendell was mayor - "but no more than anyone else."                      Comment: After the City Hall pay-to-play scandal, City Council enacted changes in 2005 that require a competition for choice of counsel on each bond issue. "A committee of five people get in a room, go through the resumes, and pick on the basis of experience," said Vincent J. Jannetti, acting city finance director.

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Cooperation Authority

Work history: The agency created to serve as Philadelphia's fiscal watchdog named Dilworth as bond counsel or underwriters' counsel on seven deals since 1993.

Fees paid to Dilworth: The firm received $100,000 for work as underwriters' cocounsel on its last two bond deals, according to Rob Dubow, PICA director.

Ties to Fumo: Fumo controlled one slice of a four-way split in which state legislative leaders of both parties got to pick the law firms, said Joseph C. Vignola, PICA's former director.

Comment: Regardless of how Dilworth was chosen, Vignola was satisfied. "They were class acts and did the job," he said.

Philadelphia School District

Work history: Dilworth has done legal work for school system bond issues and defended it in a desegregation case.

Fees paid to Dilworth: $1.5 million since 1999.

Ties to Fumo: In a 2000 interview, the district's retired managing director, Irv Davis, said he "absolutely" chose Dilworth because of Fumo's position - though he said Fumo never asked him to. Davis said he hired Dilworth "because of the power base that Fumo represents, and the help that he could provide in Harrisburg and the harm that he could do."

Comment: Cecilia E. Cummings, a spokeswoman for the school district, said recently, "We kind of inherited Dilworth and kept them because the work was satisfactory. We were never contacted by Fumo."

SEPTA

Work history: Dilworth advised the transit agency on contractual, audit and lease agreements. Dilworth also handled a 2004 lawsuit over the contaminated Paoli rail yard, winning a $23 million settlement for SEPTA.

Fees paid to Dilworth: $4.3 million over the past five years.

Ties to Fumo: Two longtime Fumo allies sit on SEPTA's board.

Comment: Richard Maloney, SEPTA spokesman, said Dilworth has represented the agency since its founding in 1964. "We have had no requests, directly or indirectly, with the senator or from the senator for any legal services regarding Dilworth," he said.

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