More Than 100 Ballard Spahr Attorneys, 50 Practices Recognized in Chambers USA 2023

Chambers USA has recognized 104 Ballard Spahr attorneys and 50 firm practices in the newly released 2023 edition of the highly respected guide to leading lawyers and law firms.

The firm’s 2023 Chambers USA rankings are highlighted by a top-tier national ranking in a new category: Public Finance law. Ballard Spahr’s highly acclaimed Public Finance practice is ranked in Band 1, the highest, not only nationally, but in Washington, D.C., as well.

Ballard Spahr also earned Band 1 national rankings in First Amendment Litigation—reflecting the firm’s status as a preeminent one for Media and Entertainment Law—and Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance – Compliance, indicative of the Ballard Spahr’s long-standing strength in Consumer Financial Services.

In state categories, Ballard Spahr is ranked in Band 1 in Pennsylvania for six categories: Banking and Finance; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; Litigation: Securities; Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations; Real Estate; and Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use. The firm is also ranked in Band 1 in state rankings for Real Estate in Maryland and in Media and Entertainment for Washington, D.C.

The 104 Chambers-ranked Ballard Spahr attorneys listed below span the firm’s practices and offices.

Chambers USA annual rankings are compiled using a methodology that involves client interviews, peer reviews, and independent research. The rankings reflect criteria considered most valued by clients, including legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness, diligence, and value. The rankings are not approved or sanctioned by any judicial body.

Ballard Spahr 2023 Chambers USA Leading Practices

National

Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)

Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)

Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)

First Amendment Litigation

Gaming and Licensing

Political Law

Projects: PPP

Public Finance

Real Estate

REITs: Maryland Counsel

Retail

Arizona

Corporate/M&A

Environment

Labor and Employment

Colorado

Litigation: General Commercial

Real Estate

Delaware

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Chancery

District of Columbia

Media and Entertainment

Public Finance

Real Estate

Georgia

Intellectual Property

Maryland

Corporate/M&A

Real Estate

Minnesota

Corporate/M&A

Real Estate

New Jersey

Labor and Employment

New York

Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations

Media and Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation

Media and Entertainment: Litigation

Pennsylvania

Antitrust

Banking and Finance

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Corporate/M&A and Private Equity

Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

Environment

Intellectual Property

Labor and Employment

Litigation: General Commercial

Litigation: Securities

Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations

Real Estate

Real Estate: Finance

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Tax

South Dakota

Corporate/Commercial

Litigation: General Commercial

Utah

Corporate/M&A

Litigation: General Commercial

Real Estate

Ballard Spahr 2023 Chambers USA Leading Lawyers

Business and Transactions

Richard J. Andreano, Jr., Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Compliance (Nationwide); Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Enforcement and Investigations (Nationwide)

Amy Arndt, Corporate/Commercial (South Dakota)

J. Thomas Bashore II, REITs: Maryland Counsel (Nationwide)

Jay Coogan, Corporate/M&A and Private Equity (Pennsylvania)

John L. Culhane, Jr., Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Compliance (Nationwide); Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Enforcement and Investigations (Nationwide); Banking and Finance: Mainly Regulatory (Pennsylvania)

Brian D. Doerner, Corporate/M&A and Private Equity (Pennsylvania)

Douglas M. Fox, REITs: Maryland Counsel (Nationwide); Corporate/M&A (Maryland)

Laura Giles, “Up and Coming,” Corporate/M&A (Arizona)

Gerald J. Guarcini, Corporate/M&A: Securities (Pennsylvania)

Alan S. Kaplinsky, Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Compliance (Nationwide); Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Enforcement and Investigations (Nationwide); Banking and Finance, Mainly Regulatory (Pennsylvania)

Robert C. Kim, Corporate/Commercial (Nevada)

Justin P. Klein, Corporate/M&A and Private Equity (Pennsylvania); Corporate/M&A: Securities (Pennsylvania)

Edward I. Leeds, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (Pennsylvania)

Karen C. McConnell, Corporate/M&A (Arizona)

Charles R. Moran, REITs: Maryland Counsel (Nationwide); Corporate/M&A (Maryland)

Brian M. Pinheiro, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (Pennsylvania)

D. Finn Pressly, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (Florida)

Nathan Seiler, Corporate/M&A (Colorado)

Robert E. Tunheim, Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)

Finance

Alicia Clark, Real Estate (Colorado)

Dominic J. De Simone, Real Estate: Finance (Pennsylvania)

Thomas A. Hauser, Real Estate (Maryland)

Steven M. Miller, Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania)

Richard S. Perelman, Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania)

Steve T. Park, Projects: PPP (Nationwide)

Jennifer Santangelo, Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania)

John P. Smolen, Projects: PPP (Nationwide)

Maulin Vidwans, Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania)

Sandra Wintner, “Up and Coming,” Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania)

Intellectual Property

Richard Miller, Intellectual Property (Georgia)

Lawrence K. Nodine, Intellectual Property (Georgia)

Lynn E. Rzonca, Intellectual Property (Pennsylvania)

Kenneth H. Sonnenfeld, Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)

Litigation

David J. Armstrong, Environment (Arizona)

David L. Axelrod, Litigation: Securities (Pennsylvania); Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)

Kate A. Belinski, Political Law (Nationwide)

Seth D. Berlin, Media and Entertainment (District of Columbia)

David J. Bodney, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide)

Jason D. Boren, Litigation: General Commercial (Utah)

Chad R. Bowman, Media and Entertainment (District of Columbia)

Jay Ward Brown, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide); Media and Entertainment (District of Columbia)

Brendan K. Collins, Environment (Pennsylvania)

Michael D. Fabius, Gaming and Licensing (Nationwide)

Shannon D. Farmer, Labor and Employment (Pennsylvania)

Daniel R. Fritz, Litigation: General Commercial (South Dakota)

David S. Fryman, Labor and Employment (Pennsylvania)

Mark R. Gaylord, Litigation: General Commercial (Utah)

M. Norman Goldberger, Litigation: Securities (Pennsylvania)

John C. Grugan, Litigation: Securities (Pennsylvania)

Peter D. Hardy, Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)

Theodore J. Hartl, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Colorado)

David Haworth, Environment (New Jersey)

Leslie C. Heilman, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Delaware)

Henry E. Hockeimer, Jr., Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)

Kenneth M. Jarin, Labor and Employment (Pennsylvania)

Timothy W. Jenkins, Political Law (Nationwide)

Leslie E. John, Antitrust (Pennsylvania)

Stephen J. Kastenberg, Antitrust (Pennsylvania); Litigation: General Commercial (Pennsylvania)

Denise M. Keyser, Labor and Employment (New Jersey)

Adrian R. King, Jr., Gaming and Licensing (Nationwide)

Mark Kokanovich, Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (Arizona)

Jason A. Leckerman, Antitrust (Pennsylvania)

David J. Margules, Chancery (Delaware)

James A. Mitchell, Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations (New York); Antitrust (New York)

Lynn Oberlander, Media and Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation (New York)

Brian D. Pedrow, Labor and Employment (Pennsylvania)

Marjorie J. Peerce, Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (New York)

Louis P. Petrich, Media and Entertainment: Litigation (California)

Andrew J. Petrie, Litigation: General Commercial (Colorado)

Lea Phillips, “Up and Coming,” Environment (Arizona)

David H. Pittinsky, Litigation: General Commercial (Pennsylvania)

Edward D. Rogers, Antitrust (Pennsylvania)

Jacquelyn Schell, “Up and Coming,” Media and Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation (New York)

David A. Schulz, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide); Media and Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation (New York)

Elizabeth A. Sloan, Chancery (Delaware)

R.Stephen Stigall, Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)

Thomas B. Sullivan, Media and Entertainment: Litigation (New York); Media and Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation (New York)

Charles D. Tobin, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide); Media and Entertainment (District of Columbia)

Melanie J. Vartabedian, Litigation: General Commercial (Utah)

Leita Walker, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide)

Neal Walters, Litigation: Product Liability (New Jersey)

Harry Weiss, Environment (Pennsylvania)

Jay A. Zweig, Labor and Employment (Arizona)

Real Estate

Angela M. Christy, Real Estate (Minnesota)

Ashley E. DeLuca, “Up and Coming,” Real Estate (Pennsylvania)

Nicole C. Evans, Real Estate (Utah)

Christopher A. Jones, Tax (Pennsylvania)

Wendi L. Kotzen, Tax (Pennsylvania)

Laura L. Krenz, Real Estate (Minnesota)

Jon M. Laria, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Maryland)

Tina R. Makoulian, Real Estate (Pennsylvania); Real Estate Finance (Pennsylvania)

Matthew N. McClure, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Pennsylvania)

Bart I. Mellits, Real Estate (Pennsylvania)

Maren Parry, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Nevada)

Christopher W. Payne, Real Estate: Hotels and Leisure (Colorado)

Mark Pollak, Real Estate (Maryland)

Alan S. Ritterband, Real Estate (Pennsylvania)

Derek L. Sorenson, Real Estate (Arizona)

Raymond G. Truitt, Real Estate (Maryland)

James R. Walston, Real Estate (Minnesota)

Roger D. Winston, Real Estate (District of Columbia)

Additional Leading Lawyers: Associates to Watch

Brad Gershel, Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations (New York)

Matthew E. Kelley, Media and Entertainment (District of Columbia)

Maxwell S. Mishkin, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide); Media and Entertainment (District of Columbia)

 

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