19 Ballard Spahr Practices, 79 Lawyers Recognized in The Legal 500 2024
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More than 75 Ballard Spahr lawyers and 19 firm practices are recognized for national excellence in their areas of concentration in the recently released 2024 edition of The Legal 500.
The highly regarded annual guide to the U.S. legal industry recognizes Ballard Spahr attorneys and practices across legal disciplines and industries, a demonstration of the firm’s exceptional capabilities spanning regulatory, transactional, and litigation practices.
Highlights for 2024 include:
- Six Ballard Spahr attorneys named “Leading Individuals”—“true market leaders” based on recognition from clients and peers:
- Douglas M. Fox – Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
- Brian M. Pinheiro – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans: Design
- Matthew N. McClure – Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
- Steve T. Park – Project Finance: Energy and Power
- William C. Rhodes – Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Municipal
- Gregory L. Seltzer – M&A: Middle-Market (Sub-$500m)
- Our Consumer Financial Services Group ranked nationally in Tier 1, the highest, for Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance
- Seven newly ranked lawyers in Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense
The Legal 500 methodology encompasses both qualitative and quantitative research and analysis. Listings are based on feedback from 300,000 legal and business professionals worldwide, law firm submissions, lawyer interviews, and analysis by experienced legal market researchers. The listings are not approved or endorsed by any judicial body.
Ballard Spahr practice areas recognized by The Legal 500 for 2024
Antitrust – Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense
Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans: Design
Financial Services Litigation: Consumer Finance
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance
Fintech
Industry Focus – Energy: Renewable/Alternative
Labor and Employment: Labor–Management Relations
M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)
Media and Entertainment: Litigation
Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action – Automotive/Transport: Defense
Project Finance: Energy and Power
Project Finance: Infrastructure and PPP
Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Municipal
Real Estate
Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Real Estate Finance
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Securities Litigation: Defense
Ballard Spahr attorneys recognized by The Legal 500 for 2024
Antitrust – Civil Litigation/Class Action: Defense
Stephen J. Kastenberg
Jason A. Leckerman
James A. Mitchell
Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense
David L. Axelrod
Celia Cohen
Peter D. Hardy
Henry E. Hockeimer, Jr.
Emilia McKee Vassallo
Marjorie J. Peerce
Michael P. Robotti
Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Design
Edward I. Leeds
Brian M. Pinheiro
D. Finn Pressly
Energy – Renewable/Alternative
Raymond W. Faricy, III
Patrick R. Gillard
Bruce F. Johnson
Katie Leesman
Steve T. Park
John P. Smolen
Randall J. Towers
Matthew J. Vantusko
Financial Services Litigation
Thomas Burke
Daniel JT McKenna
John D. Socknat
Joel E. Tasca
Financial Services Regulation
John L. Culhane, Jr.
Michael Guerrero
Daniel JT McKenna
John D. Socknat
Fintech
Michael Guerrero
Peter Jaslow
Marjorie J. Peerce
John D. Socknat
Ronald K. Vaske
Labor and Employment – Labor–Management Relations
Shannon D. Farmer
Denise M. Keyser
Brian D. Pedrow
M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)
Brian D. Doerner
Jeffrey A. Fickes
Michael R. Kuhn
Karen C. McConnell
Barbara Lano Rummel
Gregory L. Seltzer
Maggie M. Tatton
Media and Entertainment – Litigation
Michael Berry
David J. Bodney
Jay Ward Brown
Chad Bowman
Matthew E. Kelley
Thomas B. Sullivan
Charles D. Tobin
Leita Walker
Project Finance
Donna Brady
Patrick R. Gillard
Katie Leesman
Steve T. Park
John P. Smolen
Randall J. Towers
John C. Wheatley – Rising Star
Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action – Automotive/Transport: Defense
Steven A. Burkhart
David A. Haworth
Neal Walters
Casey G. Watkins – Rising Star
Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning
Devon Beverly – Rising Star
Jon M. Laria
Amy M. McClain
Matthew N. McClure
Steven P. Mehr
Joanne Phillips
Real Estate
Molly R. Bryson
Dominic J. De Simone
Mary Jo George
Amy M. McClain
Katherine M. Noonan
Michael J. Ostermeyer
Christopher W. Payne
Real Estate Finance
Alicia Clark
Dominic J. De Simone
Rania S. Galan
Thomas A. Hauser
Tina R. Makoulian
Amy M. McClain
Siobhan M. O’Donnell
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
J. Thomas Bashore II – Rising Star
Douglas M. Fox
Charles R. Moran
Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy) – Municipal
Tobey M. Daluz
Megan McCarthy
William C. Rhodes
Laurel D. Roglen – Rising Star
Matthew G. Summers
William P. Wassweiler
Securities Litigation – Defense
David L. Axelrod
M. Norman Goldberger
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