More Than 115 Ballard Spahr Lawyers, 50 Practices Recognized in Chambers USA 2024

Chambers USA has recognized 118 Ballard Spahr attorneys and 52 firm practices in the newly released 2024 edition of the highly respected guide to leading lawyers and law firms.

The firm’s 2024 Chambers USA rankings are highlighted by a top-tier national ranking in Public Finance law, as well as new top-tier Public Finance rankings in Maryland and Pennsylvania, along with 10 newly ranked lawyers from Ballard Spahr’s highly acclaimed Public Finance practice. The Group is ranked in Band 1, the highest, nationally, as well as in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.

Ballard Spahr also earned a Band 1 national rankings in First Amendment Litigation—reflecting the firm’s status as a preeminent one for Media and Entertainment Law.

In state categories, Ballard Spahr is ranked in Band 1 in Pennsylvania for seven categories: Banking and Finance; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; Public Finance; 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 and Public Finance in Maryland and in Media and Entertainment and Public Finance for Washington, D.C

The 118 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 2024 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

Real Estate

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

Public Finance

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

Public Finance

Real Estate

Real Estate: Finance

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Tax

South Dakota

Corporate/Commercial

Litigation: General Commercial

Utah

Litigation: General Commercial

Real Estate

Ballard Spahr 2024 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 L. Arndt, Corporate/Commercial (South Dakota)

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

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 C. Giles, 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)

Michael R. Kuhn, Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)

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 E. Seiler, Corporate/M&A (Colorado)

Maggie M. Tatton, Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)

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

John D. Wambold, Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)

Finance

Valarie J. Allen, Public Finance (Pennsylvania)

Alicia B. Clark, Real Estate (Colorado)

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

David J. Fernandez, Public Finance (New York)

Teri M. Guarnaccia, Public Finance (Maryland)

Thomas A. Hauser, Real Estate (Maryland)

Charles S. Henck, Public Finance (District of Columbia)

Anastasia G. Khokhryakova, Public Finance (Colorado)

Kimberly D. Magrini, Public Finance (Pennsylvania)

Steven M. Miller, Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania)

Marybeth Orsini, Public Finance (Maryland)

Richard S. Perelman, Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania)

Steve T. Park, Projects: PPP (Nationwide)

William C. Rhodes, Public Finance (Pennsylvania)

Jennifer Santangelo, Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania)

John P. Smolen, Projects: PPP (Nationwide)

P. Andrew Spicknall, Public Finance (District of Columbia)

Randall J. Towers, Public Finance (Pennsylvania)

Maulin Vidwans, Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania)

Sandra Wintner, Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania)

Intellectual Property

Richard Miller, Intellectual Property (Georgia)

Lynn E. Rzonca, Intellectual Property (Pennsylvania)

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

D. Brian Shortell, Ph.D., Intellectual Property (Georgia)

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)

Melissa R. Costello, Labor and Employment (Arizona)

Meredith S. Dante, Labor and Employment (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)

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

Theodore J. Hartl, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Colorado)

David A. Haworth, Environment (New Jersey)

Leslie C. Heilman, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Delaware)

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

Timothy W. Jenkins, Political Law (Nationwide)

Leslie E. John, Antitrust (Pennsylvania)

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

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

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

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

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

Jason A. Leckerman, Antitrust (Pennsylvania)

David J. Margules, Chancery (Delaware)

Emilia McKee Vassallo, White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)

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 A. Phillips, Environment (Arizona)

Michael P. Robotti, Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (New York)

Edward D. Rogers, Antitrust (Pennsylvania)

Jacquelyn N. 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)

Alia L. Smith, Media and Entertainment (District of Columbia)

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, Real Estate (Pennsylvania)

Nicole C. Evans, Real Estate (Utah)

Eben C. Hansel, Real Estate (Maryland)

Christopher A. Jones, Tax (Pennsylvania)

Wendi L. Kotzen, Tax (Pennsylvania)

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, Gaming and Licensing, Nationwide; 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)

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)

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

Elizabeth P. Weissert, Antitrust, Pennsylvania