Ballard Spahr opened its New York office in 2013 after joining forces with noted white collar litigation boutique Stillman & Friedman.

Since then, the office has added attorneys skilled in real estate, antitrust, media law, commercial litigation, consumer financial services, public finance, corporate law, mortgage banking, employee benefits, bankruptcy, and infrastructure. We represent leading clients in a range of industries, including financial services, media, pharmaceuticals, government, transportation, and retail and fashion.

Strengths of our New York litigation team include antitrust, commercial litigation, white collar, government investigations, regulatory enforcement, and professional liability. We were named 2025 Best Law Firms national Law Firm of the Year for First Amendment litigation. Our litigators also try cases in federal and state courts in New York and across the country, and represent clients before administrative tribunals and regulatory agencies.