Luca Artista is an associate who focuses his practice on real estate finance matters. He is a former summer associate at Ballard Spahr, where he drafted transactional documents for real estate, infrastructure, and finance projects. He also reviewed pleadings and drafted an asylum brief for a pro bono matter in this position.
Prior to joining the firm, Luca gained additional experience through an internship at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland as well as a judicial clerkship at the Supreme Court of Maryland. While attending law school, Luca was a student attorney for the Clinical Law Program at the University of Maryland and served as Editor in Chief of the Maryland Law Review.
Services
Professional Highlights
Judicial Clerkships
Judicial Internships
Hon. Richard D. Bennett, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 2022
Hon. Joseph M. Getty, Court of Appeals of Maryland (now the Supreme Court of Maryland), 2021
Publications
“Pereida v. Wilkinson: Subjecting Immigrants to an Uphill Climb in Obtaining Relief From Deportation,” 81 Md. L. Rev. 747, 2022
Credentials
Education
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2023)
Editor in Chief, Maryland Law Review
Law School Alumni Association Award for Leadership, 2023
Teaching Fellow, Academic Achievement Center
Towson University (B.S., cum laude, 2020)
Honors College Graduate
Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society