Ballard Spahr LLP (Philadelphia)
Ballard Spahr LLP is a national law firm with more than 500 lawyers in eleven offices in the Mid-Atlantic corridor and the Western United States. In addition to Philadelphia, the firm has offices in Baltimore, MD; Bethesda, MD; Denver, CO; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Voorhees and Cherry Hill, NJ; Phoenix, AZ; Salt Lake City, UT; Washington, DC and Wilmington, DE. Lawyers in our various practice groups work together to represent a diverse client base and provide the highest quality of legal services. Our lawyers and highly-skilled staff are equipped with the latest technology to enable them to provide excellent service to our clients. Our areas of experience cover five departments and a multitude of practice areas. We have summarized these areas below:Litigation: Ballard litigators serve all aspects of a client’s needs within eight practice groups that include bankruptcy, reorganization and capital recovery; business; environmental; labor, employment and immigration; insurance; intellectual property; product liability and mass tort; and white-collar litigation. Ballard’s trial teams bring specific matter expertise and industry knowledge in areas such as alternative dispute resolution and mediation, appeals, antitrust, business torts, commercial class actions, construction litigation, financial institutional litigation, professional liability and securities litigation.
Real Estate: With one of the largest real estate departments in the country, Ballard has few peers and enjoys national prominence handling real estate work of all types and on any scale. Structured to deliver maximum value to each engagement, the department is organized into ten multidisciplinary service groups: construction; development; eminent domain and valuation; finance; housing; leasing; planned communities and condominiums; resort and hotel; real estate tax; and zoning and land use.
Business & Finance: The firm’s Business and Finance Department has a national and international practice involving public and private companies, non-profit organizations, and the financial interests of individuals of means. Its clients are engaged in wide ranging and dynamic technology, manufacturing and service functions, including life sciences, energy, telecommunications, industrial, and software companies; financial institutions; investment companies; sports and other franchises; public utilities; and hospitals and health services. The firm’s business and finance lawyers also represent issuers, underwriters, lenders and venture capitalists in equity and debt financing for public and private companies. They represent clients in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, licenses, employee benefits and executive compensation, tax and other complex transactions.
Public Finance: Ballard has a nationally recognized practice in public finance and federal tax matters relating to the issuance of municipal bonds. The firm has consistently been ranked as one of the leading bond and underwriter counsel firms in the country. The firm’s public finance lawyers serve as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, trustee’s counsel, and borrower’s counsel for state and local governments and authorities throughout the United States.
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Headquarters:
1735 Market Street
51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599
Engagement Partner
Mark S. Stewart
Email: stewartm@ballardspahr.com
Phone: 215-864-8225
Account Manager
Tobey Daluz (Wilmington)
Email: daluzt@ballardspahr.com
Phone: 302-252-4465
Account Manager
Denise Keyser (Cherry Hill)
Email: keserd@ballardspahr.com
Phone: 856-761-3442
Additional Locations:
Phoenix, AZ 1 East Washington Street Suite 2300 Phoenix, AZ 85004-2555 Phone: 602.798.5400 Fax: 602.798.5595 Los Angeles, CA 2029 Century Park East, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90067-2909 Phone: 424.204.4400 Fax: 424.204.4350 Denver, CO 1225 17th Street, Suite 2300 Denver, CO 80202-5596 Phone: 303.292.2400 Fax: 303.296.3956 Washington, DC 601 13th Street, NW Suite 1000 South Washington, DC 20005-3807 Phone: 202.661.2200 Fax: 202.661.2299 Wilmington, DE 919 North Market Street 12th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801-3034 Phone: 302.252.4465 Fax: 302.252.4466 Cherry Hill, NJ 210 Lake Drive East, Suite 200 Cherry Hill, NJ 08002-1163 Phone: 856.761.3442 Fax: 856.761.9036 Baltimore, MD 300 East Lombard Street 18th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202-3268 Phone: 410.528.5600 Fax: 410.528.5650 Bethesda, MD 4800 Montgomery Lane, 7th Floor Bethesda, MD 20814-3401 Phone: 301.664.6200 Fax: 301.664.6299 Las Vegas, NV 100 North City Parkway Suite 1750 Las Vegas, NV 89106-4617 Phone: 702.471.7000 Fax: 702.471.7070 Salt Lake City, UT One Utah Center, Suite 800 201 South Main Street Salt Lake City, UT 84111-2221 Phone: 801.531.3000 Fax: 801.531.3001
