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
Original source can be found here.