Ballard Spahr LLP issued the following announcement on May 20.
Ninety-seven Ballard Spahr attorneys and 46 practices have been recognized for excellence by Chambers USA in its 2021 rankings, released.
Ballard Spahr is ranked in the highest band (Band 1) nationwide for First Amendment Litigation, further solidifying its status as one of the preeminent First Amendment firms in the country.
The firm is also one of only three firms ranked in Band 1 nationwide for Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) and Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation). The firm's Consumer Financial Services (CFS) practice also earned Band 1 ranking in a new category this year, Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations). Together, these rankings demonstrate the strength of the firm’s powerhouse CFS practice, with more than 80 lawyers across the country. The CFS Group has been ranked in Band 1 every year since Chambers USA introduced a national category for consumer finance.
Ballard Spahr also is ranked nationally in Political Law, Projects: PPP, Retail, Real Estate, and for its work as Maryland Counsel for REITs. These rankings reflect the firm's key role in advising and representing clients on political and public policy matters as well as financing and construction of major real estate projects.
In the state categories, Ballard Spahr is ranked in Band 1 in Pennsylvania for Banking & Finance; Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation; Litigation: Securities; Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations; Real Estate; and Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use; as well as in Maryland for Real Estate. The firm's elite crew of media lawyers and First Amendment litigators was recognized with a Band 1 ranking in Washington, D.C., for Media & Entertainment.
The 97 recognized Ballard Spahr attorneys are listed below.
Chambers USA annual rankings are compiled through 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.
Ballard Spahr 2021 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
Political Law
Projects: PPP
Real Estate
REITs: Maryland Counsel
Retail
Arizona
Corporate/M&A
Environment
Labor & Employment
Colorado
Corporate/M&A
Litigation: General Commercial
Real Estate
Delaware
Chancery
District of Columbia
Media & Entertainment
Real Estate
Georgia
Intellectual Property
Maryland
Corporate/M&A
Real Estate
Minnesota
Corporate/M&A
Real Estate
New Jersey
Labor & Employment
Litigation: Product Liability
New York
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Media & Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation
Pennsylvania
Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Environment
Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial
Litigation: Securities
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Real Estate
Real Estate: Finance
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Tax
South Dakota
Corporate/Commercial
Utah
Corporate/M&A
Litigation: General Commercial
Real Estate
Ballard Spahr 2021 Chambers USA Leading Lawyers
Business and Transactions
Richard J. Andreano, Jr., Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Compliance (Nationwide); Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Enforcement & Investigations (Nationwide)
Amy Arndt, Corporate/Commercial (South Dakota)
Jay Coogan, Corporate/M&A and Private Equity (Pennsylvania)
John L. Culhane, Jr., Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Compliance (Nationwide); Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Enforcement & Investigations (Nationwide); Banking & 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)
Mark J. Furletti, Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Compliance (Nationwide); Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory (Pennsylvania)
Gerald J. Guarcini, Corporate/M&A: Securities (Pennsylvania)
Alan S. Kaplinsky, Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Compliance (Nationwide); Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Enforcement & Investigations (Nationwide); Banking and Finance, Mainly Regulatory (Pennsylvania)
James Kim, Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Enforcement & Investigations (Nationwide)
Robert C. Kim, Corporate/Commercial (Nevada)
Justin P. Klein, Corporate/M&A and Private Equity (Pennsylvania); Corporate/M&A: Securities (Pennsylvania)
Edward I. Leeds, Employee Benefits & 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 & Executive Compensation (Pennsylvania)
Todd A. Reece, Corporate/M&A (Utah)
Jeremy T. Rosenblum, Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Compliance (Nationwide); Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory (Pennsylvania)
Gregory L. Seltzer, Corporate/M&A and Private Equity (Pennsylvania)
Robert E. Tunheim, Corporate/M&A (Minnesota)
Finance
Alicia Clark, Real Estate (Colorado)
Dominic J. De Simone, Real Estate: Finance (Pennsylvania)
Anuj Goswami, Banking & Finance, (Pennsylvania)
Thomas A. Hauser, Real Estate (Maryland)
Steven M. Miller, Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania)
Rosetta B. Packer, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Pennsylvania)
Richard S. Perelman, Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania)
Steve T. Park, Projects: PPP (Nationwide)
Jennifer Santangelo, Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania)
John P. Smolen, “Up and Coming,” Projects: PPP (Nationwide)
Maulin Vidwans, Banking & Finance (Pennsylvania)
Intellectual Property
Lawrence K. Nodine, Intellectual Property (Georgia)
Lynn E. Rzonca, Intellectual Property (Pennsylvania)
Kenneth H. Sonnenfeld, Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)
Litigation
David J. Armstrong, Environment (Arizona)
David L. Axelrod, Litigation: Securities (Pennsylvania)
Kate A. Belinski, Political Law (Nationwide)
Seth D. Berlin, Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia)
David J. Bodney, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide)
Jason D. Boren, Litigation: General Commercial (Utah)
Chad R. Bowman, Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia)
Jay Ward Brown, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide); Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia)
Brendan K. Collins, Environment (Pennsylvania)
Shannon D. Farmer, Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
Jay N. Fastow, Antitrust (New York): Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff (New York)
Daniel R. Fritz, Litigation: General Commercial (South Dakota)
David S. Fryman, Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
Mark R. Gaylord, Litigation: General Commercial (Utah)
M. Norman Goldberger, Litigation: Securities (Pennsylvania)
John C. Grugan, Litigation: Securities (Pennsylvania)
Peter D. Hardy, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)
Leslie C. Heilman, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Pennsylvania)
Henry E. Hockeimer, Jr., Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)
Kenneth M. Jarin, Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
Timothy W. Jenkins, Political Law (Nationwide)
Leslie E. John, Antitrust (Delaware)
Stephen J. Kastenberg, Antitrust; Litigation: General Commercial (Pennsylvania)
Denise M. Keyser, Labor & Employment (New Jersey)
Mark Kokanovich, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Arizona)
Jason A. Leckerman, Antitrust (Pennsylvania)
David J. Margules, Chancery (Delaware)
Vincent J. Marriott III, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Pennsylvania)
James A. Mitchell, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Brian D. Pedrow, Labor & Employment (Pennsylvania)
Marjorie J. Peerce, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Louis P. Petrich, Media & Entertainment: Litigation (California)
Andrew J. Petrie, Litigation: General Commercial (Colorado)
David H. Pittinsky, Litigation: General Commercial (Pennsylvania)
Edward D. Rogers, Antitrust (Pennsylvania)
David A. Schulz, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide); Media & Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation (New York)
Elizabeth A. Sloan, Chancery (Delaware)
Charles A. Stillman, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Ronald J. Stolkin, Labor & Employment (Arizona)
Steven W. Suflas, Labor & Employment (Colorado)
Michael D. Sullivan, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide); Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia)
Charles D. Tobin, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide); Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia)
Neal Walters, Litigation: Product Liability (New Jersey)
Harry Weiss, Environment (Pennsylvania)
Christopher J. Willis, Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Litigation (Nationwide); Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance, Enforcement & Investigations (Nationwide)
Jay A. Zweig, Labor & Employment (Arizona)
Real Estate
Thomas G. Bennett, Real Estate (Utah)
Nicole C. Evans, Real Estate (Utah)
Wendi L. Kotzen, Tax (Pennsylvania)
Laura L. Krenz, Real Estate (Minnesota)
Jon M. Laria, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Maryland)
Tina R. Makoulian, Real Estate (Pennsylvania)
Matthew N. McClure, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Pennsylvania)
Bart I. Mellits, Real Estate (Pennsylvania)
Christopher W. Payne, Real Estate: Hotels & Leisure (Colorado)
Mark Pollak, Real Estate (Maryland)
Alan S. Ritterband, Real Estate (Pennsylvania)
Michael Sklaroff, Real Estate (Pennsylvania); Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Pennsylvania)
Raymond G. Truitt, Real Estate (Maryland)
James R. Walston, Real Estate (Minnesota)
Roger D. Winston, Real Estate (District of Columbia)
Additional Leading Lawyers
Ashley E. DeLuca, “Associates to Watch,” Real Estate (Pennsylvania)
Brad Gershel, “Associates to Watch,” Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
Original source can be found here.