Chambers USA 2022, a highly respected guide to leading lawyers and law firms, has recognized 99 Ballard Spahr attorneys and 49 firm practices—highlighted by continued preeminence in consumer financial services and a new national ranking in gaming law.
Ballard Spahr is also one of only two firms ranked in the highest tier (Band 1) nationwide for all three of the Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance categories—Compliance, Litigation, and Enforcement and Investigations—affirming the strength of the firm’s powerhouse Consumer Financial Services practice. The CFS Group has ranked in Band 1 every year since Chambers USA introduced a national category for consumer finance more than 15 years ago.
The firm once again is ranked in Band 1 nationwide for First Amendment Litigation, further solidifying its status as one of the preeminent firms in the country for media and entertainment law.
Ballard Spahr achieved a national ranking in Gaming and Licensing for the first time, reflecting the firm’s strong and growing capabilities in advising gaming industry clients. The firm also drew nationwide rankings again this year for Political Law; Projects: PPP; Real Estate; REITs: Maryland Counsel; and Retail. These rankings reflect the firm’s national-level strength in representing clients on political and public policy matters, as well as financing and construction of P3 and major real estate projects.
In state categories, Ballard Spahr ranked in Band 1 in Pennsylvania for: Banking and Finance; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; Litigation: Securities; Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations; Real Estate; and Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use; as well as in Maryland for Real Estate. The firm ranked in Band 1 in Washington, D.C., for the Media and Entertainment category.
The 99 Chambers-ranked Ballard Spahr attorneys listed below span the firm’s practices and offices.
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 2022 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
Real Estate
REITs: Maryland Counsel
Retail
Arizona
Corporate/M&A
Environment
Labor and Employment
Colorado
Corporate/M&A
Litigation: General Commercial
Real Estate
Delaware
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Chancery
District of Columbia
Media and Entertainment
Real Estate
Georgia
Intellectual Property
Maryland
Corporate/M&A
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
Real Estate
Real Estate: Finance
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Tax
South Dakota
Corporate/Commercial
Litigation: General Commercial
Utah
Corporate/M&A
Litigation: General Commercial
Real Estate
Ballard Spahr 2022 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 Arndt, Corporate/Commercial (South Dakota)
J. Thomas Bashore II, REITs: Maryland Counsel (Nationwide)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
Thomas A. Hauser, Real Estate (Maryland)
Steven M. Miller, Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania)
Rosetta B. Packer, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Pennsylvania)
Richard S. Perelman, Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania)
Steve T. Park, Projects: PPP (Nationwide)
Jennifer Santangelo, Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania)
John P. Smolen, “Up and Coming,” Projects: PPP (Nationwide)
Maulin Vidwans, Banking and 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); 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)
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)
John C. Grugan, Litigation: Securities (Pennsylvania)
Peter D. Hardy, Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)
Theodore J. Hartl, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Colorado)
Leslie C. Heilman, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Pennsylvania)
Henry E. Hockeimer, Jr., Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (Pennsylvania)
Kenneth M. Jarin, Labor and Employment (Pennsylvania)
Timothy W. Jenkins, Political Law (Nationwide)
Leslie E. John, Antitrust (Pennsylvania)
Stephen J. Kastenberg, Antitrust (Pennsylvania); Litigation: General Commercial (Pennsylvania)
Denise M. Keyser, Labor and Employment (New Jersey)
Mark Kokanovich, Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (Arizona)
Jason A. Leckerman, Antitrust (Pennsylvania)
David J. Margules, Chancery (Delaware)
James A. Mitchell, Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations (New York); Antitrust (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)
David H. Pittinsky, Litigation: General Commercial (Pennsylvania)
Edward D. Rogers, Antitrust (Pennsylvania)
David A. Schulz, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide); Media and Entertainment: First Amendment Litigation (New York)
Elizabeth A. Sloan, Chancery (Delaware)
Charles A. Stillman, Litigation: White Collar Crime and Government Investigations (New York)
Ronald J. Stolkin, Labor and Employment (Arizona)
Steven W. Suflas, Labor and Employment (Utah)
Thomas B. Sullivan, Media and Entertainment: Litigation (New York)
Charles D. Tobin, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide); Media and Entertainment (District of Columbia)
Melanie J. Vertabedian, Litigation: General Commercial (Utah)
Leita Walker, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide)
Sarah B. Wallace, “Up and Coming,” Litigation: General Commercial (Colorado)
Neal Walters, Litigation: Product Liability (New Jersey)
Harry Weiss, Environment (Pennsylvania)
Jay A. Zweig, Labor and Employment (Arizona)
Real Estate
Thomas G. Bennett, Real Estate (Utah)
Nicole C. Evans, Real Estate (Utah)
David M. Gest, “Up and Coming,” Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Pennsylvania)
Christopher A. Jones, Tax (Pennsylvania)
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); Real Estate Finance (Pennsylvania)
Matthew N. McClure, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Pennsylvania)
Bart I. Mellits, Real Estate (Pennsylvania)
Christopher W. Payne, Real Estate: Hotels and Leisure (Colorado)
Mark Pollak, Real Estate (Maryland)
Alan S. Ritterband, Real Estate (Pennsylvania)
Derek L. Sorenson. Real Estate (Arizona)
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
Ashley E. DeLuca, Real Estate (Pennsylvania)
Brad Gershel, Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations (New York)
Matthew E. Kelley, Media and Entertainment (District of Columbia)
Maxwell S. Mishkin, First Amendment Litigation (Nationwide); Media and Entertainment (District of Columbia)
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