Ballard Spahr

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Ballard Spahr LLP
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Headquarters Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
No. of offices15 offices
No. of attorneysMore than 600
Major practice areasReal Estate, Intellectual Property, Business and Transactions, Litigation, Finance
Key peopleMark S. Stewart, Chair
RevenueIncrease2.svg 420 million USD (2019) [1]
Date founded1885
Company type Limited Liability Partnership
Website www.ballardspahr.com

Ballard Spahr LLP is an AmLaw 100 law firm practicing throughout the United States. [2] Founded in 1885, the law firm focuses on litigation, securities and regulatory enforcement, business and finance, intellectual property, public finance, and real estate matters. [3] [4] The firm is headquartered at 1735 Market Street in Philadelphia. [5]

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History

Ballard Spahr originated in Philadelphia in 1885 and became known as 'Ballard and Spahr' in the early 1900s when University of Pennsylvania alumni Ellis Ames Ballard and Boyd Lee Spahr began practicing law together. The firm has continually grown by number of attorneys, practices, and offices throughout the United States since inception. [6]

The firm opened its first office outside of Philadelphia in 1978, with the opening of its Washington, D.C. office. Ballard subsequently opened its Denver office in 1981, beginning the firm's growth in the Rocky Mountain and Southwest regions. [7] The firm later opened offices in Salt Lake City in 1987, Baltimore and New Jersey in 1992, and Delaware in 2002. [8]

Ballard Spahr acquired Needle & Rosenberg, P.C., an intellectual property boutique firm in Atlanta in 2008, expanding the firm's IP services and expanding to the Southeast. [9] The firm opened an office in New York City in 2013, joining with Stillman & Friedman, a white collar defense and securities litigation and enforcement boutique. [10] [11]

The firm has also acquired First Amendment litigation boutique Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz in 2017, bolstering Ballard's national media and entertainment law practice, as well as Lindquist & Vennum, a firm that focuses on middle-market deal making. [12]

Practice areas

Ballard Spahr is a general practice law firm with 51 practice groups and departments focusing on business and transactions, finance, intellectual property, litigation, and real estate. Litigators at the firm advise market players in securities and antitrust class actions, patent infringement cases, white collar defense matters, and federal and state appeals. [13] The firm has a large real estate practice in the United States, encompassing real estate finance, conveyancing, construction, development, and distressed assets. The firm also has a significant presence in mergers and acquisitions, securities and securities enforcement, and other areas of corporate law. The firm has also represented government entities in the issuance of municipal bonds and other tax-exempt instruments. [14] The firm also practices in the areas of labor & employment, insurance law, environmental law, tax law and other related sub-disciplines. [15]

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  2. ↑ "Am Law 100 Firm Reduces Pay For All, Even Partners". Above the Law. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  3. ↑ "American Lawyer Media AmLaw 200 List, 2012". americanlawyer.com. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
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  7. ↑ "Denver Law Firm | Offices | Ballard Spahr". www.ballardspahr.com. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
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  10. ↑ "New York Law Firm | Offices | Ballard Spahr". www.ballardspahr.com. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  11. ↑ "Ballard Spahr New York office".
  12. ↑ "Minneapolis Law Firm | Offices | Ballard Spahr". www.ballardspahr.com. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  13. ↑ "Ballard Spahr LLP | Company Profile | Vault.com". Vault. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  14. ↑ "Chambers USA profile". Chambersandpartners.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
  15. ↑ http://www.ballardspahr.com/about/practice.asp Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Full list of practice areas
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