Sapna K. Anderson

Sapna K. Anderson is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the Real Estate and Construction Litigation Group. Ms. Anderson's practice has touched upon an array of subject areas, including construction and real estate disputes, environmental contamination, employee benefits, pharmaceutical product liability, employment discrimination, unfair competition and trade secrets, business and securities fraud, RICO, and civil rights. She has also represented several entities in connection with internal and government investigations of corporate or criminal wrongdoing.

Pro Bono Experience

Ms. Anderson also maintains an active pro bono practice, where she focuses in the area of asylum law.

Professional Activities

Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member, Minority Bar Committee; past Chair, Minority Law Day Subcommittee

South Asian Bar Association of Philadelphia
Past Executive Board Member

Philadelphia Bar Association

Recognition & Accomplishments

Recipient, 2011 Alan J. Davis Award, as a member of the Ballard Spahr Asylum Initiative

Recipient, Pennsylvania Bar Association Minority Bar Committee's "Rising Star" award, for significant contributions to the committee and the bar association, September 2009

Featured in The Philadelphia Lawyer magazine for pro bono work, August 2009

Recipient, Ballard Spahr Pro Bono Award, as a member of the Luzerne County Juvenile Justice Team

University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (J.D. 2004)
Member, Executive Board, Moot Court Honors Program; Recipient, Foreign Affairs Internship Grant, University of California’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A. 1999, magna cum laude)
Member, Phi Beta Kappa

California

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit