Daniel J.T. McKenna

Litigation, Consumer Financial Services, Mortgage Banking, Product Liability and Mass Tort

Daniel J.T. McKenna is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the Consumer Financial Services, Mortgage Banking, and Product Liability and Mass Tort Groups. He has experience handling complex class actions, claims against consumer lenders, commercial litigation cases, and general tort claims.

Mr. McKenna defends corporations and financial institutions in individual and class action litigation, including claims brought under the Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act, Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act, National Bank Act, Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, Loan Interest Protection Law, Mortgage Bankers and Brokers and Consumer Equity Protection Act, Secondary Mortgage Loan Act, Title Insurance Act, and New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act.

Pro Bono Experience

As Public Service Coordinator for the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association, Mr. McKenna is tasked with implementing the nationwide Wills for Heroes program, through which volunteer lawyers and legal professionals provide estate-planning documents for first responders and emergency personnel. Ballard Spahr has joined Mr. McKenna in this effort by naming Wills for Heroes as the firm's public service project.

Judicial Internships

Hon. Joseph E. Irenas, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2003-2004

Professional Activities

American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Executive Committee
Content Coordinator, 2008-present; past Public Service Coordinator and Mentor Coordinator

Pennsylvania Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Executive Committee
Director, Wills for Heroes, 2008-present; past At Large Zone Chair and Public Service Coordinator

Philadelphia Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Executive Committee
Mentorship Co-Chair, 2007-present; American Bar Association Liaison, 2008-present; past Social Committee Co-Chair and Harvests-for-the-Homeless Co-Chair

Temple American Inn of Court, 2010-present

Ballard Spahr Associates' Committee
Member, 2006-present; Chair, 2006-2008

Ballard Spahr Diversity Committee, 2006-present

Ballard Spahr Hiring Committee, 2010-present

Recognition & Accomplishments

Recipient, American Bar Association Star of the Year Award, recognizing creation and implementation of first annual New Partner and In-House Counsel Conference, 2011

Recipient, American Lawyer Media's Unsung Heroes Award, recognizing commitment to pro bono work and community service, 2010

Recipient, PBA Special Achievement Award, recognizing commitment to pro bono work and student-related programs, 2010

Recipient, Ballard Spahr's Alan J. Davis Award, recognizing implementation of firmwide pro bono project, 2009

Recipient, Michael K. Smith Award, recognizing commitment to public service activities, 2008

Recipient, United States Park Police Award of Recognition, recognizing national implementation of Wills for Heroes program, 2008

Recipient, American Bar Association Star of the Year Award, recognizing national implementation of Wills for Heroes program, 2007

Publications

Co-author, "Litigation, Subprime Lending, and the Financial Crisis," The Philadelphia Lawyer, Winter 2009

Community Activities

Coaches Ballard Spahr-sponsored Constitution High School mock trial team

Board Memberships

Wills for Heroes Foundation
Member, 2007-present; Secretary, 2008-present

Temple Law Alumni Association, Executive Board
Director; Co-Chair, Recent Graduate Division

Variety: The Children's Charity, Young Variety Division, past member

Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D. 2004, cum laude)
Symposium Editor, The Political and Civil Rights Law Review; published major symposium, "Vision and Revision: The Fourteenth Amendment"; Member, National Trial Team (Regional Champion, 2004); President, Student Bar Association

The Catholic University of America (B.A. 1999, cum laude)

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

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. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey

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