Steve Park
Steve Park

Steve T. Park

Associate

parks@ballardspahr.com
Tel 215.864.8533
Fax 215.864.8999
Philadelphia

Steve T. Park is an associate in the Public Finance Department and a member of the P3/Infrastructure, Health Care, and Transactional Finance Groups, as well as the Korea Initiative. His practice spans all areas of public finance. Mr. Park advises issuers, underwriters, borrowers, and purchasers in connection with the structuring, issuance, offering, placement, remarketing, and restructuring of tax-exempt and taxable municipal securities and other debt instruments and derivatives. He serves as bond, borrower's, and underwriter's counsel to various clients, including investment banking firms, higher education institutions, state housing agencies, health care institutions, utilities, school districts, and municipalities. 

Mr. Park also advises clients in all phases of transportation and infrastructure projects. Some notable engagements include: 

  • Virginia Department of Transportation – I-95 HOT Lanes Project – Serves as special counsel to the Department in a public-private partnership for the development of HOT Lanes on I-95 in northern Virginia
  • Colorado Department of Transportation – US 36 Managed Lanes Project – Served as TIFIA Counsel to the High-Performance Transportation Enterprise in connection with a TIFIA Loan to redevelop and construct high-occupancy managed toll lanes on US 36 between Denver and Boulder
  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – Southport Project – Represented the Commonwealth and the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority in connection with the greenfield development of a new marine container terminal facility and related facilities in Philadelphia
  • Federal Railroad Administration – Denver Union Station – Represented the FRA in connection with a Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing Loan to redevelop and rehabilitate Denver Union Station, a 50-acre intermodal transit public-private development in downtown Denver, which will serve as a regional multimodal hub
  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Turnpike – Represented the Commonwealth in connection with the proposed privatization of the Pennsylvania Turnpike

Pro Bono Experience

  • Active participant in election monitoring with the Committee of Seventy
  • Served as a child advocate through the Support Center for Child Advocates

Professional Activities

Philadelphia Bar Association

National Association of Bond Lawyers 

Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers

Community Activities

Before joining the firm, Mr. Park worked in several capacities serving the needs of underprivileged, special-education, and at-risk children and teenagers.

University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 2006)
Senior Editor, Journal of International Economic Law

Dartmouth College (B.A. 1998)

Languages

Korean

Pennsylvania