Jason A. Leckerman

Jason A. Leckerman is a partner in the Litigation Department and a member of the Product Liability and Mass Tort, Antitrust, Commercial Litigation, E-Discovery and Data Management, and Consumer Class Action Litigation Groups. Mr. Leckerman focuses his practice on antitrust, pharmaceutical, and consumer fraud litigation and regularly counsels clients on antitrust compliance and risk. In addition, he regularly assists private and public companies in obtaining clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.

At Ballard Spahr, Mr. Leckerman serves on the Philadelphia Hiring Committee.

Representative Matters  

• Defended a pharmaceutical manufacturer in multiple, related antitrust litigations in Pennsylvania federal court
• Represents a plaintiff manufacturer in an antitrust claim in Delaware federal court
• Defended a pharmaceutical manufacturer in a private product liability arbitration
• Represents a pharmaceutical manufacturer in an investigation into marketing and promotional practices
• Defends title insurance companies from consumer class actions in Pennsylvania state and federal court

Pro Bono Experience

Mr. Leckerman maintains an active pro bono practice. He has represented clients in, among other areas, asylum proceedings, civil forfeiture cases, and Social Security disability claims. Mr. Leckerman also participated in advising the committee responsible for creating the Ethics Commission of the City of Philadelphia. In addition, he has assisted the American Bar Association with an amicus brief, participated in Ballard Spahr's clinic at the Sunday Breakfast Association, and assisted in the MLK Day legal clinics at Germantown and Martin Luther King Jr. High Schools. 

Judicial Clerkship

Hon. Marjorie O. Rendell, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association

Recognition & Accomplishments

Recipient, Ballard Spahr's 2011 Alan J. Davis Award, given to a member of the firm who demonstrates exemplary legal representation in a matter involving the public good, for his work as part of the Ballard Spahr Asylum Initiative

Recipient, The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly's 2010 "Lawyers on the Fast Track" award, given to select young Pennsylvania lawyers whose achievements have distinguished them among their peers

Recipient, Ballard Spahr's inaugural Alan J. Davis Award in 2008, for his success in helping a deaf woman from Guinea obtain asylum

Recipient, Pennsylvania Bar Association 2008 Pro Bono Award, in recognition of all of his pro bono work

Publications

Co-author, "Buyer (and Seller) Beware: Changes to Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification Requirements Critical to M&As," Ballard Spahr Alert, August 16, 2011

Co-author, "DOJ and FTC Issue New Guidelines for Review of Mergers and Acquisitions," Ballard Spahr Alert, August 20, 2010

Co-author, "Justice Department Announcement of $12 Million Settlement Signals Renewed Antitrust Scrutiny on Energy Markets," Ballard Spahr Alert, February 23, 2010

Co-author, "Unjust Enrichment: Unjust, Indeed," Law360, December 8, 2008

Co-author, "Update: Court Grants Class Action Status in Nurses' Wage-Fixing Case," Ballard Spahr Alert, August 7, 2008

Speaking Engagements

"Managing Discovery, ESI, and Privilege Issues in an Antitrust Context," Pennsylvania Bar Institute's "Basics of Antitrust Law" CLE, Philadelphia, February 22, 2010

Panelist, "Electronic Discovery – Taking Stock and Moving Forward," Ballard Spahr CLE, December 17, 2009

"Antitrust Law and the New Administration: Preparing for Increased Scrutiny and Reinvigorated Enforcement," Ballard Spahr CLE, December 9, 2009

"A Primer on Competition Law in the Oil and Gas Industry," Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, December 8, 2009

"Electronic Discovery in Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Bar Institute's "Discovery: Where Most Cases Are Won or Lost" CLE, Philadelphia, November 6, 2009; and Pittsburgh, October 28, 2009

"New Mood in Antitrust: Antitrust Law and the New Administration," Ballard Spahr CLE, June 16, 2009

Board Memberships

Community Legal Services, board officer
Philadelphia Legal Assistance, board officer
HIAS Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 2001, magna cum laude)  
Member, Order of the Coif; Recipient, James A. Manderino Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy

George Washington University (B.A. 1998, summa cum laude)

Pennsylvania

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit