Firm Statistics
Current as of May 6, 2008
Office statistics:
| Office |
No. of Lawyers |
Founded |
| Baltimore |
41 |
1992 |
| Bethesda |
10 |
2006 |
| Denver |
36 |
1981 |
| Las Vegas |
12 |
2006 |
| Los Angeles |
13 |
2007 |
| Philadelphia |
239 |
1886 |
| Phoenix |
28 |
2006 |
| Salt Lake City |
43 |
1987 |
| Voorhees, NJ |
47 |
1999 |
| Washington, DC |
50 |
1978 |
| Wilmington, DE |
6 |
2002
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| Total: |
525 |
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Percentage of Male and Female Partners: 78.95% male/ 21.05% female
Percentage of Male and Female non-partner lawyers (associates, counsel, of counsel, special counsel, and staff attorneys): 47.84% male/ 52.16% female
Percentage of partners and non-partners: 43.10% partner/ 56.90% non-partner
Percentage of Billable Hours Dedicated to Pro Bono Work: 3%
Starting Salaries
For First-year Associates (Effective July 2007):
| Baltimore |
$130,000 |
| Bethesda |
$130,000 |
| Denver |
$123,000 |
| Las Vegas |
$123,000 |
| Philadelphia |
$135,000 |
| Phoenix |
$123,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
$123,000 |
| Voorhees, NJ |
$130,000 |
| Washington, DC |
$142,500 |
| Wilmington, DE |
$135,000 |
Firm Rankings:
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Ranked #98 on the AmLaw 100 list for 2008 (ranked by revenue).
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Ranked #11 by The Deal on Top Bankruptcy Law Firms per number of active cases as of December 31, 2007.
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The Deal ranked three of our lawyers in the top 10 of Top Bankruptcy Lawyers per number of active assignments as of December 31, 2007.
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Ranked #9 by In-House Counsel for Firms that Appear Most in Fortune 250’s Public Filings - Labor & Employment Litigation
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Ranked #81 on the NLJ 250 list (ranked by number of attorneys).
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Corporate Board Member ranked Ballard Spahr as one of Philadelphia's top corporate law firms in 2004 through 2007 and ranked #1 in 2007.
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Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers Directory selected sixty-seven Ballard Spahr lawyers as “Leaders in Their Field” for 2008.
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Eighty-one Ballard Spahr lawyers were named Best Lawyers in America for 2008.
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Fifty Ballard Spahr Lawyers were named 2007 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer.
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Ranked #53 on the AmLaw A-List for Diversity.
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MultiCultural Law listed Ballard Spahr as one of the Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity in 2007.
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Ranked #2 on the 2007 Philadelphia Business Journal's Top 25 Law Firms list (ranked by number of local employees).
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