Awards and Rankings

With 78 Lawyers and 19 Practices Listed, Ballard Spahr Shines in The Legal 500's 2022 Guide

June 16, 2022

Seventy-eight Ballard Spahr attorneys and 19 firm practices have been recognized for national strength by The Legal 500 in the 2022 edition of the highly regarded annual guide to the U.S. legal industry.

The Ballard Spahr practices recognized in the recently released 2022 guide span legal disciplines, demonstrating the firm’s exceptional capabilities across regulatory, transactional, and litigation practices. In addition, three Ballard Spahr attorneys were named “Leading Individuals”—“true market leaders” based on recognition from clients and peers: Gregory L. Seltzer in M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m); Brian M. Pinheiro in Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; and William C. Rhodes in Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy) – Municipal.

The Ballard Spahr practice areas recognized by The Legal 500 for 2022 are:

Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense

Dispute Resolution – Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense

Dispute Resolution – Financial Services Litigation

Dispute Resolution – Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action – Automotive/Transport –Defense

Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans: Design

Finance – Financial Services Regulation

Finance – Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy) – Municipal

Fintech

Industry Focus – Energy: Renewable/Alternative

Labor and Employment – Labor-Management Relations

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)

Media and Entertainment: Litigation

Project Finance: Advice to Lenders

Project Finance: Advice to Sponsors

Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning

Real Estate – Real Estate

Real Estate – Real Estate Finance

Real Estate – Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Securities Litigation: Defense

 

The Ballard Spahr attorneys recognized by The Legal 500 for 2021 are:

Antitrust - Civil Litigation/Class Action – Defense

Leslie E. John

Stephen J. Kastenberg

Jason A. Leckerman

James A. Mitchell

Edward D. Rogers

Dispute Resolution - Financial Services Litigation

Alan S. Kaplinsky

Daniel JT McKenna

Dispute Resolution - Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action - Automotive/Transport

David A. Haworth

Brian N. Kearney

Kristen A. Petagna

Roberto A. Rivera-Soto

J. Matt Thornton

Trevor Taniguchi

Neal Walters

Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design

Brian M. Pinheiro

Edward I. Leeds

Finance - Financial Services Regulation

Daniel JT McKenna

David H. Medlar

Finance - Project Finance

Raymond W. Faricy, III

Patrick R. Gillard

Bruce F. Johnson

Katie Leesman

Dirk Michels

Steve T. Park

John P. Smolen

Matthew J. Vantusko

John C. Wheatley

Finance - Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy) - Municipal

Tobey M. Daluz

David J. Fernandez

Kimberly D. Magrini

Chantelle McClamb

William C. Rhodes

Dara N. Smith

Matthew G. Summers

William P. Wassweiler

Fintech

Peter Jaslow

Ronald K. Vaske

Industry Focus - Energy: Renewable/Alternative

Raymond W. Faricy, III

Patrick R. Gillard

Bruce F. Johnson

Katie Leesman

Dirk Michels

Steve T. Park

Matthew J. Vantusko

Labor and Employment - Labor-Management Relations

Shannon D. Farmer

Denise M. Keyser

Brian D. Pedrow

Steven W. Suflas

M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)

Brian D. Doerner

Gregory L. Seltzer

Maggie M. Tatton

Media and Entertainment: Litigation

Seth D. Berlin

Michael Berry

David J. Bodney

Jay Ward Brown

Chad Bowman

Kaitlin M. Gurney

David D. Schulz

Charles D. Tobin

Leita Walker

Real Estate - Land Use/Zoning

Thomas G. Bennett

Alyssa Domzal

David M. Gest

Jon M. Laria

Matthew N.McClure

Steven P. Mehr

Joanne Phillips

James R. Walston

Real Estate - Real Estate

Thomas A. Hauser

Tina R. Makoulian

Amy M. McClain

Bart I. Mellits

Roger D. Winston

Real Estate - Real Estate Finance

Glenn J. Figurski

Thomas A. Hauser

Siobhan M. O’Donnell

Jeffrey S. Page

Raymond A. Quaglia

Kelly M. Wrenn

Real Estate - Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Charles R. Moran

Craig Solomon Ganz

Douglas M. Fox

J. Thomas Bashore II

Wendi L. Kotzen

Securities Litigation: Defense

David L. Axelrod

M. Norman Goldberger

John C. Grugan

 

For media inquiries, please contact Bill Shralow at 215.864.8195.

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