Krystal Bordoni-Cowley is a Real Estate associate who focuses her practice on real estate transactions and investments matters.
Krystal has extensive experience advising Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), private equity funds, institutional lenders, developers, and energy companies across all sides of a transaction. Her background spans multiple asset classes, including medical offices, mixed-use properties, hospitality franchises, condominiums, and renewable energy infrastructure.
Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, Krystal was a real estate associate at a Chambers-ranked law firm, where she led and advised on large-scale real estate due diligence, complex leasing management for multibillion-dollar portfolios, land use matters, and construction loan financing. She has also served as local real estate counsel on high value energy matters, including major natural gas acquisitions and solar project developments. Recognized for her leadership in the legal community, she was selected as a 2026 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow and regularly speaks at industry events. Krystal also maintains a robust pro bono practice and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Professional Highlights
Pro Bono Experience
- Represents indigent clients in tangled title matters and deed transfers
- Provides legal name change services for indigent LGBTQIA+ clients
- Participated in criminal expungement clinics
- Researched statistics, statutes, and case law, and drafted portions of an amicus brief regarding a paternity suit against a lesbian couple in the Minnesota Court of Appeals
- Reviewed and analyzed federal policies, executive orders, and regulations that incite gender-based violence and reduce international human rights engagement for a nonprofit
Judicial Internships
Hon. Lee A. Solomon, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2020
Hon. Roslynn R. Mauskopf, U.S. District Court for the Easten District of New York, 2019
Board Memberships & Community Service
Board of Directors, Philadelphia Sinfonia, 2025-present
Credentials
Education
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2021)
Managing Editor, Drexel Law Review
Faculty Award, Outstanding Achievement in Legal Ethics
Mount Holyoke College (B.A., with honors, 2009)
Admissions
Pennsylvania