Wesley S. Stevenson

Wesley Stevenson is a member of the firm's Litigation Department, focusing on issues related to the environment and natural resources. As a summer associate for Ballard Spahr, Wes assisted in structuring lease, contract, and sales agreements and provided research for various civil matters. She has also provided extensive analysis of environmental regulations and researched environmental issues arising in day-to-day business operations, transactions, and litigation.

As a law student, Wes lead a team in successfully lobbying the City of Philadelphia to reform its juvenile justice policies, earning national news attention and a citation from Philadelphia City Council. Prior to attending college, she served for two years as an Americorps member with City Year Chicago and City Year Washington, D.C.

Judicial Clerkship

Hon. Cathy Bissoon, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 2018-2020

Publications

Co-author, "Seventh Circuit: Class Action Limitations Tolling Stops Upon Dismissal, Regardless of Appeal," Ballard Spahr alert, November 20, 2017

Co-author, "Double Punishment: Philadelphia’s Practice of Charging Parents for Their Child’s Incarceration Costs," November 2016

Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2017)
Temple Law Review, Staff Editor
Order of the Coif
Clinical Legal Education Association National Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Project, 2017

University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy (B.A. 2011)

Pennsylvania

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit