Retired Partners

Many of Ballard Spahr's retired partners continue to be professionally active in various ways after leaving the firm. They teach continuing legal education courses, write articles, and serve on the boards of nonprofits, among other activities. Many of them also remain as active members of the Ballard Spahr family. To contact a retired partner, please contact us by clicking here and we will connect you.

Michael L. Allen | 17 years, retired 2017 | Leasing, Real Estate | Salt Lake City

Lynn R. Axelroth | 34 years, retired 2019 | Real Estate | Philadelphia

John M. Bernard | 23 years, retired 2009 | Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation | Philadelphia

Jamie Bischoff | 37 years, retired 2019 | Intellectual Property | Philadelphia 

Martin C. Bryce, Jr. | 31 years, retired 2023 | Litigation | Philadelphia 

Beverly R. Budin | 13 years, retired 2012 | Family Wealth Management | Philadelphia

Blaine L. Carlton | 24 years, retired 2011 | Public Finance | Salt Lake City

Thomas D. Carlson | 21 years, retired 2019 | Business and Transactions | Minneapolis

Paul K. Casey | 20 years, retired 2015 | Real Estate | Baltimore/Washington, D.C.

Bruce L. Castor | 48 years, retired 2004 | Family Wealth Management | Philadelphia

Jeffrey T. Chappelle | 40 years, retired 2014 | Public Finance | Philadelphia

Jeffrey Cowman | 5 years, retired 2014 | Commercial Litigation | Denver

Christopher Cuneo | 3 years, retired 2021 | Emerging Companies and Venture Capital | Minneapolis

Roger V. Davidson | 8 years, retired 2001 | Business and Finance | Denver

Thomas H. Duncan | 22 years, retired 2011 | Business and Finance | Denver

Daniel W. Egan | 16 years, retired 2016 | Business and Finance | Salt Lake City

Carl A. Eklund | 10 years, retired 2013 | Litigation | Denver

Thomas R. Eshelman | 32 years, retired 2017 | Business and Finance | Philadelphia

Joseph A. Fanone | 26 years, retired 2022 | Finance | Washington, D.C.

Jay N. Fastow | 8 years, retired 2022 | Loss Recovery | New York

Morton P. Fisher, Jr. | 21 years, retired 2013 | Real Estate Development, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Leasing | Baltimore

Joseph P. Flanagan, Jr. | 38 years, retired 1994 | Governmental Bonds | Philadelphia

William E. Flynn | 32 years, retired 2019 | Litigation | Minneapolis 

Richard S. Fox | 14 years, retired 2001 | Public Finance | Salt Lake City

Stephanie Franklin-Suber | 21 years, retired 2022 | Business and Transactions | Philadelphia

Carl H. Fridy | 48 years, retired 2021 | Commercial Finance | Philadelphia

Christopher J. Fritz | 18 years, retired 2018 | Real Estate | Baltimore

David S. Fryman | 34.5 years, retired 2024 | Labor and Employment | Philadelphia

Robert C. Gerlach | 39 years, retired 2014 | Corporate and Project Finance | Philadelphia

David Gifford | 18 years, retired 2015 | Real Estate | Philadelphia

Loring E. Harkness III | 23 years, retired 2004 | Public Finance | Denver

Glenn A. Harris | 20 years, retired 2019 | Environment and Natural Resources, Litigation | New Jersey

William A. Hicks III | 16 years, retired 2022 | Public Finance | Phoenix

Wayne H. Hykan | 7 years, retired 2013 | Real Estate | Denver

Geoffrey A. Kahn | 40 years, retired 2021 | Litigation | Philadelphia

John B. Kearney | 12 years, retired 2018 | Litigation | New Jersey 

Steven B. King | 22 years, retired 2022 | Investment Management | Philadelphia

Philip B. Korb | 36 years, retired 2021 | Real Estate | Philadelphia

Robert P. Krauss | 13 years, retired 2015 | Business and Finance | Philadelphia

Laura L. Krenz | 6 years, retired 2023 | Real Estate | Minneapolis

John B. Langel | 41 years, retired 2016 | Litigation | Philadelphia

Nancy M. Lashnits | 3 years, retired 2011 | Public Finance | Phoenix

Mary G. Lawler | 20 years, retired 1999 | Financial Planning/Management | Philadelphia

Vincent J. Marriott III | 30 years, retired 2022 | Bankruptcy and Restructuring | Philadelphia

Kim I. McCullough | 5 years, retired 2014 | Franchise and Distribution | Denver

Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. | 31 years, retired 2018 | Environment and Natural Resources | Philadelphia

Richard D. McNeil | 45 years, retired 2021 | Mergers and Acquisitions | Minneapolis

Robert E. McQuiston | 38 years, retired 2000 | Tax | Philadelphia

Fred H. Miller | 2 years, retired 2019 | Business and Transactions | Minneapolis

William H. Needle | 8 years, retired 2016 | Intellectual Property | Atlanta

Benjamin R. Neilson | 53 years, retired 2017 | Business and Finance | Philadelphia

Lawrence K. Nodine | 15 years, retired 2023 | Intellectual Property | Atlanta

Jerold G. Oldroyd | 19 years, retired 2019 | Business and Transactions | Salt Lake City

Fredrick H. Olsen | 28 years, retired 2015 | Public Finance | Salt Lake City

Dennis O'Malley | 39 years, retired 2019 | Business and Transactions | Minneapolis

Debra K. Page | 37 years, retired 2020 | Real Estate | Minneapolis

Stanley W. Parry | 10 years, retired 2015 | Litigation | Las Vegas 

Steven D. Peterson | 24 years,retired 2020 | Resort, Hospitality, and Timeshare | Salt Lake City

David L. Pollack | 23 years, retired 2021 | Leasing | Philadelphia

H. David Prior | 45 years, retired 2015 | Public Finance | Philadelphia

Beverly J. Quail | 22 years, retired 2017 | Real Estate | Denver

Maureen M. Rayborn | 17 years, retired 2006 | Litigation | Philadelphia

Gregory Reed | 26 years, retired in 2018 | Real Estate | Baltimore

Louis W. Ricker | 44 years, retired 2009 | Tax | Philadelphia

Roberto A. Rivera-Soto | 12 years, retired 2023 | Litigation | New Jersey

Carl G. Roberts | 24 years, retired 2016 | Litigation | Philadelphia

J. Douglas Rollow III | 37 years, retired 2010 | Securities, Transactional Finance, Tax-Exempt Financing | Philadelphia 

Sumner C. Rosenberg | 5 years, retired 2013 | Intellectual Property | Atlanta

David R. Rudd | 19 years, retired 2020 | Business and Transactions | Salt Lake City

Mavis Van Sambeek |  29 years, retired 2020 | Private Client Services | Minneapolis

David C. Sampson | 6 years, retired 2014 | Real Estate | Los Angeles

Hugh A. Sargent | 35 years, retired 2001 | Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities | Philadelphia

Stephen M. Savage | 16 years, retired 2022 | Western Real Estate Finance | Phoenix

Linda B. Schakel | 33 years, retired 2019 | Finance | Washington, D.C.

Paul J. Schneider | 7 years, retired 2003 | Labor and Employment | Philadelphia

Howard H. Shafferman | 27 years, retired 2019 | Business and Transactions | Washington, D.C.

Michael W. Skojec | 11 years, retired 2018 | Litigation | Baltimore 

Edward D. Slevin | 25 years, retired 2013 | Mergers and Acquisitions | Philadelphia

Jeffrey L. Smith | 8 years, retired 2006 | Litigation | Denver

Patricia A. Smith | 16 years, retired 2019 | Labor and Employment, Litigation | New Jersey

Lyle B. Stewart | 13 years, retired 1996 | Business and Finance | Denver

Charles A. Stillman | 9 years, retired 2022 | Litigation | New York

Matthew M. Strickler |  37 years, retired 2002 | Health Care | Philadelphia

Michael Sullivan | 4 years, retired 2021 | Media and Entertainment Law | Washington, D.C.

Scott Towers |  26 years, retired 2020 | Business and Transactions | Philadelphia 

Anthony F. Visco, Jr. | 7 years, retired 2009 | Labor and Employment | Philadelphia

Dean C. Waldt | 20 years, retired 2020 | Litigation | Phoenix 

William Y. Webb | 38 years, retired 1999 | Business and Finance | Philadelphia

S. Nelson Weeks | 15 years, retired 2008 | Public Finance | Baltimore

Allan R. Winn | 24 years, retired 2017 | Real Estate | Washington, D.C.

Fred Wolf III | 27 years, retired 2019 | Real Estate Finance | Baltimore

John B. Wright II | 21 years, retired 2022 | Business and Transactions | Philadelphia

Naomi N. Young | 8 years, retired 2016 | Labor and Employment | Los Angeles

Gary York |  14 years, retired 2021 | Western Real Estate Finance | Los Angeles