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
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
William E. Flynn | 32 years, retired 2019 | Litigation | Minneapolis
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
Richard S. Fox | 14 years, retired 2001 | Public Finance | Salt Lake City
Carl H. Fridy | 48 years, retired 2021 | Commercial Finance | Philadelphia
Christopher J. Fritz | 18 years, retired 2018 | Real Estate | Baltimore
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
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
Philip B. Korb | 36 years, retired 2021 | Real Estate | Philadelphia
Robert P. Krauss | 13 years, retired 2015 | Business and Finance | Philadelphia
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
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
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
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
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
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
Nelson S. 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
Naomi N. Young | 8 years, retired 2016 | Labor and Employment | Los Angeles
Gary York | 14 years, retired 2021 | Western Real Estate Finance | Los Angeles