Ballard Spahr LLP is an
AmLaw 100 law firm practicing throughout the
United States
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. Founded in 1885, the law firm focuses on litigation, securities and regulatory enforcement, business and finance, intellectual property, public finance, and real estate matters. The firm is headquartered at
1735 Market Street in
Philadelphia.
History
Ballard Spahr originated in
Philadelphia in 1885 and became known as 'Ballard and Spahr' in the early 1900s when
University of Pennsylvania alumni Ellis Ames Ballard and Boyd Lee Spahr began practicing law together. The firm has continually grown by number of attorneys, practices, and offices throughout the United States since inception.
The firm opened its first office outside of
Philadelphia in 1978, with the opening of its
Washington, D.C. office. Ballard subsequently opened its
Denver office in 1981, beginning the firm's growth in the Rocky Mountain and Southwest regions. The firm later opened offices in
Salt Lake City in 1987,
Baltimore and
New Jersey
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in 1992, and
Delaware
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in 2002.
Ballard Spahr acquired Needle & Rosenberg, P.C., an intellectual property boutique firm in Atlanta in 2008, expanding the firm's IP services and expanding to the Southeast. The firm opened an office in New York City in 2013, joining with Stillman & Friedman, a white collar defense and securities litigation and enforcement boutique.
The firm has also acquired First Amendment litigation boutique Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz in 2017, bolstering Ballard's national media and entertainment law practice, as well as,Lindquist & Vennum, a firm that focuses on middle-market deal making.
Practice areas
Ballard Spahr is a general practice law firm with a particular emphasis on litigation. Litigators at the firm advise market players in securities and antitrust class actions, patent infringement cases, white collar defense matters, and federal and state appeals. The firm has a large
real estate practice in the United States, encompassing real estate finance,
conveyancing,
construction, and
development. The firm also has a significant presence in
mergers and acquisitions,
securities and securities enforcement, and other areas of
corporate law, including the representation of
sports franchises. The firm has also represented government entities in the issuance of
municipal bonds and other
tax-exempt
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instruments. The firm also practices in the areas of
labor & employment,
insurance law Insurance law is the practice of law surrounding insurance, including insurance policies and claims. It can be broadly broken into three categories - regulation of the business of insurance; regulation of the content of insurance policies, especial ...
,
environmental law,
tax law and other related sub-disciplines.
[http://www.ballardspahr.com/about/practice.asp Full list of practice areas]
See also
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White-shoe firms
References
External links
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{{Philadelphia Corporations
Law firms established in 1886
Law firms based in Philadelphia
1886 establishments in Pennsylvania