Ballard Spahr

aid: ballard-spahr
name: Ballard Spahr
description: Ballard Spahr LLP is a national U.S. law firm founded in 1885 and headquartered in Philadelphia. Following its
  January 1, 2025 combination with Seattle-based Lane Powell, the firm operates as a "nationally recognized firm of more than
  750 lawyers across 18 U.S. offices" with departments in Business and Transactions, Finance, Intellectual Property, Litigation,
  and Real Estate. The firm has historic depth in consumer financial services, real estate, public finance, and IP, and runs
  widely read thought-leadership properties including the Consumer Finance Monitor blog (with public RSS feed) and the Business
  Better podcast. Ballard Spahr does not expose any public developer API, SDK, OpenAPI spec, or developer portal — its only
  machine-readable surface is the Consumer Finance Monitor RSS feed.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
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created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
kind: company
tags:
- Banking
- Bankruptcy
- Class Action
- Commercial Litigation
- Consumer Financial Services
- Corporate
- CFPB
- Cybersecurity
- Data Privacy
- Employment Law
- Environmental
- ESG
- Finance
- Fintech
- Government Affairs
- Healthcare
- Intellectual Property
- Labor
- Law
- Law Firm
- Legal
- Legal Services
- Litigation
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mortgage
- Privacy
- Private Equity
- Public Finance
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Finance
- Regulatory
- REITs
- Securities
- Tax
- Trademarks
- White Collar Defense
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ballard-spahr-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ballardspahr.com
- type: About
  url: https://www.ballardspahr.com/about-us
- type: Services
  url: https://www.ballardspahr.com/services
- type: People
  url: https://www.ballardspahr.com/people
- type: Offices
  url: https://www.ballardspahr.com/offices
- type: Insights
  url: https://www.ballardspahr.com/insights
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.consumerfinancemonitor.com
- type: RSS
  url: https://www.consumerfinancemonitor.com/feed/
- type: Podcast
  url: https://www.ballardspahr.com/insights/podcasts
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ballard-spahr-llp
- type: Wikipedia
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard_Spahr
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.ballardspahr.com/contact
x-firm-profile:
  founded: '1885'
  headquarters: 1735 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  chair: Peter V. Michaud
  lawyers: 750+
  offices: 18
  revenue: $484 million USD (2024, pre-Lane Powell)
  structure: Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
  positioning: National Strategic Law Partners
x-departments:
- Business and Transactions
- Finance
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation
- Real Estate
x-practice-areas:
- Anti-Money Laundering
- Bankruptcy and Restructuring
- Class Action Litigation
- Commercial Finance
- Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Construction
- Consumer Financial Services
- Corporate
- Corporate Real Estate
- Eminent Domain
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Environmental
- Government Affairs and Public Policy
- Immigration
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Investment Management
- Labor and Employment
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mixed-Use Development
- Patents
- Privacy and Data Security
- Private Equity
- Product Liability and Mass Tort
- Public Finance
- Real Estate Development and Property Rights
- Real Estate Finance
- Real Estate Transactions and Investments
- REITs
- Securities and Capital Markets
- Securities Enforcement and Corporate Governance Litigation
- Tax
- Trademarks and Copyrights
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
- Zoning and Land Use
x-industries:
- Agribusiness
- Banking
- Education
- Energy
- Gaming
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Manufacturing
- Real Estate
- Technology
x-initiatives:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Blockchain Technology
- Climate Change
- Cryptocurrency
- ESG
x-offices:
- Anchorage
- Atlanta
- Baltimore
- Boulder
- Delaware
- Denver
- Las Vegas
- Los Angeles
- Minneapolis
- New Jersey
- New York
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Portland
- Salt Lake City
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Sioux Falls
- Washington, DC
x-mergers:
- name: Needle & Rosenberg
  year: '2008'
  location: Atlanta
- name: Stillman & Friedman
  year: '2013'
  location: New York
- name: Lindquist & Vennum
  year: '2018'
  location: Minneapolis
- name: Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz
  year: '2017'
  location: Media/First Amendment
- name: Lane Powell
  year: '2025-01-01'
  location: Seattle / Pacific Northwest
  note: Combination effective January 1, 2025 forming "a nationally recognized firm of more than 750 lawyers across 18 U.S.
    offices."
x-blogs:
- name: Consumer Finance Monitor
  url: https://www.consumerfinancemonitor.com
  rss: https://www.consumerfinancemonitor.com/feed/
  description: CFPB, federal agencies, state agencies, and attorneys general — consumer financial services regulation and
    enforcement coverage from the firm's Consumer Financial Services Group.
- name: CyberAdviser
  url: https://www.ballardspahr.com/insights/blogs/cyberadviser
  description: Privacy, data security, and cybersecurity law.
- name: HR Law Watch
  url: https://www.ballardspahr.com/insights/blogs/hr-law-watch
  description: Labor and employment law.
x-podcasts:
- name: Business Better
  description: Firm-wide podcast covering business and legal developments.
- name: Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast
  description: Companion podcast to the Consumer Finance Monitor blog.
x-developer-surface: none
x-developer-surface-notes: Ballard Spahr publishes no public developer API, SDK, CLI, OpenAPI/AsyncAPI specification, JSON
  Schema, GraphQL endpoint, webhooks, status page, changelog, or developer portal. The only machine-readable surface is the
  Consumer Finance Monitor RSS 2.0 feed at https://www.consumerfinancemonitor.com/feed/. There is no GitHub organization at
  github.com/ballardspahr or any other identifiable handle.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com