Bloomberg Law
Sept. 12, 2017, 12:15 PM UTC

Ballard Spahr Acquires NY First Amendment Boutique

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

In the latest addition to its growing media practice, Philadelphia’s Ballard Spahr is set to acquire the 25-lawyer first amendment law boutique, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz.

Earlier this summer, in June, the firm added Charles Tobin, a former Holland & Knight partner and in-house lawyer for Gannett, as co-chair of its national media and entertainment practice, based in Washington, D.C.

Firmwide chairman Mark Stewart said the practice group, which primarily represents corporate media companies in various litigation, will have about 10 partners in total and aims to establish itself as the premiere first amendment practice in the country. Lawyers ...

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