Mary Jo George > Ballard Spahr LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
1909 K STREET, NW
12th FLOOR
WASHINGTON DC 20006-1157
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mary Jo George
Work Department
Finance
Position
Partner and Practice Leader of Housing Group
Career
Mary Jo George is the Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr’s Housing Group. Mary Jo focuses primarily on multifamily and senior facility real estate finance transactions. She is especially experienced in FHA insurance, Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac conventional and bond credit enhancement programs.
Admissions:
District of Columbia
Maryland
Memberships
American Bar Association
Maryland Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
Education
George Washington University Law School (J.D. 1985, with honors)
Georgetown University (A.B. 1982, magna cum laude)
Member, Phi Beta Kappa
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate
Ballard Spahr LLP represents leading banks, special servicers, private equity firms, REITs, CMBS lenders, and borrowers in the full breadth of complex transactional, leasing and development work. It is particularly known for its strength in land use, tax structuring, condominiums and hospitality resort developments. Department chair Amy McClain sits in the Baltimore office, with complementary assistance from Mary Jo George and Molly Bryson in Washington DC, head of its housing finance and affordable housing teams, respectively. James Walston in Minneapolis focuses on real estate development. For hotel developments and distressed assets, Christopher Payne in Denver and Dominic De Simone in Philadelphia, are recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense