Norman Goldberger > Ballard Spahr LLP > Philadelphia, United States > Lawyer Profile
Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
1735 MARKET STREET, 51ST FLOOR
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7599
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Norman Goldberger
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
M. Norman Goldberger is a member of the firm’s Elected and Expanded Boards and co-leads the firm’s Municipal Securities Regulation and Enforcement Team. He concentrates on complex commercial matters, including securities litigation, consumer fraud class actions, restrictive covenants, derivative actions, internal investigations, False Claims Act litigation, RICO litigation, and issues relating to the availability of insurance coverage for commercial litigation matters.
Norman has represented clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 public clients in industries including financial institutions, stock brokerages, investments/securities, accounting, cable and telecommunications, real estate investment trusts, real estate partnerships, construction, engineering, equipment leasing, semiconductors, chemicals, retail, manufacturing, and hospitals and health care facilities.
Admissions: Pennsylvania
Memberships
American Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1978)
Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review
Order of the Coif
University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
The Philadelphia office of Ballard Spahr LLP is home to partners with extensive experience in securities litigation, who frequently advise companies and their officers and directors on everything, from derivative actions and regulatory or internal investigations to special committee representations and shareholder class actions. Practice leader David Axelrod (who is ‘an up-and-coming national legal star’) is the standout partner, having a long-standing reputation as a first-chair trial lawyer for the defense in government-facing litigation involving the SEC and DOJ. He is currently representing the former CFO of First Energy in a case arising from allegations that the company paid bribes for political influence. Norman Goldberger, who co-leads the firm’s municipal securities regulation and enforcement team, experienced regulatory litigator John Grugan and Timothy Katsiff (who ‘has terrific judgment, is extremely knowledgeable, and responds promptly’) are also pivotal figures in the practice. Goldberger assisted Wrap Technologies with securities fraud litigation in California, and shareholder derivative litigation.
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