Jason Leckerman > 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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Jason Leckerman
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner and Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department
Career
Jason A. Leckerman is Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department. He focuses on antitrust and competition, product liability, and commercial litigation and regularly counsels clients on antitrust compliance and risk. In addition, he assists private and public companies in analyzing potential mergers and acquisitions, and in obtaining clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.
At Ballard Spahr, Jason is a member of the Expanded Board, Partner-in-Charge of the litigation mentoring program in the Philadelphia office, and is Partner-in-Charge of the United Way Campaign.
Admissions
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
Memberships
American Bar Association
Ballard Spahr’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council
Community Legal Services, President
Philadelphia Legal Assistance, President
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001)
Member, Order of the Coif
Recipient, James A. Manderino Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy
George Washington University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
Ballard Spahr LLP frequently acts in high-stake matters in the pharma, agricultural, retail and financial sectors. The firm is well versed in monopolization and conspiracy claims, and also has experience handling allegations of tying and no poach agreements. Practice head Leslie John specializes in pharmaceutical and healthcare antitrust litigation and counsels on antitrust compliance particularly in relation to mergers and acquisitions. Jason Leckerman chairs the firm’s litigation department and acts on both sides of antitrust and competition matters. Stephen Kastenberg has extensive experience in representing private and Fortune 100 multinational companies in litigation involving collusive dealing, price discrimination and more. Other key attorneys include monopolization and conspiracy case expert Edward Rogers and New York based James Mitchell, who focuses on both criminal and civil litigation. Jay Fastow is no longer at the firm. All lawyers are in Pennsylvania unless otherwise stated.
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