J. Thomas Bashore > Ballard Spahr LLP > Baltimore, United States > Lawyer Profile
Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
111 S. Calvert Street
27th Floor
BALTIMORE, MD 21202-6174
United States
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
J. Thomas Bashore

Work Department
Business and Transactions
Position
Of Counsel
Career
J. Thomas Bashore II works with real estate investment trusts and other public and private companies. He concentrates in business formation, corporation law and corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, public reporting and disclosure obligations, and public offerings of debt and equity securities.
Admissions: Maryland
Memberships
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law
Maryland State Bar Association, Section of Business Law
Education
Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D. 2001)
Executive Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Duke University (A.B. 1994, cum laude)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
(Rising stars)At Ballard Spahr LLP, the team is predominantly led out of Maryland by experienced practitioners Douglas Fox and Charles Moran, who represent public and private REITs on complex corporate mandates, including acquisitions, equity and debt offerings and financing transactions. The team also handles high-value IPOs. Co-heads Craig Ganz, who splits his time between Los Angeles and Arizona, and real estate partner Wendi Kotzen in Philadelphia are also key members of the group, focusing on finance and federal level taxation matters, respectively. Counsel J. Thomas Bashore advises on business formation and corporation law.
Lawyer Rankings
- Rising stars - United States > Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Real estate investment trusts (REITs) - United States > Real estate
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
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Media, technology and telecoms > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Project finance