Norman Goldberger > Ballard Spahr LLP > Philadelphia, United States > Lawyer Profile

Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 MARKET STREET, 51ST FLOOR
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7599
PENNSYLVANIA
United States

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 securities litigation practice in Ballard Spahr LLP‘s Philadelphia office ‘delivers practical and concise advice’. Highly-respected trial lawyer David Axelrod leads the practice and Norman Goldberger co-leads the firm’s municipal securities regulation and enforcement team, while the ‘practical, commercially-focused’ Timothy Katsiff frequently handles securities class actions and derivative actions for companies, also stand out. Axelrod’s recent highlights include acting for pharmaceutical company Teva in a case alleging the company engaged in price fixing, and the team also recently negotiated a deferred prosecution that allowed the company to continue as a going concern in the US. John Grugan left the team in March 2024.