Kaitlin Gurney > 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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Kaitlin Gurney
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Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Kaitlin M. Gurney is an experienced litigator who focuses on media law and white collar criminal defense.
Kaitlin defends media and entertainment companies in lawsuits alleging defamation and invasion of privacy, and she represents newsrooms in securing access to public records, documents, and court proceedings. She also regularly advises clients on pre-publication issues. Before becoming a lawyer, Kaitlin was a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer, where she covered the New Jersey statehouse. She also worked at The Charlotte Observer and the Raleigh News & Observer.
Kaitlin also advises clients during government investigations and defends them in litigation involving claims of fraud and abuse, particularly the False Claims Act. She is member of Ballard Spahr’s White Collar Defense/Internal Investigations practice as well as its Media and Entertainment Law Group.
Admissions
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Western, and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania
Languages
Spanish (conversational)
Memberships
ABA Communications Law Forum Governing Board, At-Large Member, 2018-2021
Media Law Resource Center Criminal Law Committee, Founder and Co-Chair
Helen Kate Furness Library Board, Wallingford, Pennsylvania, 2016-2019, Vice President
Wallingford, Pennsylvania Sidewalk Committee
Education
Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2009)
Note/Comment Editor, Temple Law Review
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (B.A. Journalism, American Studies, summa cum laude, 2000)
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Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense