Dara Smith > 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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Dara Smith
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Work Department
Finance
Position
Associate
Career
Dara N. Smith is an associate in the firm’s Finance Department, focusing her practice on public finance matters. She has served as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and borrower’s counsel on a variety of public infrastructure financing, including charter school, university and multifamily housing matters. She has experience representing governmental entities, health and educational institutions and other private entities developing infrastructure projects. She also has experience in drafting bond documents, official statements, remarketing circulars, continuing disclosure agreements and bond resolutions relating to tax-exempt bond issuances on behalf of local development corporations, industrial development agencies and other governmental agencies. Dara finds fulfillment in helping healthcare and higher education institutions improve their facilities to better serve local communities.
Admissions
New York
Pennsylvania
Memberships
Pennsylvania Bar Association
New York State Bar Association, Business Law Section, Derivatives and Structured Products Committee
American Bar Association, Business Law Committee
Teach for America, Alumni CorpsMember
Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity, Pardon Clinic Volunteer
Education
American University, Washington College of Law (J.D. 2017)
Article Editor, “The Modern American Brief”
George Washington University (B.A. 2012)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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