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Ballard Spahr LLP Offices

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

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Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Special Counsel

Career

Joanne Phillips has extensive experience in zoning and land use, real estate development, acquisitions and sales, leasing, eminent domain matters, easements and right-of-way issues, and real estate financing. She has represented business clients, cultural institutions, hospitals, and universities in real estate development and real estate finance.

Admissions

Pennsylvania

Memberships

Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, Board Member

The Counselors of Real Estate®, Delaware Valley Chapter, past Chair, 2015; awarded the CRE® credential in 2011; Chair of  Legal and Insurance Group, 2020

Government Finance Officers Association

Pennsylvania State Association of County Controllers

Urban Land Institute, Member, Philadelphia Council, Women’s Leadership Council

Philadelphia Bar Association, past Chair, Real Property Section; past member, Real Property Section Executive Committee; past Co-Chair, Section’s Land Use, Zoning and Enforcement Committee

Delaware County Bar Association- Women in Law Committee, Judicial Selection Committee

Pennsylvania Bar Association, Administrative Law Section and Real Property Section

American Bar Association, Real Property and Probate Section

Education

Widener University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1987)
Law Review Executive Board, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law; Member, Moot Court Honor Society; Member, Phi Delta Phi (legal honor fraternity)

Ursinus College (B.A. 1980, with departmental honors)
Presidential Scholar, 1976-1980

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