Timothy Katsiff > Ballard Spahr LLP > Philadelphia, United States > Lawyer Profile
Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
1735 MARKET STREET, 51ST FLOOR
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7599
PENNSYLVANIA
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Timothy Katsiff
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Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Timothy Katsiff is Co-Leader of the firm’s Class Action Litigation Team. He represents companies, as well as directors and officers, in securities class actions, derivative actions, and merger litigation. He represents audit and special committees of boards of public companies, broker-dealers, and individuals in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and self-regulatory organization proceedings.
Tim also handles business torts, trade secrets and patent suits, and environmental, insurance, and banking cases. He has defended public companies in merger-related shareholder suits in California, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. He has represented major financial institutions in various matters. His experience also includes defending a major energy company in a large commercial contract dispute and representing a defense contractor in various contract disputes.
At Ballard Spahr, Tim is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and its Securities Enforcement and Corporate Governance Litigation Group.
Memberships
American Inns of Court
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
Education
Cornell Law School (J.D. 1994)
Articles Editor, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy
University of Chicago (B.A. 1991, With Honors in the College and Special Honors)
Personal
Admissions
Pennsylvania
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, and 11th Circuits
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania
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.
Lawyer Rankings
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