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J. Scott Ballenger

+1.202.637.2145 scott.ballenger@lw.com

Work Department

Scott Ballenger devotes his practice to appellate and Supreme Court litigation, as well as strategic analysis and briefing in antitrust and other high-stakes district court litigation. He principally represents clients before the Supreme Court and other federal and state appellate courts in cases spanning a wide range of areas, including antitrust, constitutional law, business and environmental issues, intellectual property issues and white-collar criminal and regulatory matters.

Position

Litigation Partner

Career

http://www.lw.com/people/j-scottballenger

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Insurance > Advice to policyholders
• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• Antitrust > Cartel
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Finance > Commercial lending
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
• Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Environment > Environment: regulatory
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Finance > Fintech
• Real estate > Land use/zoning
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Real estate > Land use/zoning
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Environment > Environment: regulatory
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Real estate > Land use/zoning
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Healthcare > Life sciences
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Environment > Environment: regulatory
• Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
• Finance > Project finance
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Energy > Renewable/alternative power
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Environment > Environment: regulatory
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
• Industry focus > Sport
• Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
• Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
• Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
• Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
• Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies

Firm Rankings

• International Trade > CFIUS
• Intellectual property > Copyright
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
• Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
• Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
• Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
• Dispute resolution > International litigation
• Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Healthcare > Service providers
• Finance > Structured finance: securitization
• International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
• Government > Government contracts
• Healthcare > Health insurers
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
• Dispute resolution > International arbitration
• Finance > Financial services regulation
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)