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Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
2000 IDS CENTER 80
SOUTH 8TH STREET
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-2119
MINNESOTA
United States
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James Walston
Position
Partner and Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr’s Real Estate Development and Transactions Group
Career
James R. “Jim” Walston is the Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr’s Real Estate Development and Transactions Group. He is a commercial real estate attorney with 35 years of in-depth professional and industry experience covering a broad range of commercial real estate matters in Minnesota and throughout the United States.
Jim’s practice presently includes legal representation of clients in connection with commercial real estate purchases, sales, leases, real estate finance transactions, public transportation projects, zoning and land use matters and real estate loan workouts.
Jim also serves as a reliable and experienced resource for small- to mid-market owner-managed businesses in Minnesota and South Dakota on a variety of real estate-related and general corporate matters.
Admissions
Minnesota
South Dakota
Memberships
American Bar Association, Real Property Trust and Estates and Business Law sections
Minnesota State Bar Association, Real Property Law Specialist (certified in 1991)
Hennepin County Bar Association
Pro Bono — Volunteer Lawyers Network (VLN) Real Estate Clinic
Pro Bono — Northeast Senior Services, Inc. Legal Clinic
Volunteer — Ujamaa Place
Volunteer — Urban Homeworks
Education
William Mitchell College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law) (J.D. 1985)
University of Nebraska (B.A., Political Science, 1982)
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