Ballard Spahr LLP

Litigation

Partner, Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr's Antitrust and Competition Group, and Co-Leader of its False Advertising Litigation Team

Leslie E. John is the Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr's Antitrust and Competition Group and Co-Leader of its False Advertising Litigation Team. Leslie concentrates on antitrust and complex litigation, and she has represented clients—many of them in the pharmaceutical and health care industries—in federal and state courts and before the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. She also advises on antitrust issues in mergers and acquisitions, including securing pre-merger clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, and counsels clients on antitrust compliance and risk management.

Admissions

California

Pennsylvania

U.S. Supreme Court

Philadelphia Bar Foundation, President, 2019-present; Vice President, 2007-2018; Board of Trustees, 2010-present; Secretary, 2013-2016; Co-Chair, 50th Anniversary Gala

Philadelphia Diversity Law Group, Co-President, 2019-present; Vice President, 2016-2018; Board of Directors, 2011-present

Forum of Executive Women, 2017-present

WOMEN'S WAY (nation's oldest women's funding federation), General Counsel, 2007-present

Ballard Spahr's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council, Member

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (J.D. 1987) Associate Editor, California Law Review Member, Moot Court Board

University of California, Berkeley (A.B., summa cum laude, 1984)