Ballard Spahr LLP
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Joanne Phillips
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.
AdmissionsPennsylvania
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