Ballard Spahr LLP
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Jon Laria
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Partner
Career
Jon M. Laria is a member of Ballard Spahr's Expanded Board, Managing Partner of the firm's Baltimore office, and a member of the firm's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council. He represents owners, developers, investors, and lenders in all types of commercial real estate transactions, including development, finance, acquisition, and leasing. Jon also has a leading land use and zoning practice and has provided counsel for some of Baltimore's most prominent development projects. Before becoming an attorney, he was employed by a major Baltimore-based developer, where he engaged in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions.
Jon served on the Transition Teams for Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Comptroller Bill Henry. He chairs the Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Commission, charged by the mayor with promoting bicycling and other forms of micromobility as a safe and convenient form of transportation and recreation, and coordinating City agency implementation of the City's Bicycle Master Plan. He previously served as a mayoral appointee on Baltimore's Tax Policy Task Force and on the group that developed a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the City.
AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
Maryland
Memberships
Maryland Building Industry Association (MBIA), Chair of the Baltimore City Chapter
American Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
Maryland Bar Association
Bar Association of Baltimore City
Urban Land Institute, full member
International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
Johns Hopkins University, past faculty member, Master's in Real Estate program
Maryland's continuing legal education program, past instructor, "Advanced Real Estate Transactions"
Ballard Spahr's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council
Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC)
Central Maryland Transportation Alliance (CMTA)
Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc., Vice Chair
Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Commission, Chair
Blue Ribbon Commission on Ethics & Accountability, Baltimore County
Baltimore Jewish Council, past President
Johns Hopkins University, past Trustee
Johns Hopkins Alumni Association, Baltimore, past President
Land Bank Task Force
Live Baltimore, past President
Public Policy Advisory Board of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, past Chair
ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, Regional Investment Committee, past Chair
Baltimore City Historical Society
Beth Am Synagogue
Greater Baltimore Committee's Leadership program, past participant
Lake Roland Nature Council
Maryland Center for History and Culture
Education
University of Maryland School of Law (J.D. 1992, with honors) Articles Editor, Maryland Law Review
Johns Hopkins University (B.A. 1985)