Ballard Spahr LLP
Client SatisfactionLawyers
Leslie John
- Phone215.864.8212
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner, Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr's Antitrust and Competition Group, and Co-Leader of its False Advertising Litigation Team
Career
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.
AdmissionsCalifornia
Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships
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
Education
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)