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Over 139 years in business, Ballard Spahr has earned a reputation as the place to go for clients looking for help in matters of litigation, transactions and regulatory compliance. It also has a reputation as a good place for women to practice law.

The managing partner of the firm’s Minneapolis office is Karla Vehrs. She oversees 102 employees, and about one-third of the office’s equity partners are women. Also in Minneapolis, Barbara Lano Rummel is co-leader of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group; Maggie Tatton leads the Private Equity Group; and April Hamlin leads its Environmental, Social, and Governance Initiative as well as co-leading the Agribusiness Group.

The firm’s elected board is more than 50% women and has been for several years. Likewise, more than half of its 2024 summer associates identify as women.

Occupying two floors of the IDS Tower, Ballard Spahr has thrived since its 2018 merger with Lindquist & Vennum. The firm’s revenues in recent years have consistently hovered around the half-billion-dollar mark.

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