Philadelphia law firm opens Bethesda office
Law firm Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll is expanding into Bethesda with an eye on boosting its real estate practice.
The Philadelphia-based firm, which also has a sizable Baltimore presence, is staffing the Bethesda office with four new attorneys, all lured from Linowes and Blocher.
Roger Winston, Timothy Martin and Marc DeCandia have joined Ballard Spahr as partners, and Shelah Lynn Lynn is of counsel.
This is the third office Ballard Spahr has opened in the past six weeks. The firm set up shop in Las Vegas in July and Phoenix in August.
Winston is a prominent counselor to real estate developers, builders and lenders. Martin focuses on real estate acquisitions and sales and common-interest project development, and DeCandia concentrates on condominium and community association development law. Lynn has extensive experience representing condo and homeowners associations, the firm said.
Their additions "will make our dynamic real estate practice even stronger," Ballard Spahr Chairman Arthur Makadon says in a statement. "They will bring more depth and breadth to our practice and enable us to capitalize on the rapid economic growth occurring in the suburban D.C. region."