Minority Partners in Majority/Corporate Law Firms Online Directory View Partners Alphabetically - By Specialty - By Location - By Firm Name: Stephanie L. Franklin-Suber Law Firm: Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP Address: 1735 Market Street, 48th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599 Phone Number: 215-864-8203 Email: franklinsubers@ballardspahr.com Specialty Areas: Corporate and Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Technology and Emerging Companies; Project Finance; Securities; Public Finance; and Securitization Licenses: Pennsylvania 1982 Education and Honors: J.D. University of Pennsylvania Law School 1982, Black Law Journal; B.A. Vassar College 1979, Economics, Omicron Delta Epsilon (National Economics Honor Society), Harriet McPherson Scholar, Eloise Ellery Fellowship (Law); Northwestern University 1978, Summer Program for Minority Students sponsored by the American Economic Association (graduate school preparatory program); The Springside School 1975, Valedictorian, National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist Professional Background: September 2000 to present: Partner, Business & Finance Department, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, PA January 2000 to September 2000: Chief of Staff, Mayor John F. Street, Philadelphia Pennsylvania December 1996 to December 1999: City Solicitor, Mayor Edward G. Rendell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; November 1996 to December 1996: Acting City Solicitor, Mayor Edward G. Rendell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; March 1994 to November 1996: Chair, Corporate Group, City of Philadelphia Law Department; January 1992 to February 1994: Partner, Business Department, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia Pennsylvania; September 1986 to December 1991: Associate, Business Department, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; September 1985 to August 1986: Law Clerk, Judge Clifford Scott Green, United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania; September 1983 to August 1985: Law Clerk, Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Fall 1998, Fall 1999: Adjunct Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Appellate Advocacy I; September 1982 to August 1983: Research Associate, Teaching Assistant and Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania Department of Sociology (graduate program), Racial Justice and the Sociology of Law, Methodology of Legal Research. Major Clients: The Firm's major clients include: GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation, Legg Mason, PNC Bank, DuPont, SmithKline Beecham, Hercules Incorporated, AIM Management Advisors, Arthur Anderson & Co., Drexel University, University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, The Philadelphia 76ers, The Philadelphia Phillies, ISO New England, Inc., PECO Energy Company, USAIRWAYS, GE Capital, Comcast, and the City of Philadelphia Public Service/Community Affairs: Commissioner, Governor's Advisory Commission on African-American Affairs; Chair and Member, Federal Magistrates' Merit Selection Panel for the Appointment of Magistrates; General Counsel, The Pennsylvania Association for Blind Athletes; General Counsel, The Program for Female Offenders of the Delaware Valley Inc.; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Omega Omega Chapter Board Memberships and/or Corporate Directorships: Founding Member, The African-American Chamber of Commerce; Advisory Board,African-American Historical and Cultural Museum; Director and General Counsel, The Urban Education Development Research and Retreat Center; Director, The Fund for an Open Society; Director, American Heart Association, Philadelphia Chapter   View Partners Alphabetically - By Specialty - By Location - By Firm