Ballard Spahr's Denver office has grown by five with the addition of ANDREW PETRIE and SARAH WALLACE as partners, LISA LEE as of counsel, and two senior associates to its commercial litigation practice. All the attorneys came from Featherstone Petrie DeSisto.

JAKE CHO has joined Blank Rome as of counsel in its New York branch, where he will serve in the firm's financial services group. Cho previously worked as a senior director and analytical manager for Standard & Poor's structured credit group.