Babst Calland Names Ackerman, Hall and McGovern Shareholders
PITTSBURGH, January 13, 2014 – Babst Calland, recently named Justin D. Ackerman, Christopher J. Hall and Sean M. McGovern shareholders in the firm.
Justin Ackerman, a member of the firm’s Business Services Group, concentrates his practice on representing mid-sized corporations, closely-held companies and family-owned businesses and their owners, providing a broad range of services including general corporate representation, real estate services and transactions, business succession techniques and dispute resolution. Mr. Ackerman also advises clients on aspects of corporate law such as choice and formation of entities, internal governance, mergers and acquisitions, and contract negotiation. His real estate practice involves the purchase and sale of developed and undeveloped commercial property, commercial leases on behalf of landlords and tenants and property tax assessment appeals. Mr. Ackerman earned a J.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University in 2005.
Chris Hall, a member of the firm’s Energy & Natural Resources and Title groups, concentrates his practice in the areas of energy, counseling clients on a wide range of oil, gas and mineral matters including oil and gas title opinions, title examination, business transactions and real estate, litigation, and contractual and regulatory issues. Mr. Hall earned his J.D. degree from Vermont Law School in 2004.
Sean McGovern, a member of the firm’s Environmental Services and the Energy & Natural Resources groups, counsels clients on a variety of federal and state regulatory issues related to coal mining, as well as conventional, coal bed methane, Marcellus, Utica and other unconventional shale gas well development, production, midstream activities, storage and transportation. He counsels clients on a wide range of environmental matters, including water withdrawal and disposal, erosion and sediment controls, air and water permitting, and other issues related to the disposal of produced fluids and other wastes generated by these industries. In addition, Mr. McGovern regularly handles industrial wastewater, waste management, and storage tank issues, as well as site reclamation and remediation. He also has experience with environmental transactions, including due diligence activities, and the river basin commissions located in Pennsylvania. Mr. McGovern earned his J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill in 2006.