The firm has continually grown by number of attorneys, practices, and offices throughout the United States since inception.

Ballard opened its Denver office in 1981, beginning the firm's growth in the Rocky Mountain and Southwest regions.

[9] The firm opened an office in New York City in 2013, joining with Stillman & Friedman, a white collar defense and securities litigation and enforcement boutique.

[10][11] It has also acquired First Amendment litigation boutique Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz in 2017, bolstering Ballard's national media and entertainment law practice, as well as Lindquist & Vennum, a firm that focuses on middle-market deal making.

Litigators at the firm advise market players in securities and antitrust class actions, patent infringement cases, white collar defense matters, and federal and state appeals.