In its second merger announcement in two weeks, Ballard Spahr has reached a deal to add 25 lawyers from media law boutique Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz.

The combination, announced Tuesday and effective Oct. 1, will add lawyers to Ballard Spahr's Washington, D.C., New York, Philadelphia, and Denver offices, growing the firm's media and entertainment law group.

“If you have the opportunity to be the pre-eminent lawyers in a certain practice area, you go for it,” Ballard Spahr chairman Mark Stewart said.