Eve L. Balistra

Eve Balistra is an Attorney at Kelley Kronenberg, specializing in first-party property insurance defense and general liability and third-party insurance defense.  

Eve began her legal career as a legal research assistant at a Philadelphia law firm supporting mass tort cases, followed by a role as Coordinator of Appeals at the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office. She then gained valuable experience through various legal externships and clerkships, including positions at environmental and complex litigation firms. Most recently, she was an associate at a Boston-based law firm, where her work focused on issues related to real estate transactions and environmental law 

Eve completed dual degrees at Muhlenberg College, earning a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and a Bachelor of Arts in History, where she served as Treasurer and Vice President of the Asian Student Association. She went on to earn her Juris Doctor from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, where she served as Diversity Editor of the Environmental Law Journal, Secretary of the Jewish Law Student Association, and participated in the CARES Clinic for Asylum, Refugee & Emigrant Services. 

During her academic career, Eve demonstrated a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion initiatives, serving on the Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court’s Diversity Committee, maintaining active membership in the Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and establishing the first DEI initiative for Villanova’s Environmental Law Journal. Her academic excellence was recognized through numerous honors, including a nomination for the Fulbright Scholarship and receipt of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation Environmental & Energy Law Section Minority Scholarship. 

Eve is fluent in Hebrew and has basic proficiency in Spanish.