Peter E. Ball
Top rated White Collar Crimes attorney in Boston, Massachusetts
Fitch Law Partners LLP
Practice Areas: White Collar Crimes, Business Litigation, General Litigation; view more
Licensed in Massachusetts since: 1985
Education: Columbia Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2005 - 2024 Call today:
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Fitch Law Partners LLP
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As a partner at New England law firm Fitch Law Partners LLP, Peter E. Ball provides legal services to people in Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island. He represents clients in a range of criminal defense matters, including mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, white collar crimes and government investigations. Mr. Ball also handles cases involving complex civil litigation, business disputes, unfair business practices and probate litigation.
Mr. Ball graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University before going on to attend Columbia Law School. He received his Juris Doctor in 1985.
For more than 20 years, Mr. Ball has represented a number of clients that include large corporations and private individuals. He has experience trying cases at both the state and federal court levels. Mr. Ball is admitted to practice law in both Massachusetts and New York, as well as before the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
His dedication to the needs of his clients and high legal standards has helped Mr. Ball to earn the respect of his peers. He has received several awards and honors, including being named in The Best Lawyers in America* in 2013. Additionally, Mr. Ball is a member of the Boston Bar Association and has presented on topics pertaining to criminal and civil litigation at bar associations and other panels.
*The Best Lawyers in America® 2013. Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC
Practice areas
Criminal Defense: White Collar, Business Litigation, General LitigationFocus areas
Criminal Law - Federal, Litigation, Non-Compete Agreements, Restraining Order, Trade Secret, White Collar Crime
- 60% Criminal Defense: White Collar
- 30% Business Litigation
- 10% General Litigation
First Admitted: 1985, Massachusetts
Professional Webpage: https://www.fitchlp.com/attorney/peter-e-ball/
- President of the Columbia Law School Alumni Association of Boston
- Florida federal courts
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
- Member of the Criminal Justice Act panel
- New Hampshire
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit
- Formerly a member of the Steering Committee of the Boston Bar Association's Criminal Section
- New York
- Massachusetts
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Dukakis v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 53 F.3d 361 (D.C. Cir. 1995)
- Represented not-for-profit foundation that was beneficiary of a $20-million estate in complex will-contest action involving dozens of parties. Case settled with client receiving large bequest
- North Bridge Assocs., Inc. v. Boldt, 274 F.3d 38 (1st Cir. 2001)
- Represented limited partner in dispute with general partner over partnership distribution resulting from sale of the partnership's major asset, a large commercial property. Obtained $23 million summary judgment award for client
- Watson v. Baker, 44 Mass. 487 (2005)
- U.S. v. Butt, 955 F.2d 77 (1st Cir. 1992)
- Represented a jeweler in a federal criminal trial on charges that he knowingly received more than $1 million in stolen jewelry. Obtained acquittal of the client at trial
- Listed in the 2013 edition of Best Lawyers® a highly esteemed, national peer review guide of attorneys, 2013
- Brown University, B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, 1981
- Executive Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems
- Published articles in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly publications
- Published articles in The Boston Bar Journal
- Published articles in Commonweal
- Published articles in International Company and Commercial Law Review
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2005 - 2024
Top Lists
Top 100: Massachusetts Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2012, 2019 - 2024- Top 100: 2024 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2019 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2010 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2009 Massachusetts Super Lawyers
