James M. Ball

Practice Areas

• Finance
• Financial Institutions
  • Banks
  • Commercial Finance
  • Savings Associations
• Litigation
  • Consumer Lending and Lender Liability
  • Financial Institutions Litigation
• Real Estate
  • Acquisitions, Sales/Dispositions, and Leasing
  • Commercial and Residential Development

Industries

• Building, Construction, and Design Services

Education

• The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1974
• Miami University, B.A., 1971, Phi Beta Kappa

Bar & Court Admissions

• Ohio

Mr. Ball is a retired partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a was member of the commercial and real estate practice group. He has extensive experience counseling clients involved in secured lending and related workout arrangements, with emphasis in personal property/asset base lending activities, as well as real estate secured lending transactions. Mr. Ball also has substantial transactional and litigation experience with federal and state consumer laws, including Ohio's Retail Installment Sales Act, Consumer Sales Practices Act, the federal Truth in Lending Act, the Real Estate Settlement Act, and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act.

Career Highlights Include:

• Being one of two lawyers primarily responsible for all legal work associated with the development, implementation and documentation of a large urban commercial development project
• Being one of two lawyers primarily responsible for negotiation and documentation of a large bank's acquisition of a competitor bank's lines of business which currently constitute Red Capital Markets
• Being responsible for negotiating and documenting a large construction project for a major manufacturer

Mr. Ball is a member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association and the Columbus Bar Association.

Mr. Ball received his J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School and his B.A. from Miami University where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Eta Sigma.

Honors & Awards

• Columbus CEO, Top Lawyers in Columbus, 2010-2012
• Ohio Super Lawyers, Banking, 2004
• The Best Lawyers in America in Real Estate Law, 2007-2013
• The Best Lawyers in America, Construction Law, 2013
• The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2006-2008
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated

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