John P. Ball is a shareholder in the Financial Institutions department and the Litigation department.  He concentrates his practice in the areas of litigation and transactions in banking, commercial law and corporations.  He represents creditors, developers, and national and local banks in large transactions and commercial litigation.  Examples of litigation include dismissal by summary judgment of five lender liability claims and receiving $44 million summary judgment for 45 participant banks on a loan guaranty.  Representative clients include JP Morgan Chase N.A., BankFirst, FDIC, First Utah Bank, Pacific Western Bank and Mountain America Credit Union.  He is the past president of the Utah State Bar Banking & Finance section.

John also practices plaintiffs' personal injury/wrongful death, plaintiffs' medical malpractice and products liability litigation.

John graduated, cum laude, from West Virginia University with a bachelor of science in business administration concentrating in the area of finance. He worked for several years as a financial analyst with Electronic Data Systems and was later commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force. While in the Air Force, John served as a navigator on the C-130 Hercules and flew missions in theaters throughout the world. In 1991 John was deployed with his squadron to the United Arab Emirates in support of the first Persian Gulf War.

After leaving the Air Force, John graduated in 2002 from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah where he received the Outstanding Achievement Award in Legal Writing. He served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Chief Justice Richard C. Howe of the Utah Supreme Court. While in law school, John served as Editor-in-Chief of the Utah Law Review.

Related Activities and Skills:

• Editor-in-Chief of the Utah Law Review
• Past President, Utah State Bar, Banking & Finance Section
• Member, Utah State Bar Character & Fitness Committee
• American Health Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• Salt Lake County Bar
• Copy Editor Utah Bar Journal 
• Judicial Intern for the Honorable Chief Justice Richard C. Howe of the Utah Supreme Court