John R. Ball, Esq. — Partner

• Focuses practice in areas of estate planning, Medicaid and elder law planning, charitable planning, probate administration, estate administration, guardianships, adoptions, and litigation involving probate matters
• Has extensive experience in the preparation of estate plans, including wills, powers of attorney and health care directives, the design and preparation of Medicaid and elder law plans, the preparation of trust agreements for charitable, estate tax, and special needs purposes, the administration of guardianships and decedent’s estates, the administration of trusts, and planning for estate, gift and income tax issues in both pre-death and post-death contexts
• Member of the National Academy Of Elder Law Attorneys and is an associate editor of the NAELA Law Review
• Member of the Ohio State Bar Association Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section
• Frequent speaker on estate planning, estate administration, elder law and Medicaid topics for the Ohio Bar Association, the Professional Systems Education Institute (PESI), county probate councils and civic groups throughout northwest Ohio

• Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio (J.D., 1987)
• University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio (B.A., 1984)

• Ohio Bar (1988)
• Supreme Court of Ohio (1988)
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims (1999)
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (1990)
• U.S. Supreme Court (1997)
• Member: Ohio Bar Association
• Member: Erie County Bar Association

• Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
• Associate Editor, NAELA Law Journal
• General Counsel, Bellevue Hospital Foundation
• General Counsel, Endowment Fund of the Immaculate Conception Church, Bellevue, Ohio
• Member, Board of Trustees and Planning Council, Stein Hospice
• Member of Ad Hoc Committee, Serving Our Seniors

John is married to wife, Lisa, and together they  have four children: Nathan, Joey, Alivia, and Katie.