Peter Ball joined Sally & Fitch LLP in 2002 after spending the previous 12 years at Hill & Barlow, the last eight as a Member of the firm. A former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of New York, Peter concentrates his practice in the representation of clients in white-collar criminal matters, government investigations and complex civil litigation.

Peter has tried approximately 30 cases, principally jury trials, in Massachusetts, New York, Florida and New Hampshire federal courts and Massachusetts state courts.  His appellate work has included arguing criminal and civil appeals and receiving reported decisions from the U.S. Courts of Appeals for three different federal circuits and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Included among Peter's reported cases are: North Bridge Assocs., Inc. v. Boldt, 274 F.3d 38 (1st Cir. 2001); Dukakis v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 53 F.3d 361 (D.C. Cir. 1995); and U.S. v. Butt, 955 F.2d 77 (1st Cir. 1992).

Peter has frequently appeared on bar association and other panels, presenting on criminal and civil litigation topics. He has been a guest commentator on New England Cable News and has published articles in publications as diverse as Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, The Boston Bar Journal, Commonweal, and International Company and Commercial Law Review.

Peter graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University in 1981. He received his J.D. from Columbia University Law School in 1985, where he was Executive Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. Following law school, Peter served as a law clerk to the Hon. Leonard B. Sand, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. He was formerly a member of the Steering Committee of the Boston Bar Association's Criminal Section, and he has served as member of the Criminal Justice Act panel, receiving appointments to represent indigent defendants in federal criminal cases. For the past several years, Peter has served as President of the Columbia Law School Alumni Association of Boston.