Mr. Ballard focuses his practice in estate planning, trusts administration, nonprofit organizations, taxation and business planning.
Mr. Ballard is a recipient of the 2007Attorney of the Year Award from Community Legal Resources. He is AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Ballard currently serves on the Board of Directors of FIRST (Michigan), the Board of Directors of the Dispute Resolution Center in Ann Arbor, the Governance Committee of Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW) in Ann Arbor, on the Advisory Board of the Eyak Preservation Council in Cordova, AK, and on the Certifying Board of the National Association of Legal Assistants in Tulsa, OK.
Before joining Honigman, Mr. Ballard was a partner at the Bodman law firm. He was previously a shareholder with Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith in Lansing and worked as a tax associate with a major accounting firm.