John E. Ballow

1985, New York
1986, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York and U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York
1992, U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin and U.S. Supreme Court
1996, U.S. District Court Northern, Southern, Eastern Districts of New York and Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan

National College of Advocacy, ATLA, 1998. Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Examiners (ABFE), 1998. Master, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1995.

Trial Lawyer, The Ballow Law Firm, P.C., 8226 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14221, Phone: (716) 634-0500, January 1, 2001 - Present; Trial Lawyer, Ballow, Braisted, O'Brien & Rusin, P.C, Buffalo, New York 14221, July 1995 - December 2000; Trial Lawyer, James J. Moran, P.C., Williamsville, New York 14221, March 1994 - July 1995; Trial Lawyer, Paul William Beltz, P.C., Buffalo, New York, 1987 - 1994; Deputy Town Prosecutor, Town of Newstead, Akron, New York, 1994 - 2002; Town Prosecutor, Town of Newstead, Akron, New York, 1986 - 1993; Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C., 1984 - 1986.

Erie County (Member: Judiciary Committee, 1990-1993; Member: Negligence Committee, 1990); New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA); Sustaining Member (Member: Silicone Breast Implant Litigation Group, 1991-1996; Member: Scuba Diving Litigation Group, 1992-1996; Member: Aquatic Injury Safety Group, 1996-Present; Member: Birth Trauma Litigation Group, 1994- Present); New York State Trial Lawyers Association: Speakers Bureau, 1990-Present; National Board of Trial Advocacy: Brief Reviewer, 1998-Present; American Board of Trial Advocates: Charter Member, Buffalo Chapter, 1998-Present; American College of Legal Medicine; American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics; American Society of Neuro-rehabilitation; New York Society of Medical Jurisprudence; New York Council for Exceptional Children; National Association of Legal Investigators; Million Dollar Advocates Forum; American Inns of Court: Master; Trial Lawyers Care (TLC): Volunteer Lawyer representing victims of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks; State of New York Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled: Member, Surrogate Decision-Making Committee, 2004-Present.

AV Rated, Martindale Hubbell, January 31, 2003 - Present; Western New York Trial Lawyers Association Award For Excellence in Trial Technique, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law, 1984 (Connelly Award); Distinguished Alumni of the Year for 2010, Capital University Law School.

Liability of Ladder Manufacturers: Knowing the Steps to Take: Presented at the Annual Convention of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, San Francisco, California, July, 1993; Bashing The Law and Its Servants. Keynote Address given at the commencement of the National Academy for Paralegal Studies, Buffalo, New York, July, 1993; 1993 Annual Convention of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, San Francisco, California, August 1, 1993; Scuba Diving Accidents: Litigating in Uncharted Waters. Annual Convention of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Chicago, Illinois, July 1994.; Investigation of Scuba Diving Accidents. Presented at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Legal Investigators, Buffalo, New York, July, 1994; How to Try a Neck and Back Case; New York State Bar Association, Buffalo, New York, October, 1998; Products Liability Post-Kumho Tire: Strategy and Practice. New York State Bar Association, Buffalo, New York, September 29, 1999; Association of Trial Lawyers of America 2000 Annual Conference, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, National College of Advocacy, Chicago, Illinois, July 29, 2000; Trial Technique Seminar, University at Buffalo School of Law, Amherst, New York, September 18, 2000; Trial Technique Course, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, LLP (In-House), September 29, 2000; Expert Witness Disclosure and Disclosure Immediately Prior to Trial, Charles S. Desmond Inn of Court, Buffalo, New York, January 18, 2001; 2001 National Mock Trial Competition, New York State Bar Association - New York State Bar Association's Trial Lawyer Section, Buffalo, New York, February, 2001; Survival Strategies for Life After Law School, Civil Litigation, Buffalo, New York, March 24, 2001; Wrongful Death Cases in New York; Lorman Publications, Buffalo, New York, January, 2002, 2003, 2004; Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases in New York, Lorman Education Services, Buffalo, New York, January 23, 2002; Charles S. Desmond Inn of Court, Federal and State Court Depositions and Preliminary Hearings: Preparation of Witnesses, Buffalo, New York, November 12, 2002; Winning Medical Malpractice Cases: The Trial of a Psychiatric Malpractice Case. Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Cleveland, Ohio, November 15, 2002; Winning Medical Malpractice Cases: The Trial of a Psychiatric Malpractice Case. Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, Columbus, Ohio, November, 22, 2002; Faculty Member: 2002 Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Winter Conference: Re-Enactment of Liebeck v. McDonald's, Direct Examination of Plaintiff's Thermo-Dynamics Expert; Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases in New York, Lorman Education Services, Buffalo, New York, June 11, 2003; Select Topics for Legal Staff, Lorman Education Services, Buffalo, New York, November 23, 2004; Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases, Lorman Education Services, Buffalo, New York, August 3, 2005; Practice Skills: Basics of Civil Practice, The Trial, New York State Bar Association, Buffalo, New York, November 29, 2005; Inside the Jury: Influencing Damage Awards, Lorman Education Services, Amherst, New York, February 17, 2006; Building Your Civil Trial Skills, National Business Institute, February 9, 2007, Buffalo, New York; Premier Trial Skills & Strategy, Erie Institute of Law, Amherst, New York, March 9, 2007. (Expert Witness Lecture); Expert Witnesses: Procedures, Discovery and Trial Issues, Lorman Education Services, Buffalo, New York, April 20, 2007; Inside the Jury: Influencing Damage Awards, Lorman Education Services, Buffalo, New York, May 22, 2007; Litigating to Win Through Advanced Trial Advocacy, National Business Institute, Buffalo, New York, December 7, 2007; Building Your Civil Trial Skills, National Business Institute, Buffalo, New York, March 11, 2008; Care and Compassion for Life Course for Surrogate Decision-Making Committee Panelists, New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, November 21, 2008; United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York invited Lecture on Expert Witness Preparation, September 17, 2010.

Median Nerve Laceration: Look Beneath the Surface, Journal of Medical Malpractice Prevention, Vol. VI, No. 8 (1992). Summation in Minsterman v. National Car Rental, published on Audio Tape. Million Dollar Arguments, Professional Techniques Library, Cohasset, MA, 1993; OB-GYN Malpractice Prevention, Aug. 1997, Case Lesson, Failure to Follow-up Atypical Pap Smear Misses Cervical Cancer; Reviewer for The Federal Judicial Center's 2004 publication of the Manual for Complex Litigation, 4th Edition.