Dan H. Ball

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Dan H. Ball

Dan H. Ball

Senior Trial Counsel

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Dan H. Ball

Dan H. Ball

Senior Trial Counsel

Dan H. Ball

Senior Trial Counsel

St. Louis

T: +1 314 259 2200

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Biography

Dan is one of the firm’s most successful and experienced jury trial lawyers. His practice emphasizes product liability and other litigation. Dan has served as lead trial counsel for many major corporations in hundreds of high-exposure cases in state and federal courts around the country, including dangerous venues such as the City of St. Louis and Jackson County in Missouri, Cook, Madison and St. Clair Counties in Illinois, Hinds County, Mississippi, Hidalgo County, Texas and Los Angeles County, California.

Dan has been a fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers since 1997. Based on a poll of his peers, Dan was selected by Best Lawyers as "Lawyer of the Year" in his practice area in St. Louis for 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2021. He also was selected in 2020 for the inaugural America's Most Honored Lawyers (top 5% of all attorneys in the U.S. as recognized by award organizations). He also is Band 1 in Chambers.

Dan has served as a lead counsel in multiple multi-district litigations in various venues. He has also served as the leader of national and regional counsel defense teams for several companies and has assisted companies in the development of product liability defense programs. His practice focuses not only on defending companies in litigation but also on counseling manufacturers regarding efforts to reduce litigation. Dan has been involved extensively in the negotiations of multiple nationwide mass tort settlements.

Dan has represented manufacturers of a wide variety of products including multiple pharmaceuticals, medical devices, child car seats, tires, automobiles, forklifts, power tools, children’s products, all-terrain vehicles, trucks and trailers, and railroad equipment. He also has been lead counsel in several commercial litigation disputes, including business tort lawsuits and multi-state class actions.

Civic Involvement & Honors

  • Chambers USA - Band 1, 2005-2023 
  • The Best Lawyers in America©, 1997-2023
  • Benchmark Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, 2022
  • Missouri "Local Litigation Star," Benchmark Litigation Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, 2021
  • Best Lawyers® 'Lawyer of the Year' - Personal Injury Defense - St. Louis, 2018, 2021
  • Best Lawyers® 'Lawyer of the Year' - Product Liability Defense - St. Louis, 2015, 2020
  • America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators for Missouri, 2019
  • Top 50 Lawyers in St. Louis, Missouri-Kansas Super Lawyers
  • Legal 500 US
  • Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers
  • International Who's Who of Business Lawyers - Product Liability

Professional Affiliations

  • The American College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
  • Product Liability Advisory Council - Sustaining Member
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Lawyers for Civil Justice - Member

Admissions

Missouri

Illinois

United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri and Northern, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois Pro Hac Vice in more than 50 venues

United State Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Education

University of Missouri, J.D., Order of the Coif

Bradley University, B.A., cum laude

Related Practice Areas

  • Class Actions & Mass Torts

  • Financial Services

  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution

  • Antitrust Class Actions

  • Shareholder Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Food, Ag & Nutrition (Class Actions)

  • Regulation, Compliance & Advisory

  • Catastrophic Accidents

  • Consumer Fraud

  • Consumer Products

  • Food, Ag & Nutrition

  • Insurance (Class Actions)

  • Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices (Class Actions)

  • Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices (Mass Torts)

  • Class Actions

  • Mass Torts & Product Liability

  • Employment Class & Collective Actions

  • Sports (Class Actions)

  • Data Privacy, Telecommunications & Collections

  • Toxic Tort

  • Aviation, Aerospace & Defense

  • Business & Commercial Disputes

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