Chiacchia & Fleming LLP: Attorneys at Law

Lisa A. Ball is the newest addition to Chiacchia & Fleming, LLP, practicing in the areas of personal injury, labor & employment and criminal law. Ms. Ball joined the firm in September 2007 as a law clerk and became an associate attorney in February 2009. Ms. Ball graduated, with distinction, from the University of Toronto in 2005 with an Honors Bachelor of Arts. She then went on to receive her Juris Doctor from the University at Buffalo Law School in 2008 where she was awarded the Robert J. Connelly Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy.

While in law school, Ms. Ball served as a contributing editor to the school’s student newspaper, The Opinion, and was a member of the University’s Criminal Law Society. Ms. Ball also participated in the law school’s trial team program, representing the law school at various trial competitions nationwide and receiving high accolades for her skills as an advocate. She now takes great enjoyment in giving back to the University at Buffalo Law School by serving as a coach for its trial team program.

A native Western New Yorker, Ms. Ball is of counsel to Sophie’s Club, Inc., a local not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing respite care opportunities for Western New York’s mentally and developmentally disabled, and is an active volunteer with Hospice Buffalo. Ms. Ball also currently serves as an attorney advisor for the Frontier High School Mock Trial Team.

Ms. Ball is admitted to practice in all of the Courts of the State of New York, as well as the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Erie County Bar Association and the New York State Defender’s Association.