Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP is pleased to welcome a new Partner, Matthew R. Palmer-Ball, to its Litigation and Dispute Resolution Service Team. Before joining Wyatt, Mr. Palmer-Ball served as a Trial Attorney in Washington, D.C. with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

“We’re thrilled to have Matt join our litigation team at Wyatt,” said Byron Leet, leader of Wyatt’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution team. “Matt’s extensive trial experience is increasingly rare in this day and age. To have a strong litigation group, you need that experience.”

Mr. Palmer-Ball has tried 36 trials to verdict, including all aspects of trial, pretrial, and post-trial litigation.  He has conducted a wide range of sensitive grand jury investigations concerning bribery, fraud, insider trading, and violent crimes. Previously, Mr. Palmer-Ball worked in private practice in Washington, D.C. where he represented financial institutions, industrial corporations, and executives in a wide variety of civil, criminal, and regulatory matters. Following law school, Mr. Palmer-Ball clerked for the Honorable Boyce F. Martin, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Mr. Palmer-Ball received his B.B.A., cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame in 2005. He then received his J.D., cum laude, from the Northwestern School of Law in 2009.