Patricia J. Ballard, Esq.

Patricia J. Ballard is an attorney with Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Chtd., LLP’s Real Estate and Finance and Corporate and M&A practice groups in the firm’s Concord, N.H., office. She has a wide range of experience advising business and banking clients on creditors’ rights issues, including secured and unsecured lending, collections and bankruptcy. Ms. Ballard counsels chapter7 trustees in asset recovery and the avoidance of preferential transfers, and has represented numerous banks and other creditors in bankruptcy proceedings and state law collection cases. She also has experience representing corporate clients on transactional and corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, asset-purchases and corporate governance issues. In addition, she has background in advising government clients on matters ranging from government investigations and audits to compliance with open meetings and open records laws. Prior to re-joining Preti Flaherty, Ms. Bal-lard practiced in the areas of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights at a law firm in Lexington, Ky. She received her undergraduate degree from Merrimack College and her J.D. from Boston College LawSchool.