Overview

Mallory Ball is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP's Atlanta office. Her legal practice focuses on insurance coverage, bad faith, and professional liability. As a member of the firm’s Insurance Coverage and Extra-Contractual Liability National Practice Section, she represents insurance companies in first-party and third-party claims both in and out of the courtroom. A significant portion of her work involves analyzing coverage and extra-contractual exposure and handling litigation, including declaratory judgment actions and defending against bad faith allegations. She also defends legal professionals and represents insurance agents and agencies as part of FMG’s Professional Liability/Errors and Omissions National Practice Section. She also serves on the Lawyers Professional Liability and Property Insurance Coverage Interdisciplinary Teams.

Prior to rejoining FMG, Ms. Ball practiced at an international law firm where she focused on first-party property coverage disputes, business interruption claims, contingent business interruption claims, and subrogation matters under various insurance policy types, including all risk, builder’s risk, homeowners and event cancellation.

Before entering private practice, Ms. Ball served as an Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellow at the Emory Law Volunteer Clinic for Veterans, assisting veterans with service-connected disability benefits and discharge upgrades.

Bar Admissions

Georgia

Affiliations

  • Secretary, CLM Greater Atlanta Chapter

Awards & Recognition

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for Insurance Law, Best Lawyers, 2022–2026
  • Women in the Law, Best Lawyers, 2022–2024
  • Graduate, FMG Law Top Gun Trial Academy

Education

J.D. (with honors)
Emory University School of Law

B.S.
Kennesaw State University

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