Ball is the author of several books on the subjects of LGBT rights, the First Amendment, and Constitutional law.
Ball completed a bachelor of arts in political science and history, summa cum laude, at Tufts University in 1986.
[1][2] Ball was a clerk for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1990 to 1991.
He worked for the Legal Aid Society as a criminal defense attorney from 1991 to 1993.
Ball was served as legal council for HIV and Tuberculosis policy for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from 1993 to 1994.