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No Exit Plan as Balch Drags Alabama Power Into the Manure Lagoon
When the Board of Directors of Alabama Power’s parent company, Southern Company, discusses future leadership, Mark A. Crosswhite, the CEO of Alabama Power, will probably be forever associated with the unsavory conduct, foolish antics, and baggage of Balch & Bingham, even though he left the firm years ago. The foolish leadership at Balch & Bingham appear to treat Crosswhite as their subordinate, not as a valued Chief Executive Officer of Alabama Power. Will Crosswhite be crossed-off as a possible successor to Southern Company’s current CEO Thomas A. Fanning? Balch looks like they never have thought about the consequences and detrimental…
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Balch Throws Drummond Under the Bus Again
Mike Tracy was sadly a sucker who drank Balch’s Kool-Aid. Garry Drummond is doing back-flips in his grave. On the eve of the abrupt departure of Drummond Company CEO Mike Tracy who was publicly criticized for cuddling with the embattled law firm, Balch & Bingham has handed the coal company a stinging farewell gift. In a panic over the $50 million civil lawsuit from ex-Drummond executive David Roberson, Balch demanded today that the judge in the case, the Honorable Tamara Johnson, sign a proposed order dismissing Balch from the civil lawsuit. The proposed order is exactly the same as the…
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Another Balch & Bingham Carcass? Black Hall Aerospace Tumbles as Probe Continues
In their 69-page brief before the Alabama Supreme Court in the Newsome Conspiracy Case, embattled law firm Balch & Bingham whines that they were not mentioned in the Report by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III, writing: BanBalch.com also stated that BanBalch.com/CDLU.org had been in contact with the Office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller about Balch. The now-public Mueller Report, however, does not mention Balch. Does the foolish leadership at Balch truly believe that we were not in contact with the Office of the Special Counsel because Balch failed at getting an honorable mention in the redacted report? Are these…
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La Paz: Crosswhite and Roberson Bump Into Each Other
Why couldn’t Mark A. Crosswhite, the “most powerful man in Alabama,” bring closure to the matter at hand? A few months ago Alabama Power CEO Mark A. Crosswhite and ex-Drummond executive David Roberson bumped into each other at La Paz Restaurant in Crestline. Allegedly Crosswhite told Roberson if there was anything he could do, Crosswhite would be happy to help. Roberson took Crosswhite for his word and a few days later dispatched an email to the “most powerful man in Alabama,” allegedly asking Crosswhite to get Balch & Bingham and Drummond to settle the $50 million lawsuit. Roberson never received…
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Cruelly Destroyed: Robersons Lose Everything
The Robersons have lost everything, including their Christmas decorations (pictured above) during the three-day Estate Sale this past weekend. The embattled law firm Balch & Bingham has claimed the firm “owed no duty” to Roberson after allegedly providing bad legal advice and not telling the truth to David Roberson and the company he worked for Drummond Company. Drummond Company CEO Mike Tracy leaves the coal company in two weeks after being skewered for cuddling with Balch instead of helping his once-upon-a-time close friend, David Roberson. Because of the alleged bad advice provided by Balch, David and Anna Roberson appear to…
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Cherry-Picking Balch’s Environmental Lawyers
Balch & Bingham was once known as the place to go as one of the premier law firms with the best environmental practices in the Southeast. That reputation was solid until one of Balch’s top environmental lawyers, Joel I. Gilbert , was convicted on all six criminal charges and sentenced to five years in federal prison last year. Gilbert’s bribery scheme and ghost-written letters appear to be a pattern of alleged unscrupulous behavior. Last month, Richard E. Glaze, Jr. a top environmental lawyer at the Atlanta office of Balch & Bingham left the firm after nearly a decade. He jumped…
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Where is the Civil RICO Suit? It’s Coming.
One year ago today, we reported that a massive civil RICO lawsuit against Balch & Bingham on behalf of Burt Newsome was in the works and probably coming in early 2019. So where is the civil RICO suit? Why has it not been filed yet? According to our sources, a leading RICO expert from the upper Midwest joined Newsome’s legal RICO team early this year and had advised the team to “exhaust all state remedies” before proceeding in federal courts. Now awaiting the Alabama Supreme Court decision on Newsome’s appeal, we are told the legal RICO team is ready to…
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Concealed Smitherman Payment Jolts Investigators
When we discovered and wrote about the numerous campaign contributions to Judge Carole Smitherman’s husband, State Senator Rodger Smitherman, from entities linked to Balch & Bingham or the alleged co-conspirators in the Newsome Conspiracy Case during the height of the case, we strongly smelled corruption. With the revelation that Senator Smitherman was sitting in on hearings of the secretive Star Chamber, we knew the situation had gone from bad to worse. Now investigators have pointed out to us that the three contributions from NEW PAC—a political action committee run by a former Balch & Bingham attorney— to Senator Smitherman were…
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Balch and Drummond’s Greatest Disgrace: Roberson Estate Sale This Friday
A three-day estate sale of David and Anna Roberson’s personal possessions begins this Friday, October 11th near Mountain Brook, the elite enclave next to downtown Birmingham. The estate sale appears to be the greatest disgrace for Drummond Company and Balch & Bingham, the embattled law firm that has yet to apologize to David Roberson and the North Birmingham African-American community for the criminal conduct of their Balch-made millionaire and now ex-partner Joel I. Gilbert. A year ago, after David Roberson was convicted along side Gilbert in the bribery scheme, Drummond Company vowed to defend the Drummond executive and appeared to…
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Lying Balch & Bingham Cries Uncontrollably About BanBalch.com
In their response to the Alabama Supreme Court appeal in the Newsome Conspiracy Case, Balch & Bingham dedicates several pages to a non-party in the case: BanBalch.com. Unable to defend the indefensible in legal arguments, thin-skinned Balch & Bingham cries uncontrollably about BanBalch.com and our reporting. Like snake oil salesmen, Balch appears to show they are nothing more than a lying sack of marbles, falsely alleging that the we, the CDLU, and Burt Newsome are long time friends. Next month marks the anniversary of the first time that we, the CDLU, met Burt Newsome at a charity event in 2016.…
