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Resounding Defeat of Balch Stooges in Vincent, Alabama
It took over two years, but inherent goodness prevailed! In another setback for Balch & Bingham, the election results from Tuesday night show that residents living in Vincent, Alabama united and tossed out the city’s leadership involved in the alleged “whites-only” land grab to build a rock quarry. Over a decade ago, Balch & Bingham lawyers (and their public relations stooges) spearheaded the strategic purchase of farm land and the fast-as-lightening re-zoning of said land, and oversaw the lucrative transactions for a client called White Rock Quarries. In 2018, we, the CDLU, met with residents who alleged that only white…
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Why Did Mike Tracy Become Disloyal to a Friend and a Colleague?
[This post was originally published on July 22, 2019. Now that civil court proceedings in the Drummond case are moving forward tomorrow morning, questions remain to be answered. Drummond, like other former Balch clients, needs to demonstrate sensible independence from Balch. Tracy abruptly “retired” a year ago, but his alleged actions are still stunning.] Drummond Company President Mike Tracy vowed unequivocally to back his friend, his co-worker David Roberson a year ago, releasing the following statement: We are disappointed by the jury’s decision to convict our employee, David Roberson. While we respect the judicial process, we consider David to be…
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Balch Partner Deflated Before Federal Judge David Proctor
In January before the pandemic exploded and stay-at-home orders were issued, the talk of Birmingham legal circles was how a Balch & Bingham attorney was deflated before the Honorable R. David Proctor, a federal judge in the Northern District of Alabama. Balch & Bingham partner Sean W. Shirley (pictured above, left) was attempting to have another attorney Glenda Cochran (pictured above, right), a colorful and respected member of the bar, disqualified. According to transcripts of the hearing, Balch’s partner had the audacity to call Cochran’s conduct of speaking to a witness for over 10 hours on the phone and the…
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Stupidly Fighting to the Death for Balch & Bingham
Why would a silk-stocking law firm like Balch & Bingham defend this alleged conspiracy to the death instead of settling the matter? [This post was originally published on October 4, 2018. With the loss of millions in legal fees, the exodus of money-making partners, the termination by 18 of 18 major lobbying clients in Washington, D.C., and Balch’s reputation in shambles, this post is almost prophetic and most relevant today.] When we first read the Newsome Conspiracy Case court documents in late 2016, we thought Schuyler Allen Baker, Jr. a/k/a Notorious SAB was a young, junior attorney because of some…
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Balch Stooge Jay E. Town Flees as Probe Continues
Disgraced Ex-U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town resigned his office effective at midnight on July 15, 2020. Fleeing the corrupt cesspool in the middle of the night, Town’s statement of “wanting to spend more time with his family” is a stock-and-trade, bullshit excuse when political appointees are abruptly shown the door. Town was an ambitious political animal who spent decades building his image only to see his future crumble when photos were published of him chugging cocktails with former Balch & Bingham partner and Alabama Power CEO Mark A. Crosswhite at the Moon Shine Lounge. And what truly forced him to…
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Update: Pray for Baby Natalia
Yesterday, we had unfortunate news that Baby Natalia’s transplant surgery has been postponed because she has tested positive for COVID-19. Her mother, Natalia’s liver donor, has tested positive for COVID-19, too. We are asking for your prayers for this little girl and her entire family. She and her mother will be in quarantine between 10 to 20 days. She has overcome many obstacles including the inability to crawl. Doctors had told her family that she would most likely never crawl until she had the transplant. But she eventually did crawl. We are hopeful that the surgery will happen soon and…
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Black Lives Matter: Was Fanning’s Anti-Racism Statement Just a Media Stunt?
An international grassroots effort in the Black community to hold Southern Company CEO Thomas A. Fanning accountable for hypocritically denouncing racism while utilizing the embattled and alleged racist law firm Balch & Bingham is now percolating. Two new videos are out on YouTube and generating buzz. Fanning’s June 6th statement denouncing racism in all its forms is questioned in both videos. “But sir, was this just a media stunt or a publicity circus?” The videos discuss items that this website has outlined including: The North Birmingham Bribery Scandal that suppressed African-Americans from having their toxic and contaminated property tested by…
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Saving Baby Natalia
While Balch & Bingham apologists were busy terrorizing the wrong family and amputating their brains, we were busy helping the sick and dying. In June, Baby Natalia was in need of a liver transplant but her boosters had only raised less than $25,000 of an $80,000 goal when COVID-19 caused fundraising efforts to collapse. We, the CDLU, vowed to help. We spoke directly with the CEO of the hospital and told her that the child had less than two months to live if the transplant did not proceed. We noted that everything was lined up including the donor and the…
