-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Balch, Drummond Humiliation: Roberson Sells Home; Estate Sale Next
The Robersons are losing everything and they are part of the trail of carcasses and human waste that Balch & Bingham appears to consistently leave behind. Brian Hamilton, a bank executive, told the truth in the Newsome Conspiracy Case. Balch allegedly put the squeeze. Hamilton lost his job; lost the family home. Dave Roberson, a Drummond executive, took Balch’s legal advice as the truth in the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal. After vowing to support him, Drummond hypocritically squeezed Roberson out. Roberson lost his job; now he is losing the family home. Next up: Roberson’s estate sale. What humiliation! For Balch,…
-
Richard Mullen’s Clean Break for Drummond
On All Saints Day, Richard Mullen will take the helm of Drummond Company and we hope his first act is to end the relationship, sever all ties with the embattled law firm Balch & Bingham. Since Drummond CEO Mike Tracy announced his unexpected retirement, many Drummond insiders have debriefed us and they all say the same thing: Mullen is a man of absolute integrity and loyalty. He was Garry Drummond’s loyal ear who kept a keen eye on his former mentor. Mullen’s work in Colombia was described as perfect precision, and that Mullen demonstrated compassion for workers, including local Colombians.…
-
Has Balch & Bingham Become a Career Killer?
Balch & Bingham, the once-prestigious silk-stocking law firm appears to have become a career killer. Look at some of the victims: Drummond Company CEO Mike Tracy gone. Ex-Balch partner Jeffrey H. Wood shown the door at DOJ. Ex-Drummond executive Dave Roberson fired. Oliver Robinson sent to federal prison. Ex-Balch client Black Hall Aerospace facing federal probes. Ex-Balch stooge Trey Glenn of EPA forced to resign. Balch crony and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired. Balch stooge Luther Strange loses U.S. Senate seat. As the carcasses stack up, some Balch & Bingham partners have wisely dumped the firm for greener pastures.…
-
Breaking News: Drummond CEO Mike Tracy Out After Cuddling Balch & Bingham
Just weeks after we highlighted the controversies surrounding Drummond Company’s foolish decision to goose-step with embattled law firm Balch & Bingham, Mike Tracy, the CEO of Drummond Company, is out as CEO. After two years at the top job, Tracy is retiring at the end of October. He was part of the Drummond family for over four decades. Although we have no bones to pick with the coal company, we lambasted the hypocritical decision by Drummond to fire ex-Drummond executive Dave Roberson in February after vowing to back him. (What happened to Drummond’s renowned loyalty to employees?) Worse, 12 days…
-
Backstabbing Roberson for Balch & Bingham
We present another satirical cartoon. Drummond Company CEO Mike Tracy is depicted backstabbing his former colleague and friend David Roberson six months after the company vowed to support him and calling Roberson “a man of integrity.” Although we, the CDLU, have no bones to pick with Drummond or Mike Tracy, we think their goose-step formation with Balch & Bingham only hurts the company. Drummond will forever be associated with the criminal conduct of former Balch & Bingham partner Joel I. Gilbert unless they make a break, a public break from the embattled law firm. As we reported earlier this year,…
-
Ugly! Roberson’s 90-year-old Mother-in-Law Targeted by Thugs
Anna Roberson’s mother went to school with Garry Drummond. Why in heaven’s name would anyone do an act of vandalism against a respected, elderly woman? The vicious diatribe and back-and-forth regarding the treatment of ex-Drummond executive David Roberson and his wife Anna has hit a new low. Anna Roberson’s 90-year-old mother returned to her home in Jasper last week after a hospital stay to find the windows of her home shattered, both in the front yard and backyard. Nothing was stolen from the home. Nothing. Was it a message of intimidation and fear? Last summer, thugs smashed the car window…
-
Garry Drummond Would Have Backed The Robersons Over Balch & Bingham
Is it of no coincidence that Drummond Company yanked support for Spring Valley School, a school for the developmentally disabled, 12 days after firing David Roberson? Guess who works at Spring Valley School? David and Anna Roberson’s daughter (pictured above right). Was Drummond President Mike Tracy trying to get her laid off? Why the sudden viciousness against the Roberson family? Mike Tracy ought to be ashamed and embarrassed. The late-Garry Drummond would have backed the Robersons over the bafoons at Balch & Bingham that allegedly provided bad legal advice to Drummond and its officers in regards to the North Birmingham…
-
One Year Later, Criminal Convictions Still Sting Balch & Bingham
Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of when both Balch & Bingham partner Joel I. Gilbert and Drummond Executive David Roberson were found guilty on all six federal criminal counts. And the stigma still stings Balch & Bingham. The firm has refused to apologize to the North Birmingham African-American community for Gilbert’s misconduct. Worse, Balch appears to be still engaging in alleged unsavory and foolish conduct. Examples: Look at Balch’s lack of integrity when they spliced and diced the law in a briefing in May before a judge in Roberson’s $50 million lawsuit against the firm and his former employer. Look at…
-
Drummond, Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, RICO, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Have Balch and Drummond Agreed to a Murder-Suicide Pact?
Let’s first talk about Drummond Company. We have no bones to pick with Drummond; we believe the company was given bad legal advice by Balch & Bingham; and before the criminal trial we even thought that David Roberson could be acquitted. Then six-months after his criminal conviction and Drummond’s vow to support a “man of integrity,” Drummond fired David Roberson and 12 days later his charity of choice. Roberson filed a $50 million civil lawsuit against Balch and Drummond. Roberson is now considering singing like a canary and he probably has a stockpile of dry powder that federal investigators would love…
-
Merry Canary! More Alleged Corruption and Drummond Dollars
We called ex-Drummond executive David Roberson the Missing Link last week, and now there may be more acts of alleged corruption that Roberson can possibly confirm for federal authorities. As Josh Moon of the Alabama Reporter wrote in 2017: [In 2014, the] EPA wants to list the [North Birmingham] site on the NPL [National Priorities List]. ADEM [Alabama Department of Environmental Management], which is delegated to speak for the State, says it doesn’t object so long as the state doesn’t owe money. But then, in September 2014, after the EPA publicly announces its plans to move forward with listing the…
-
Striking a Raw Nerve…
This weekend, our website was under fierce cyber attack with alerts coming multiple times. Yesterday, there were over 1,000 attacks in less than an hour. 257 attacks in 10 minutes from the Netherlands. We haven’t been under attack in over two years since June of 2017. What could have possibly spurred the renewed cyber attacks? Our reporting of Drummond Company’s cutting off David Roberson’s charity of choice only 12 days after firing him. The charity of choice was a school that helps special needs and autistic children. Besides the hackers, thousands of readers have also tuned in over the weekend.…
