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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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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.…
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Throwing In the Towel: Balch & Bingham Affirms that Counterfeit Order is Counterfeit
In a stunning blow to the almost century-old, once prestigious and respected law firm, Balch & Bingham in a 69-page response brief before the Alabama Supreme Court affirms that the Counterfeit Order used in the Newsome Conspiracy Case is indeed counterfeit. Balch writes: While the June 8, 2016 order has yet, as of the date of the filing of this Brief, been entered into the SJIS, Judge Conwill signed the order thus rendering it. In other words, Balch admits the counterfeit order was never entered into the State Judicial Information System. Thus, the order is counterfeit; an act of judicial…
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Does Balch & Bingham’s Entire Footprint have Athlete’s Foot?
When Balch & Bingham tried to gloat this spring that the embattled firm had expanded their corporate footprint by adding a one-man office in Augusta, Georgia while at the same time letting go of the only African-American female lawyer in Birmingham, observers were in disbelief. Now with the exodus of a top partner from Atlanta and a long-time Human Resources Director, the managing partners at Balch in key markets like Jacksonville, Florida; Jackson, Mississippi; Gulfport, Mississippi; and Atlanta, Georgia appear to be facing enormous pressure to preserve what is left. Think about it. As more disclosures of the alleged unsavory,…
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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,…
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Ruined: Balch’s Alleged Witness Tampering Leads to Job Loss, Loss of Home
Balch & Bingham appears to imply that convicted felon and ex-partner Joel I. Gilbert, and fired partner Clark A. Cooper are rogue partners who acted alone. Most people think that’s bull. Jokingly called Balch, Bingham, and Bribery, the law firm hid behind an unconstitutional and secretive “Star Chamber” for over 500 days and now the truth is out in the open. Balch may now have even deeper problems, more worries to be concerned about: alleged witness tampering in the Newsome Conspiracy Case. Schuyler Allen Baker, Jr., the dinosaur partner of Balch & Bingham, who foolishly declared in court pleadings that…
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Low-Class: Balch Partner Falsely Implied Newsome’s Law License was in Jeopardy
Is this David vs. Goliath? Balch & Bingham likes to boast that they have over 200 attorneys throughout the Southeast. Why in heaven’s name did Balch target a one-man office, sole-practitioner attorney in Shelby County who services banks? In 2012, Burt Newsome was minding his own business, and had not a shred of animosity towards Balch & Bingham. Was Balch & Bingham really that desperate? Clark A. Cooper, the Balch & Bingham partner who allegedly spearheaded the conspiracy against Newsome in an attempt to steal his successful business servicing banks, appears to have falsely claimed that Newsome’s bar license was…
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Brutal: Balch Partner’s Phone Records, Contradictions Make Balch Look Low-Class
The legal community can now see in the sunshine the awful, scurrilous, low-class, below the belt tactics that a Balch partner allegedly engaged in to try to steal a competitor’s business. Low-class or no class? Balch & Bingham partner Clark A. Cooper, who was abruptly fired on March 3, 2017 by the embattled law firm, appears to have been the spearhead of the conspiracy that targeted and defamed Burt Newsome, a successful attorney who serviced banks, in an alleged attempt to steal his business. The defamation occurred after a staged arrest in which Newsome’s mugshot was allegedly distributed via email…
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Removing Judge Carole Smitherman from the Bench
Judge Smitherman stupidly trusted Balch & Bingham, who allegedly have made her now look like the most corrupt, dumbest, and most worthless jurist in the State of Alabama. Balch & Bingham’s trail of rotting carcasses may have one more soon: Judge Carole Smitherman. A petition for the removal of Balch’s biggest stooge from the bench is a realistic option now that it is known she dispatched 44 retaliatory orders in the Newsome Conspiracy Case all based on a counterfeit order. Judge Smitherman, who sealed the Newsome Conspiracy Case for over 500 days to allegedly hide criminal acts and perjury, engaged…
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Bo-hica! Counterfeit Order Burns Balch Allies
Why would the Alabama Supreme Court direct a trial court to enter a counterfeit order if not asked to do so in court proceedings? Bo-hica! Bo-hica was a nickname given to an unfortunate college student who thought it was the name of a powerful Hawaiian king. Bo-hica can be applied to all the Balch & Bingham political allies, friends in legal circles, and judges throughout Alabama who allegedly have been asked to do favors on behalf of the embattled law firm. When the Alabama Supreme Court ordered Shelby County Judge Sonny Conwill to enter the counterfeit, fabricated, 100% bogus order affiliated…
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Balch Clowns’ Counterfeit Order Divided Alabama Supreme Court
On April 27, 2018, the Alabama Supreme Court issued the following order: IT IS ORDERED that the Circuit Court of Shelby County shall, pursuant to Rule 58(c), Ala. R. Civ. P., enter into the State Judicial Information System (SJIS) its June 8, 2016, order in which it vacated the previously-entered order expunging records relating to the district court criminal charge against Burton Wheeler Newsome. Two Supreme Court Justices (Shaw and Bryan) dissented in part arguing the Supreme Court had no right to force a lower court to enter the counterfeit order into the system. The counterfeit order used as a…
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Counterfeit Order, Judicial Fraud Rocks Balch & Bingham
[Update: Counterfeit Order Divided Alabama Supreme Court] Is this just all a bad dream? Just when one thinks Balch & Bingham will retreat back from the ledge of corporate suicide, another bombshell lands that shows sheer stupidity and unequivocal corruption of the Alabama judicial system. Burt Newsome, the attorney who allegedly was wrongly targeted, falsely arrested, and defamed by Balch & Bingham and other co-conspirators has filed a 100-page appellate brief with the Alabama Supreme Court, and it is a devastating indictment of the Keystone Cops at Balch & Bingham. The cornerstone of all defendants’ legal arguments, the 44 retaliatory…
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What Did Balch’s Star Chamber Hide?
Before the end of this month, Burt Newsome’s legal team will be filing his appellate brief with the Alabama Supreme Court in regards to the Newsome Conspiracy Case, an alleged conspiracy spearheaded by Balch & Bingham’s ex-partner Clark A. Cooper who is accused of wanting to steal Newsome’s lucrative legal practice of servicing banks. Two years ago this week, at the height of two federal probes, Balch & Bingham foolishly had their JeffCo stooge, Judge Carole Smitherman, seal the Newsome Conspiracy Case since its inception. Smitherman created a secretive “Star Chamber” where alleged criminal acts, perjury, and unsavory conduct were…
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Nervous Whispers: Collapse of LeClairRyan
Yesterday, the leadership of the the respected law firm LeClairRyan out of Richmond, Virginia, announced they would be formally shutting down after 31 years. The Richmond Times-Dispatch described the firm: LeClairRyan was created in 1988 as a venture capital legal boutique operation to help entrepreneurs, startup businesses and venture capitalists. LeClairRyan grew from two attorneys into a full-service firm with hundreds of lawyers working at one time in more than two dozen offices and representing some of the largest corporations in the world. So why the closing? According to the Times-Dispatch: The decision comes at a time of continuing departures…
