Category Archives: Spotlight on Balch & Bingham

The Stench of Lies and Criminal Acts: Southern Company Racketeering Enterprise Successfully Erodes Alabama Judiciary

An employment matter? That is a large spoonful of human waste. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Archibald has ripped the legal mockery and lies of a Southern Company stooge blocking access to ex-Drummond executive David Roberson’s $75 million civil lawsuit against embattled law firm Balch& Bingham and Drummond Company. Southern Company’s criminal racketeering enterprise … Continue reading The Stench of Lies and Criminal Acts: Southern Company Racketeering Enterprise Successfully Erodes Alabama Judiciary

Top Order from Alabama Power: Destroy Newsome! Balch and Matrix Alleged Agents of Doom

Escalating a highly-anticipated civil RICO lawsuit, a high-level source who was once part of the inner-circle of disgraced ex-Alabama Power CEO Mark A. Crosswhite alleges that the order to destroy innocent victim Burt Newsome came from the top. Crosswhite allegedly was doing a favor for an elite Mountain Brook friend that falsely blamed Newsome for … Continue reading Top Order from Alabama Power: Destroy Newsome! Balch and Matrix Alleged Agents of Doom

On Fire! Southern Company Criminal Misconduct Allegations Escalate and Solidify

Top executives at Southern Company appear to have lied repeatedly, consistently, and habitually. What a hot mess! Claiming that a million-dollar internal probe did not find out who authorized or why a surveillance effort was conducted against ex-Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning and his then-girlfriend in 2017, Southern Company looks like a sack of lying … Continue reading On Fire! Southern Company Criminal Misconduct Allegations Escalate and Solidify

True Heroes: Community that United Against Balch & Bingham’s Alleged “Whites-Only” Land Grab in Vincent, Alabama

This spring, we, the CDLU, drove to Vincent, Alabama and met with the courageous leaders that united the African American and white communities to stunningly defeat well-financed Balch & Bingham political stooges in 2019. In a shocking, lopsided vote, residents cleaned house and tossed out the politicians by margins as high as 69 percent to … Continue reading True Heroes: Community that United Against Balch & Bingham’s Alleged “Whites-Only” Land Grab in Vincent, Alabama

Crushing Defeat for Balch & Bingham! U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Repugnant Racist Redistricting Scheme

Embattled and alleged racist law firm Balch & Bingham was handed a huge, crushing defeat this morning by the U.S. Supreme Court which rejected Balch’s congressional voting redistricting defense for the State of Alabama. Dorman Walker, a Balch partner, represented the State of Alabama and John H. Merrill, the former Alabama Secretary of State, during … Continue reading Crushing Defeat for Balch & Bingham! U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Repugnant Racist Redistricting Scheme

Town Probe Over; SEC, DOJ Investigations of Southern Company Escalate; NRC Digs Into Svinicki

The correspondence we received recently from the Office of Professional Responsibility at the U.S. Department of Justice was clear: the probe of disgraced ex-U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town is over. “We are taking no further action,” they wrote, which reveals that an alleged deal was cut in 2020. The quid pro quo: the abrupt resignation … Continue reading Town Probe Over; SEC, DOJ Investigations of Southern Company Escalate; NRC Digs Into Svinicki

Ex-Balch & Bingham Attorneys are Now Federal Prison Inmates 04104-510 and 35504-001

Convicted pedophile and ex-Balch & Bingham attorney Chase T. Espy is now inmate 04104-510 at the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, while ex-Balch partner Joel I. Gilbert, convicted of money laundering and bribery in the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal, is inmate 35504-001 at the Federal Prison Camp in Montgomery, Alabama. Balch has boasted these last … Continue reading Ex-Balch & Bingham Attorneys are Now Federal Prison Inmates 04104-510 and 35504-001

Another Matrix Mess? Joe Perkins and Matrix Goons Allegedly Smear Self-Made Businessman Stan Pate

Joe Perkins, the diminutive consultant to Alabama Power and founder of Matrix, LLC, the obscure political consulting firm, is embroiled in yet another scandal. This time Perkins and his Matrix firm are in the middle of a lawsuit in the heart of Alabama that alleges libel and slander. This latest scandal out of Tuscaloosa raises … Continue reading Another Matrix Mess? Joe Perkins and Matrix Goons Allegedly Smear Self-Made Businessman Stan Pate

Kerr Running to the Fire Escape? Five-Alarm Scandal Engulfs Southern Company

Jim Kerr, the former Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel at Southern Company, who met with us, the CDLU, in December of 2017 and later lied to us about Southern Company’s involvement in the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal and the Newsome Conspiracy Case, is allegedly looking for a new job, according to DonaldWatkins.com. Watkins writes: … Continue reading Kerr Running to the Fire Escape? Five-Alarm Scandal Engulfs Southern Company

Speechless! Steamy Sex Scandal About to Rock Southern Company; Mistresses Allegedly Paid Off in Millions

DonaldWatkins.com is about to document a steamy, illicit sex scandal allegedly involving millions of Southern Company’s shareholder dollars. The investigative report comes as Southern Company faces a highly anticipated civil RICO lawsuit, an ongoing SEC probe, an investigative review after numerous complaints were filed with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency, and alleged investigation(s) by the … Continue reading Speechless! Steamy Sex Scandal About to Rock Southern Company; Mistresses Allegedly Paid Off in Millions

Subsidizing Racism and Pedophiles? McWane Funnels Over $1.1 Million to Balch & Bingham

Will they remove McWane’s name from the children’s science center in Downtown Birmingham? McWane, the cutting-edge and innovative iron pipe, plumbing, and waterworks company, has taken an enormous step backwards by hiring embattled law firm Balch & Bingham for lobbying services in Washington, D.C. Starting in 2020, McWane has emerged as Balch’s largest federal lobbying … Continue reading Subsidizing Racism and Pedophiles? McWane Funnels Over $1.1 Million to Balch & Bingham

“Fall Guy” Follies: Drummond’s “Confused” General Counsel Briefed Since Inception About North Birmingham Scheme

The emails and documents we recently received show unequivocally that Blake Andrews, the “confused” General Counsel of Drummond Company, was briefed regularly about the North Birmingham Scheme. On February 18, 2015, at the inception of the money laundering entity, Alliance for the Jobs and the Economy (AJE), convicted felon and now ex-Balch partner Joel I. … Continue reading “Fall Guy” Follies: Drummond’s “Confused” General Counsel Briefed Since Inception About North Birmingham Scheme

Corporate Execs Were Protected by Southern Company Lackeys; Balch Warned that Emails Could “Easily End Up in the Wrong Hands”

For at least two years, 2017 and 2018, U.S. Attorney Jay Town, Principal Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood, and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions appear to have never allowed a probe of Southern Company or an expansion of the investigation in North Birmingham to happen on their watch. Since the Southern Company criminal RICO … Continue reading Corporate Execs Were Protected by Southern Company Lackeys; Balch Warned that Emails Could “Easily End Up in the Wrong Hands”

Email Exposé: Southern Company Lobbyist Critical Element in North Birmingham; DOJ Compromised

The trifecta was complete. With U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Principal Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood, and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Southern Company compromised the U.S. Department of Justice with three of their most ardent lackeys in power at the same time. We, the CDLU, provided documentation in December of 2017 to Jim … Continue reading Email Exposé: Southern Company Lobbyist Critical Element in North Birmingham; DOJ Compromised

Southern Company Involved “Up to Their Eyeballs” in North Birmingham

Southern Company lied to us in 2018 when they said they were not involved in the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal. Jim Kerr, the former Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief of Staff of Southern Company blatantly denied in January of 2018 that Southern Company was involved with the immoral and criminal … Continue reading Southern Company Involved “Up to Their Eyeballs” in North Birmingham