Balch & Bingham reserves the right to discriminate and exclude minority-owned businesses based on unknown requirements and determinations. The public and legal community are roaring with laughter. Embattled law firm Balch & Bingham has launched the biggest publicity stunt since their chicken leg pazoola, and again Balch’s objective of rehabilitating their image is failing miserably. … Continue reading Balch’s Laughable Publicity Stunt Boosts Discrimination →

So how did Balch & Bingham do to “achieve greater diversity” on Friday? Hire six all-white attorneys in Birmingham. What a joke. Balch’s Managing Partner Stan Blanton appears to have fed the public 100% organic crap. The public relations fluff regurgitated by Blanton after George Floyd’s death appears to have been disingenuous and dishonest. Blanton, … Continue reading Greater Diversity? Balch Adds Six All-White Attorneys in Birmingham →

Marathon Petroleum confirmed tonight that they have terminated Balch & Bingham as their lobbyists in Washington, D.C., and their bold action affirms that Black Lives Matter. Yesterday, we, the CDLU, had written to Marathon Petroleum’s new Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Hennigan asking him to terminate the firm. We wrote: The law firm has been … Continue reading 18 of 18: Marathon Petroleum Terminates Balch & Bingham Showing that Black Lives Do Matter →

[This post originally was published on February 5, 2018. All updates are in purple.] Charles Cole lived in the North Birmingham community of Harriman Park until 1959 after he was brutally beaten by racist Birmingham cops. He saved up his money and immediately moved to Michigan to escape the horrors of segregation. After retiring, he … Continue reading Institutional Racism and Balch →