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Former Georgia Attorney General Dumps Balch; Exodus of the Good Begins
Former Georgia Attorney General Mike Bowers has quit embattled law firm Balch & Bingham. Law.com is reporting he has jumped to Johnson Marlowe. Two years ago, we wrote about the Dean of Balch’s Atlanta office, writing: We know about some of the great and honorable partners at Balch & Bingham who truly have been hurt by the alleged unsavory, racist, and criminal conduct by a few bad apples at the firm. In Atlanta, a controversy has exploded over the high legal fees paid to a law firm to investigate a first-class junket to South Africa. And who offered the most ethical, most honorable, most insightful…
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Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, Secret Star Chamber, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Kings at Balch Lose Prestige Over Newsome Conspiracy Case
[This post originally appeared two years ago on September 26, 2018. With a recently orchestrated campaign that has backfired horrendously, the dumb-as-rocks terrorization of the wrong family, and the brain amputation of a once-respected journalist, Balch & Bingham defenders, boosters, and buffoons appear to have cost the firm more than prestige. With Burt Newsome almost killed and criminal acts on the rise, let us not be surprised when these same defenders, boosters, and buffoons sit around at a conference table wondering aloud, filled with rage, “Where have all of Balch’s clients and partners gone?”] We are still in disbelief that…
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Recovery, Ridicule, and RICO
Burt Newsome has been discharged from the hospital and is making a steady recovery. The Iron Man has even gone to his office, defying those who may have hoped he was permanently silenced or crippled. Leading activists, business leaders, lawyers, and judicial branch employees in Alabama are stunned and in disbelief that Burt Newsome was almost killed. Newsome has received a flurry of support and “get well” messages from colleagues and lawyers, but not a peep, not a squeak from Balch or their henchmen. Was Newsome a victim once again? Many think so. The never-ending, fight-to-the-death Balch & Bingham story…
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Drummond, Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, RICO, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Norfolk Southern, Balch, and the Head-On Crash Into Burt Newsome
The accident report of the mysterious car wreck that almost took the life of Iron Man Burt Newsome appears to confirm that the driver of an SUV, who made a left turn in front of Newsome instead of yielding to oncoming traffic, apparently made an abrupt right turn shortly thereafter, hitting Newsome head-on. The photo above appears to confirm the fact, raising the question: Was Iron Man Newsome an alleged victim of a possible crime? In Alabama, they say there are no such things as coincidences. In 2018, we uncovered that the police officer who participated in the alleged staged…
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Drummond, Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
From Hospital Bed, Iron Man Newsome Vows “Pursuit of Justice”
Eight years ago, Burt Newsome, an innocent lawyer minding his own business who had no issues with Balch & Bingham, was allegedly targeted, falsely arrested and defamed by the once-prestigious, silk-stocking law firm in an alleged attempt to steal his business servicing banks. His unwavering tenacity to pursue justice against the odds, against the bullies at Balch has made him a hero in the legal community who have had enough of the consistent abuse of the judicial and political system by Balch stooges. On Thursday, Newsome was almost killed in a mysterious car accident, sending the gravely injured attorney to…
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Breaking News: Newsome Gravely Injured; FBI Probe Demanded
Burt Newsome, one of the leading banking lawyers in Alabama who has successfully challenged and humiliated Balch & Bingham after he allegedly was targeted, falsely arrested, and defamed by a conspiracy allegedly spearheaded by a Balch & Bingham partner, was gravely injured in a mysterious auto accident Thursday afternoon. The incident comes hours after Legal Schnauzer published an article linking Balch to a Wallace-era highway scandal that involved the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Robert Shelton. The late Schuyler A. Baker, Sr. was at one time a top attorney at Balch & Bingham, and also a staunch segregationist…
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Abomination! Balch Partner and BBVA “Founding Father” was a Staunch Segregationist
“Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!”–Governor George Wallace Atoning for the sins of their founding fathers, BBVA is now under enormous pressure to cut ties with the embattled and alleged racist law firm Balch & Bingham. Schuyler A. Baker, Sr. (pictured above inside the red circle) was a top partner at Balch when it was called Balch, Bingham, Baker, Hawthorne, Williams & Ward. Baker was a founding father of the predecessor of BBVA Bank, called Central Bank and Trust, when the financial institution was founded on March 2, 1964. Baker was also a close personal friend, campaign manager, and staunch…
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Terminate Balch Now! Civil Rights Leader Rips BBVA for “Desecrating the Memory of George Floyd”
Civil Rights leader Ernesto Pichardo dispatched a scathing letter to Javier Rodriguez Soler, President and CEO of BBVA USA, for not terminating the alleged racist law firm Balch & Bingham. “Over two months ago we called on you to immediately terminate alleged racist law firm Balch & Bingham as BBVA’s outside lawyers. You have done nothing,” Pichardo wrote. In 1993, Pichardo won a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision for religious freedom and Civil Rights after his Afro-Caribbean faith came under attack due to blatant intolerance and discrimination by racists and religious bigots. “Desecrating the memory of George Floyd for public…
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Doors Finally Opened for Four African-Americans at Alabama Power; Will Balch be Terminated Next?
Friday’s late announcements appear to be the first time Crosswhite promoted or appointed four minorities at the same time. Just days after the public was denouncing Southern Company for audio comments by a corporate executive calling the suppression of African-Americans in the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal a “hypothesis,” the giant utility succumbed. Three months after the murder of George Floyd, Alabama Power, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southern Company, announced on late Friday the promotion of three African-Americans. According to their media relations website: Alabama Power on Friday announced leadership changes to enhance customer experience and community support. Tony Smoke has…
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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…
