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Explosive New Evidence: Balch Linked to Birth of Newsome Conspiracy
Seier’s entity was interacting with Balch & Bingham six-months before he pulled a gun on Newsome. Since the Newsome Conspiracy Case began to be litigated over three years ago, the co-conspirators have repeatedly said they did not know each other. Now, we have discovered explosive evidence that someone appears to be lying. Perjury, some would say. According to these public records, Alfred Seier was one of three initial members of a company called Southshore Development, LLC. Alfred Seier, who pulled a gun on Burt Newsome in January of 2012, is the late brother of alleged co-conspirator Claiborne Seier, an attorney…
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Sick: Newsome Family Sent Threatening Package
You would think the thugs behind the alleged targeted break-in of the vehicle driven by Burt Newsome’s wife were beyond stupid in this day of high-definition video surveillance and phone tracking software. But now come the real sick, idiots who sent the Newsome family a threatening package: Five pieces of luggage and numerous clothing outfits. There were approximately three dozen outfits for mom and the young Newsome children. The message was crystal clear: get ready to pack and leave town. Were they threatening the family? The father, Burt Newsome? Was he going to be injured, killed or murdered? Or were…
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Giving the Boot to Balch-Affiliated Goons
We outlined last week how Balch & Bingham’s once-upon-a-time all powerful touch has disintegrated into manure and that the embattled law firm has become a political liability. Now government agencies are agreeing and beginning to give the boot to Balch-affiliated cronies, consultants, and goons. The Birmingham-Jefferson County Port Authority fired STRADA Professional Services last Friday, behind closed doors. STRADA is headed by Scott Phillips (pictured), who testified in the Oliver Robinson Corruption Trial. AL.com reports: It appears the city is distancing itself from that company because of STRADA President Scott Phillips’ connection to corruption that kept the 35th Avenue Superfund…
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Balch’s Support Becomes Political Liability
Last week, U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (pictured) was ripped by his opponent for having accepted donations from embattled law firm Balch & Bingham WHNT reports: [Peter] Joffrion is calling on Brooks to return certain campaign donations he says are associated with convicted felons. Joffrion is pointing out that Political Action Committees connected to both Roberson and Gilbert’s former employers have donated to Brooks campaign. Congressman Brooks responded: It is outrageous and callous that Peter Joffrion besmirches the good reputation of Balch & Bingham and its 500+ employees…based on the mistakes of two bad apples. Good reputation? Only two bad apples?…
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Balch’s Touch Becomes Manure; Rejection Becomes Mainstream
Balch’s competitors appear to be salivating with each sweet morsel of Balch’s misfortune and missteps. Nineteen months ago, when you needed to fight, defend, or move a legal matter regarding the environment or energy in the Southeast, Balch & Bingham was the prestigious, go-to law firm. Balch’s touch was like King Midas, everything turned into gold. Balch’s web of influence in the legal and political system, all the way to the Governor’s office and the justices on the Alabama Supreme Court, was unprecedented. But now the criminal conviction of their equity partner Joel I. Gilbert, the exposure of the repugnant…
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Wall Street Analysts Learn about Possible RICO Suit; Targeting of Children
From Credit Suisse to Wells Fargo Securities, top analysts covering Southern Company are learning about the possible civil RICO suit involving Southern Company because of their sister-wife relationship with embattled law firm Balch & Bingham. Analysts learned that Southern Company’s subsidiary was one of the founding members of the entity that funneled $360,000 in bribes to corrupt politician Oliver Robinson. Balch partner Joel I. Gilbert was convicted for bribery and money laundering in the scheme. In addition, analysts learned about how Robert M. Ronnlund, the spouse of a Southern Company subsidiary executive, was involved in the Newsome Conspiracy Case and…
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Second Exodus Begins; Glassford Bails on Balch
Last January, an exodus of 10 money-making partners left embattled law firm Balch & Bingham. Yesterday, the beginning of a second exodus of attorneys at Balch began. Birmingham Business Journal reports: Jeremiah Glassford was hired as senior client executive in the national energy construction practice at EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm with revenues greater than $400 million and 50 offices across the U.S. Glassford has previous experience with insurance as part of his former practice at Balch where he was a commercial litigator. This is the first…
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Will Southern Co.’s Fanning Walk the Plank Because of Balch?
We believe Southern Company’s CEO Tom Fanning failed institutional investors and waffled on leadership when the utility giant refused to suspend their sister-wife relationship earlier this year with embattled law firm Balch & Bingham that engaged in alleged institutional racism in North Birmingham. Now revealed that poor African-American children were used (or abused) through free coat drives to peddle the repugnant objective of not having their family’s toxic property tested, institutional investors are listening. Last week, news reports declared that Southern Company had another cost overrun of over $1 billion in the construction of the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant in…
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Will BBVA’s Code of Conduct Doom Balch & Bingham?
Banking giant BBVA in Madrid, Spain is investigating their wholly-owned U.S.-based subsidiary BBVA Compass‘ relationship with embattled law firm Balch & Bingham and making sure they are not violating BBVA’s Code of Conduct. We have asked BBVA to suspend or terminate their relationship with Balch immediately. We wrote and spoke directly to the leadership in Spain in May because the Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of BBVA Compass, Richard Pearson, was a partner at Balch & Bingham for 34 years. In addition, Will Graham, who serves as Senior Vice President and Corporate Counsel at BBVA Compass, was a…
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Balch Crony: The Dog Ate My Homework
How much horse manure will Balch & Bingham and their cronies disperse in an attempt to conceal unsavory if not criminal conduct? Reading the pleading from Robert M. Ronnlund, whose wife was a former partner at Balch & Bingham, explaining how the alleged criminal obstruction of justice happened in the Newsome Conspiracy Case is the worst excretion we have read to date and only raises more questions. Ronnlund sent a letter in early 2016 to AT&T falsely claiming that “an objection has been filed regarding the deposition subpoena” and added, “absent a valid court order, please do not produce any…
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Balch, Bingham, & Bribery: Why Did They Cross the Line?
Balch’s Managing Partner Stan Blanton should be replaced immediately, and Chief Operating Officer David Miceli, who testified in the corruption trial, should promptly step down. As convicted ex-Balch & Bingham partner Joel I. Gilbert prepares to possibly share the dark secrets at Balch & Bingham before being sentenced to federal prison, questions about the law firm’s internal culture or more accurately internal blindness is raising red flags. Why did Gilbert cross the line? Why did Balch & Bingham allow its client Drummond Company to cross the line? Even though Balch, Gilbert, Drummond and friends have the absolute right to fight…
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Flushed! Balch & Bingham Reputation Takes International Beating
Our Facebook posts about how convicted Balch & Bingham partner Joel I. Gilbert spearheaded an effort that targeted poor black children in North Birmingham so that families would not have their toxic or contaminated property tested by the EPA have taken off across the United States and in Spain. The CDLU has been in touch with the leadership of BBVA, one of the largest banks in the world based in Spain; BB&T, a large regional bank out of North Carolina; and Regions Financial, a powerhouse bank out of Birmingham demanding that they suspend or terminate their relationship with Balch immediately.…
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Newsome’s Wife Targeted and Burglarized
Last week, we were very surprised to see a post from last year about Balch & Bingham slapping Burt Newsome’s wife with a subpoena being read a couple times. So long ago, so stale, so irrelevant today, who would want to read old news? Our sources confirmed someone at Balch & Bingham was allegedly reading the post, among numerous menu items under the “Burt Newsome Case” tab. We assumed someone at Balch was looking outside the box at all the foolish mistakes that turned a simple matter, the Newsome Conspiracy Case, into a legal quagmire. With a RICO civil suit…
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Balch’s Free Coats and Toxic School Grounds for Children
When you at some moment believe there will be an epiphany, redemption, and acts of contrition by the leaders at Balch & Bingham, it is then when you hear the unbelievable, the most appalling conduct ever and equate Balch & Bingham with the worst dregs of humanity. Your shock causes you to utilize vernacular of the gutter to describe Balch, and you shake your head in absolute disgust. Today was such a moment. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Archibald of AL.com writes a column describing testimony and evidence from the Balch/Drummond corruption trial that would tick anyone off. Balch & Bingham…
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Conviction of Balch & Bingham Partner Makes National Headlines
Convicted Balch & Bingham partner Joel I. Gilbert has made national headlines this afternoon. As we continue to reach out to Wall Street institutional investors and businesses that have utilized Balch in the past with our call for them to immediately suspend Balch & Bingham, the national coverage is beneficial to and compliments our efforts. The New York Times reports: A coal company executive and a lawyer have been convicted in federal court of bribing an Alabama lawmaker to oppose Environmental Protection Agency plans that could have made the company help pay to clean up a polluted Superfund site. David…
