Balch & Bingham LLP

Law Firm Overview

Our Birmingham office was the first to be established in 1922. Our clients range from individuals and closely-held companies to multi-national corporations. They are involved in commercial banking, investment banking, securities brokerage, manufacturing, construction, real estate subdivision and development (including single and multi-family residences, shopping centers and regional malls, office buildings and other commercial structures), life sciences and information technology, oil and gas exploration and production, coal and other minerals development, utility services (including electrical, gas, and telecommunications), independent power production, and many other areas. The firm also serves as counsel in municipal and public finance transactions and represents numerous foundations and trusts. The Birmingham office has over 160 attorneys and offers statewide and national representation for its state and regional clients.

Areas of Practice

• Construction Law
• Corporate
• Creditors Rights and Bankruptcy
• Education
• Energy
• Environmental and Natural Resources
• Financial Institutions & Regulation
• Government Relations
• Healthcare
• Intellectual Property
• Joint Use & Pole Attachments
• Labor & Employment
• Litigation
• Public Finance
• Real Estate
• Regulated Industries
• Sports and Entertainment Law
• Wealth Management and Employee Benefits
• Antitrust
• Health Law
• Solid Waste Industry
• Climate Change & Smart Sustainability
• Government Contracts
• Immigration
• Maritime
• Product Liability & Casualty
• Real Estate, Lending & Commercial
• B&B Sports
• Insurance
• Nuclear Energy
• Gulf Coast Oil Spill

Representative Clients

• Aetna Life & Casualty Co.
• Alabama Bankers Association
• Alabama Power Co.
• Alabama River Pulp Co., Inc.
• Alabama State Board of Education
• American Colonial Life Insurance Co.
• American Express Co.
• American Mutual Insurance Cos.
• American Universal Insurance Co.
• Amoco Corp.
• Associated Press
• Auburn University
• AT&T Communications, Inc.
• Birmingham Budweiser Distributing Co., Inc.
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
• Brasfield & Gorrie, Inc.
• Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.
• Central Bancshares of the South, Inc.
• Central Bank of the South
• Cluett Peabody & Co.
• Colonial Properties, Inc.
• Dan River, Inc.
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
• First American Title Insurance Co.
• Fluor Daniel, Inc.
• General Electric Co.
• Harbert Corp.
• Hartford Insurance Co.
• Jenkins Brick Co.
• Kimberly-Clark Corp.
• Lloyds, London
• National Energy Partners
• Southern Company Services, Inc.
• Southern Research Institute
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
• Teledyne Industries, Inc.
• Texaco Inc.
• The Advertiser Company (Montgomery Advertiser and Alabama Journal)
• The Boeing Co.
• The Colonial Co.
• The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
• The St. Paul Companies, Inc.
• The Travelers Insurance Co.