Balch & Bingham LLP

Law Firm Overview

The Atlanta office handles an extensive range of litigation, corporate-business, and environmental matters. The litigation practice includes, among other things, products liability, breach of contract, tortious interference with business, piracy of employees, defamation, intellectual property, real estate, employment discrimination, wrongful death, medical malpractice claims, and alternative dispute resolution. The firm also provides representation in estate litigation and civil rights matters.

The corporate-business practice includes all aspects of doing business. Some of the areas of representation include corporate, partnership, limited liability company, and joint venture formation and related tax aspects; private placements of debt and equity; secured and unsecured credit facilities; leasing agreements; shareholder and buy-sell agreements; executive compensation and incentive arrangements; non-competition and non-disclosure agreements; franchise and distribution programs; mergers and acquisitions; sales of businesses; federal and state securities laws compliance; shareholder relations and disputes; special and independent committee representation; anti-takeover devices; officer and director liability; employer-employee issues; intellectual property; commercial real estate; international transactions; debtor-creditor and bankruptcy matters; and commercial contract preparation and negotiation.

Our Georgia environmental lawyers provide day-to-day consultation with clients on environmental permitting and compliance, support business and real estate transactions, and respond to threatened or actual litigation or government enforcement activities. Our Atlanta environmental attorneys counsel clients on cutting-edge environmental and natural resources issues, including mercury contamination; homeland security and information law; sustainable and alternative energy sources, including biofuels, landfill gas, and waste-to-energy; greenhouse gas emissions and climate change; international environmental law; nanotechnology; brownfields development and environmental remediation; green building design and construction; corporate social responsibility programs; water quality and resource allocation; regulation of impacts to wetlands and to storm water; solid, hazardous and electronics waste issues; and land conservation. One of our attorneys is among a select group of Georgia lawyers to have been designated as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Areas of Practice

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

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.