Balch &amp; BinghamBalch &amp; Bingham Balch & Bingham Balch & Bingham LLP is a United States law firm based in Birmingham, Alabama. The firm has additional offices in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Washington, D.C. and employs over 200 lawyers. History. The firm was founded in 1922 by William Logan Martin Jr, who served as Alabama's Attorney General between 1915-1917 and as attorney for Alabama Power Company. Martin's private practice in Birmingham was joined by Judge Fritz Thompson and Perry Turner to form Martin, Thompson & Turner in 1922. In 1983, then known as Balch, Bingham, Baker, Hawthorne, Williams & Ward, the firm merged with  Montgomery partnership Smith, Bowman, Thagard, Crook & Culpeper, expanding the firm's presence in Montgomery. In 1985, the firm's name was changed to Balch & Bingham in recognition of partners Eason Balch and John Bingham. In 2001, the firm merged with Eaton & Cottrell in Mississippi, followed in 2003 by a merger with Meadows, Ichter and Bowers in Atlanta. In April 2012, Balch & Bingham acquired Birmingham-based Presley Burton & Collier, along with Jacksonville-based Stoneburner, Berry, Gocker, Purcell & Greenhut PA later that year. In August 2010, the firm was hired by the Governor of Alabama to conduct a special investigation into the  Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal. The report, delivered to the Governor in June of 2011, uncovered cheating by over 178 administrators and teachers from 56 elementary and middle schools in the Atlanta Public School System. Beginning in 2010, Balch & Bingham assisted the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality in litigation against BP for environmental damages following the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In 2014, the firm's billing was central to litigation in which the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality responded to a public records request by producing heavily redacted versions of invoices for expenses incurred by Balch and other  subcontractors. In March of 2015, the firm was hired by the Lee May, CEO of DeKalb County, Georgia, to investigate improper spending by government officials. Lead by Balch & Bingham lead investigator Richard Hyde and firm Partner Mike Bowers, formerly the Attorney General of Georgia, the investigation uncovered many examples of misconduct, including stolen county property, taxpayer funded charge cards used for liquor purchases, and ignored requests for public record. May, who was himself implicated in the investigation’s findings, criticized the firm for the cost of the far reaching inquiry. In 2019, the firm filed a lawsuit on behalf of  the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Mississippi River Commission. The suit alleged that these entities violated federal law by “failing to study the consequences of diverting the Mississippi River into the Mississippi Sound through the Bonnet Carré Spillway” causing ecological and economical damage. Balch attorney Chris Anulewicz served as Georgia's special assistant attorney general in the Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election from Georgia. On January 8, 2021, four of the cases were dismissed. Offices. As of February 2020, Balch & Bingham was the fourth  largest law firm in Birmingham, Alabama. The firm has additional offices in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Washington, D.C. Balch & Bingham Balch & Bingham LLP is a United States law firm based in Birmingham, Alabama. The firm has additional offices in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Washington, D.C. and employs over 200 lawyers. History. The firm was founded in 1922 by William Logan Martin Jr, who served as Alabama's Attorney General between 1915-1917 and as attorney for Alabama Power Company. Martin's private practice in Birmingham was joined by Judge Fritz Thompson and Perry Turner to form