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| | Address | 105 Tallapoosa Street
Suite 200, P.O. Box 78 | | Montgomery, Alabama 36104 | | (Montgomery Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 334-834-6500 | | Facsimile: 334-269-3115 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.balch.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | Balch & Bingham LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice, Corporation, Public Utilities, Banking, Public Finance, Taxation, Securities, Antitrust, Litigation, Labor and Employment, Discrimination, Probate, Real Estate, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Environmental, Bankruptcy, Legislative Practice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Health Care, International Business Transactions, Criminal, Education, Construction, Products Liability, Coal and Natural Gas, and Personal Injury Law. Trials in all Courts. Alternative Dispute Resolution. | | Year Established: 1922 | | Firm Size: 206 | Clients:
COUNSEL FOR: Alabama Power Co.; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama; Brasfield & Gorrie, Inc.; Compass Bank; Compass Bancshares, Inc.; Harbert Corp.; Intergraph Corp.; Kimberly-Clark Corp.; Sears Roebuck and Co.; Southern Company Services, Inc.; Southern Nuclear Operating Co.; Southern Research Institute; Vesta Insurance Group, Inc.; AT&T Communications, Inc.; Auburn University; Alabama Bankers Assn.; Alabama Housing Finance Authority; Alabama River Pulp Co., Inc.; Amoco Corp.; Beneficial National Bank; Birmingham Budweiser Distributing Co., Inc.; The Boeing Co.; Citicorp Mortgage, Inc.; Colonial Properties, Inc.; Dan River, Inc.; Digital Equipment Corp.; The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States; First American Title Insurance Co.; Fluor Daniel, Inc.; Franklin Life Insurance Co.; General Electric Co.; Hartford Insurance Co.; James River Corp.; Jenkins Brick Co.; Lloyds, London; National Energy Partners; Texaco Inc.; The Advertiser Company (Montgomery Advertiser and Alabama Journal); United HealthCare South, Inc. |
Other Office Locations of Balch & Bingham LLP
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A.
| | COUNSEL | | Maury D. Smith (Counsel) born Samson, Alabama, February 2, 1927; admitted to bar, 1952, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1950; LL.B., 1952). Listed in The Best Lawyers of America, 1989-1998. Assistant Attorney General of Alabama, 1952-1955. Trustee Emeritus, University of Alabama System. Member: Montgomery County (President, 1976) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Past Member, State Commission on Minimum Standards of Criminal Justice); Alabama Law Institute (Member of Council, 1982—). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation. (Also at Birmingham Office). Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Business Litigation; Criminal Law. Email: Maury D. Smith | | PARTNERS OF FIRM | | John S. Bowman (Partner) born Montgomery, Alabama, November 22, 1935; admitted to bar, 1960, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1958; LL.B., 1960). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Law Foundation. Practice Areas: Real Estate (Property) Law; Title Insurance Closing Law; Real Estate Development Law. Email: John S. Bowman | | James A. Byram, Jr. (Partner) born Gadsden, Alabama, July 27, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1976; J.D., 1979). Hugo L. Black Scholar. Henderson Sommerville Law Prize. Member, Bench and Bar. Chairman, Journal of Legal Profession, 1978-1979. Member: Montgomery County (Chairman, Grievance Committee Panel, 1988-1994) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Alabama Board of Bar Examiners, 1992-1996); Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Banking Law; Environmental Law. Email: James A. Byram, Jr. | | Malcolm N. Carmichael (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, December 31, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Alabama. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1970); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1973); University of Miami (LL.M. in Taxation, 1976). Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Estate Planning Law; Corporate Law. Email: Malcolm N. Carmichael | | William P. Cobb, II (Partner) born Gadsden, Alabama, March 19, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1976); Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Member, Curia Honoris. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1997—. Associate Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 1978-1980. Member, Council of School Attorneys, National School Boards Association, 1985—. Member, Alabama Council of School Board Attorneys. Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Defense Research Institute; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Employment Law; Worker's Compensation Law. Email: William P. Cobb, II | | James M. Edwards (Partner) born Selma, Alabama, June 6, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1975); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 1979; LL.M., Taxation, with honors, 1981). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. President: Samford University; Parents Counsel. Member: Jimmy Hitchcock Association; Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance; Lending; Leasing; Corporate Governance; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Wealth Management. Email: James M. Edwards | | Robin G. Laurie (Partner) born Mobile, Alabama, June 10, 1956; admitted to bar, 1988, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1978; J. D., 1988). Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Bench and Bar; Jasons. Articles Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1987-1988. Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Public Utility Law; Administrative Law. Email: Robin G. Laurie | | W. Joseph McCorkle, Jr. (Partner) born Atlanta, Georgia, July 8, 1956; admitted to bar, 1986, Alabama. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1982); University of Alabama (J.D., 1986). Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: W. Joseph McCorkle, Jr. | | Charles B. Paterson (Partner) born Montgomery, Alabama, June 29, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle, Southern and Northern Districts of Alabama; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.S. in Commerce and Business Administration, 1970; J.D., 1973). Special Assistant Attorney General, Alabama, 1985. Member, American Arbitration Association Panel of Neutrals, 1995—. Member: Industrial Development Board, City of Montgomery, 1975-1991; City-County Personnel Board, 1980-1992; American Corporate Counsel Association, 1986-1990. Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member: Alabama Judicial Conference, 1993-1996; Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference, 1994); The Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Corporate Law; Business Law; Employment Law. Email: Charles B. Paterson | | William B. Sellers (Partner) born Montgomery, Alabama, February 10, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Alabama; 1989, District of Columbia. Education: Hillsdale College (B.A., magna cum laude, honors program, 1985); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 1988); New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation, 1989). Chairman: Legislative Task Force, Chamber of Commerce, 1993; Tax Committee, Business Council of Alabama, 1997-1999; Second Chance Foundation; 21st Century Leadership Project. President, Montgomery County Republican Club. Treasurer: White & Johnson Foundation; Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1998-1999, 2001-2002. Director: Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, 1998-1999; Friends of the Archives Board, 1997-2002. President-Elect, Montgomery Rotary Club, 2004-2005. Vice-President, Board of Governors, Capital City Club. Director: Alabama World Affairs Council 2004-2006; Montgomery Area Committee of 100, 1999-2002; Montgomery Area United Way, 2000-2002. Member, American Council on Germany. Member: Montgomery County and American (Member, Section on Taxation) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; District of Columbia Bar (Member, Section on Taxation); National Association of Bond Lawyers. Reported Cases: U.S. v. Skinner, 968 F.2d 1154 (11 Cir. 1992); Grant v. Com, T.C. Memo 1995-29; Cerro Cooper Products v. Department of Revenue (1 ATR 8-3) 1995; Blue Grass Bit Co. v. Department (3 ATR 9-17), 1997. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Economic Development; Economic Incentive; Estates; Wealth Management; Tax Law; Public Finance. Email: William B. Sellers | | John G. Smith (Partner) born Anniston, Alabama, March 18, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court; 2000, U.S District Court, Southern District of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1989); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1992). Member: Elmore County, Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Municipal Attorneys Association. (Also in Birmingham, Alabama Office). Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Litigation; Casualty Litigation; Civil Rights Litigation; Construction; State Government Litigation; Local Government Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: John G. Smith | | Dorman Walker (Partner) born Montgomery, Alabama, December 19, 1955; admitted to bar, 1987, Alabama. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1978); University of Alabama ( J.D., 1987). Hugo L. Black Scholar. Alabama Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1986-1987. Member: Montgomery County, Federal and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Defense Research Institute; Hugh Maddox Inn of Court. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1978-1984]. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Dorman Walker | | RESIDENT ASSOCIATES OF FIRM | | Louis M. Calligas (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana, September 22, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000); Tulane University (J.D., 2003; Sports Law Certificate, 2003). Member: Alabama State Bar; American Inns of Court; Hugh Maddox Inn. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Louis M. Calligas | | Paul A. Clark (Associate) born Anniston, Alabama, September 16, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama. Education: Faulkner University (B.A., 1994); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1999). Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Defense Research Institute; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court, Hugh Maddox Inn. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Litigation. Email: Paul A. Clark | | G. Lane Knight (Associate) born Meridian, Mississippi, January 17, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama at Birmingham (B.S., cum laude, 2001); University of Mississippi (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Member, Moot Court. Associate Editor, Mississippi Law Journal. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: G. Lane Knight | | Walter H.C. McKay (Associate) born Auburn, Alabama, August 14, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama. Education: University of the South (B.A., 1998); University of Alabama (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001); University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, 2002). Graduate Tax Scholar. Articles Editor, Alabama Law Review, 2000-2001. Graduate Editor, Florida Tax Review, 2002. Author, "Reaping the Tobacco Settlement Windfall: The Viability of Future Settlement Payment Securitization as an Option for State Legislatures," 52 Ala. L. Rev. 705. Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Partnership Taxation; Business Planning; Estate Planning. Email: Walter H.C. McKay | | JoClaudia Mitchum Moore (Associate) born Decatur, Georgia, November 8, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Alabama; 2000, District of Columbia. Education: Clemson University (B.A., 1993); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1997). Comment Editor, Cumberland Law Review. Author: "The Death of Credit Life Insurance: McCullar v. Universal Underwriters Life Insurance Company," 27 Cumberland Law Review 719 (1997). Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow. Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: JoClaudia Mitchum Moore | | Joseph Seawell Moore (Associate) born Selma, Alabama, February 4, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.S., Finance, 2002); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Kelly F. Pate (Associate) born Columbus, Georgia, September 26, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., Communications, cum laude, 2001); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Member, Curia Honoris. Symposium Editor, Cumberland Law Review. Recipient: American Law Institute-American Bar Association Scholarship & Leadership Award. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Riley W. Roby (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, January 15, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama; 2001, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1997); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2000); University of Florida (LL.M., 2001). Member: Montgomery County (Member, Young Lawyers' Executive Committee) and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Business Law) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Estates; Wealth Management; Tax Law. Email: Riley W. Roby | | Keith Walker (Associate) born 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 2004); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 2007). | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Birmingham, Alabama Offices: 1710 Sixth Avenue North, 35203. Telephone: 205-251-8100. Facsimile: 205-226-8798. 1901 Sixth Avenue North, Suite 2600, 35203. Telephone: 205-251-8100. Facsimile: 205-226-8799.
Washington, D.C. Office: 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 325, 20004. Telephone: 202-347-6000. Facsimile: 202-347-6001.
Gulfport, Mississippi Office: 1310 Twenty-Fifth Avenue. P.O. Box 130. Telephone: 228-864-9900. Fax: 228-864-8221.
Jackson, Mississippi Office: 401 East Capitol Street, Suite 200. Telephone: 601-961-9900. Fax: 601-961-4466.
Atlanta, Georgia Office: 30 Ivan Allen, Jr. Boulevard, NW, Suite 700, 30308. Telephone: 404-261-6020. Fax: 404-261-3656.
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