Balch & Bingham LLP

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Challenges Since 1922

More than 100 years of service to our clients, colleagues, profession and communities.

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We may work in highly regulated industries like energy, financial services, healthcare and others but really, we’re just people who are eager to navigate a challenge.

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We are dedicated to fostering a dynamic culture rooted in teamwork, balance and advancement opportunities for all.

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The Latest

Webinars

Phil Buffington Featured in Financial Poise Webinar on Business Borrowing Strategies

The webinar explored fundamental distinctions between asset-based loans and cash flow loans.

C. Phillip Buffington Jr.

March 26, 2025

Balch Events

DEI for Employers: Then & Now

Join Balch & Bingham for an essential half-day seminar, DEI for Employers: Then & Now, on March 14, 2025 from 8 a.m. to Noon.

Douglas B. Kauffman Brandi A. Russell

March 14, 2025

Firm News

Balch & Bingham Welcomes Rylee Zalanka to Globally Ranked Energy Practice

Rylee represents an array of energy clients including electric and fossil fuel utilities, as well as renewable energy companies.

Robert Rylee Zalanka

March 13, 2025

Firm News

Balch & Bingham Welcomes Paige Bodziak to Jacksonville Office, Strengthening Banking & Financial Services Practice

Paige focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions, with an emphasis on commercial lending as well as office and retail leasing.

Paige E. Bodziak

March 4, 2025

Firm News

Katie Hood and Katherine Carey Join LCLD Fellows and Pathfinder Programs

LCLD is an organization of over 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners committed to creating an environment where all talent has the opportunity to thrive.

Katie Hood Katherine Carey

February 27, 2025

Awards & Rankings

Balch’s Energy Practice Honored with Birmingham Business Journal’s Best of the Bar Award

This recognition underscores the firm’s longstanding dedication to the energy sector and its continued excellence in providing strategic legal counsel to industry leaders.

February 24, 2025

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Chambers Global 2025 Guide Recognizes Balch & Bingham as Leading Firm

For the seventh consecutive year, Balch is ranked globally for USA Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation) and for the third consecutive year in USA Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation).

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Entrepreneurs Supported Through Balch Business Boost

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Grow with us

We're a dynamic team focused on talent, collaboration, creativity and commitment. By encouraging the constant growth of our team, you will have an opportunity to work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry, and engage in meaningful work that pushes boundaries.

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We take great care to cultivate a workforce that embraces the many different perspectives, backgrounds and cultures of our attorneys, staff and profession.

Your Career

At Balch, you have the resources and options you need to fuel your growth. We invest in you, to teach the crucial skills and analytical tactics that place you ahead of the game.

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Latest Insights

Authored Article

5 Steps To Promote Durable, Pro-Industry Environmental Regs

Steven and Claire outline five strategic actions companies can take to promote durable regulation.

April 1, 2025

Authored Article

Managing Solid Waste Challenges in the Energy Transition

A Guide for Utilities

January 28, 2025

Authored Article

Sackett, One Year Later

The article explores how the Sackett ruling is impacting project development, the application of the Sackett rule in the past year, and what manufacturers can do moving forward.

November 4, 2024

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Balch Business Boost

Balch Business Boost is a program dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs of color and/or women-owned businesses and start-ups by providing free or low-cost legal services.

The program leverages the experience and talents of a full-service law firm to help emerging and established minority- and women-owned businesses navigate legal and entrepreneurial challenges to building and sustaining success, ultimately helping these businesses fuel growth, eliminate barriers and spark momentum.

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Awards

Balch's Nuclear Energy & Electricity Practices Named Among The Best Globally by Chambers Global

Recognized in Most Recommended Law Firm Report & as a Litigation Standout by BTI Consulting

Best Lawyers in America Includes 138 Balch Attorneys in 2025 Guide

Recognized as a Leader in Diversity by the Birmingham Business Journal