LEADING THE WAY
Change takes courage, and there is nothing about a post-pandemic world that has not changed.
Community leaders need lawyers who understand the intricacies of law and policy and can communicate them with understanding not legalese.
Chris Balch and the team of professionals at the Balch Law Group have a long track record of helping local governments, elected officials, and insurers navigate complex problems with trust, transparency, exceptional risk management, empathy, inclusivity, and integrity. Please contact BLG to find out how the firm can help you and your community.
I have found Chris to be the ultimate professional in matters ranging from Chris has represented governmental entities and officials throughout his career and has a breadth of knowledge of the myriad of issues facing a municipality daily. Chris has served with co-defense council in several cases. During that time I have found his work product and judgment to be excellent.
Cynthia Daley,
Jonathan R. Brockman, P.C.
Chris Balch is the #1 Crisis Lawyer in Georgia
SUSAN MOORE
GENERAL COUNSEL EMERITA
GEORGIA MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION
I have found Chris to be the ultimate professional in matters ranging from ethics to full blown advocacy. He knows how to set a course, steer a course, and see a course through to completion.
Phillip E. Friduss
Hall Booth Smith
Please note: Balch Law Group is not affiliated with the firm Balch and Bingham nor is Chris Balch related to any of their lawyers.

Leading Change with Legal Vision
March 7 is a day that will be remembered in Brookhaven for decades as the day the City closed on the funding for its generational plans to establish a sense of place and a City Center with work on the New City Hall at the Brookhaven/Oglethorpe MARTA station. Following 2 years of negotiation and engagement…

It is always time to do what is right
The firm’s local government law philosophy is to work with elected and appointed officials and to provide a pathway to accomplishing the policy goals they set for their city or county while assuring they are in compliance with their city’s or county’s charter and state and federal law. Sometimes it’s very hard to do both….

Leading the Legislative and Legal Initiatives to Bring Brookhaven City Hall to Life
The City of Brookhaven undertook an unusual mechanism to fund infrastructure and construction of the 10 year old City’s first City Hall. By amending the Charter, the City Council clarified the apparent intent of the City’s Founders that only the taxes assessed to establish the City’s Annual General Fund budget were to be capped at…