The firm is pleased to announce that Chris has been named a Trustee for the Atlanta Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Board. The Board is charged by the Association with managing the Continuing Education programs and the budget for those programs. The Atlanta Bar sponsors numerous cost effective continuing education programs for lawyers each year. Chris joins the Board after years of experience planning and presenting at seminars across the country.
On Veterans Day Chris received a surprise Proclamation, presented by Atlanta City Council Member Carla Smith in recognition for his service to the City from 2014-2020 in establishing and chairing the first City of Atlanta Commission on Veterans’ Affairs. Thank you very much for that. My former Vice Chair and now Chairperson of the Commission,…
Eight years ago on the 12th of December, Brookhaven, Georgia, officially began operations as Georgia’s newest municipality. From those early days to the present, the community rallied around progressive policies of creating livable and workable spaces for all of its citizens. In that effort, the City Council has proposed and supported the creation of a Public…
Nominated by his clients and affirmed by his colleagues, Chris Balch has been named a Georgia Super Lawyer for 2021. This recognition is made for the quality of the advocacy and dedication to client success Chris has demonstrated throughout his career. Selection is limited to just 5% of lawyers in the state. The firm is…
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…
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…