When John Ernst, Mayor of Brookhaven, Georgia gets an idea to create something big, something that will benefit his community for decades to come, he knows exactly how to get the ball rolling with integrity, transparency, and efficiency: He calls Chris Balch, whose firm Balch Law Group serves as the City Attorneys. One of these…
Balch Law Group Completes Negotiations for $45M Community Investment for CHOA in Brookhaven, GA
Chris and Balch Law Group recently completed negotiations for a $45 million Community Investment Agreement related to the construction of a $1.5 billion dollar hospital campus by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. The Brookhaven hospital, sited at the corner of Interstate 85 and North Druid Hills Road, is projected to include nearly 450 beds, two…
Chris Quoted in Communications Daily
Slew of LFA Challenge Plaintiffs Reflects Communities’ Concerns – by Matt Daneman The plethora of municipality and state plaintiffs challenging the FCC’s cable TV local franchise authority (LFA) order in court… …Chris Balch, city attorney for Brookhaven, Georgia, also a plaintiff, said his locality’s participating due to concerns about the FCC order interfering in contractual issues…
Chris to Speak at the South Dakota Municipal League
Chris Balch, chair of the City of Atlanta Commission of Veterans Affairs
at Atlanta City Hall honoring Purple Heart recipients While Atlanta and our nation are indebted to all our veterans, those who have been awarded the Purple Heart Medal have marked paid to that blank check they once wrote in favor of Uncle Sam by having been wounded in combat,” Chris Balch, chair of the City…
MAKING A LIVING AS AN ARTIST: WHILE COVERING YOU’RE A$$
Presented by Chris Balch at the Society of North American Goldsmiths 2019 Conference in Chicago Maybe making and selling work is your sole occupation. Or maybe selling work is part of what you do as you teach in a traditional academic setting. In any case, you need to understand a few rules. If you think…
Chris’ Article in Municipal Law: The Journal of Local Government Law
Chris’ Recent Article in For the Defense
Defending Land-Use Cases When the Elected Official Is the Problem What to Do When They Say Something They Shouldn’t Have By Christopher D. Balch A well-conducted investigation will go a long way to helping a defense, but it is as much about public relations as about finding the truth and protecting public trust. Do the…
IMLA – Small / Rural Communities Presentation: Taming the Hydra: Managing the tasks, demands, and goals of a public client
International Municipal Lawyers Association Mid-Year Seminar, Washington, D.C. Sunday, March 31, 2019 Presented by Chris Balch & Lori Gonzalez Moderator: Douglas Haney Your bosses are ostensibly the elected body. But, you get assignments, direction, and demands from department heads (and sometimes supervisors), the administration, and the elected body. Keeping track of the competing, overlapping, and (often) conflicting…
You Can’t Take It Back – Chris’ Presentation DRI
Learn how to limit or minimize potential fallout and other issues from comments and statements made by elected officials during legislative sessions. Civil Rights and Governmental Tort Liability Seminar | San Antonio, TX, January 31–February 1, 2019
Balch Law Group Parnters with City in Historic First Step Toward Greenspace and Alternative Transportation Solutions
The City Of Brookhaven, Georgia held the historic groundbreaking for Phase I of the Peachtree Creek Greenway on December 12, 2018. The Peachtree Creek Greenway will stretch 1.27 miles from North Druid Hills Road to Briarwood Road to include a series of paved multi-purpose trails and promenade trails. When Phase I and II are complete,…
IMLA, Houston – Challenges at your Local Government Council Meeting: From the Elected Official to Disruptive Speakers
Chris’ presented on the issue of disruptive speakers at local government council meetings, including a discussion of the Supreme Court’s recent case in Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach.