Balch & Bingham has removed from its website the biography pages of McKinney, chair of its environmental and natural resources practice, and Gilbert. Gilbert has worked at the Birmingham-based regional firm since 2003, according to his profile on professional networking website LinkedIn, where a similar profile for McKinney (pictured right) shows that he has worked at the firm since 1979.
In a statement by a firm spokeswoman, Balch & Bingham said that it learned Thursday of the federal grand jury action against its two partners, each of whom have been placed on an indefinite leave of absence.
