In the New South metropolis of Birmingham, “Judge Martin” turned his attention to his private law practice – one that focused primarily, at the time, on the legal affairs of Alabama Power Company, where Martin’s older brother Thomas served as the company’s president and general counsel. Two years later, Martin partnered with J. Fritz Thompson and Perry W. Turner, thereby creating the firm Martin, Thompson and Turner. It was a modest partnership to which Balch & Bingham – today the largest law firm in Alabama, and one with offices in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington, D.C. – traces its roots.

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