EDUCATION:

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW

Charlottesville, Virginia
Juris Doctor, May 1981



VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY

Richmond, Virginia
Bachelor of Arts, History / Government, June 1978

EXPERIENCE:

• RAYMOND L. PALMER & ASSOCIATES


January 2000 - Present
Managing Partner, 2002 – 2003, 2006
Negotiate business and service contracts
Develop and implement marketing strategies
Litigate, mediate and settle personal injury cases since 1981
Represent persons in criminal and traffic courts since 1981
Advise and represent bankruptcy clients since 1998



• SENIOR PARTNER, THE PALMER LAW FIRM


May 1981 -December 1999
Managing Partner
Negotiate all business and service contracts
Determine and implement all marketing strategies
Represent personal injury clients
Represent clients charged with criminal and traffic offenses
Obtained a six million five hundred thousand ( $6,500,000.00) products liability award for an injured client

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• Member:

Virginia State Bar


• Member:

American Bar Association


• Member:

Old Dominion Bar Association


• Member:

Virginia Trial Lawyers Association


• Member:

American Trial Lawyers Association


• Seminary Student:

Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University


• Member:

Million Dollar Advocates Forum

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Products Liability:

six million five hundred thousand dollars ($6,500,000.00) awarded to injured client



• Tractor Trailer Accident:

One million nine hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,950,000.00) awarded to an eighty one (81) year old client



• Millions of dollars awarded to personal injury clients




• Developed law firm strategy to go after drunk drivers who injure clients for up to $350,000.00 each, for punitive damages




• Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum:

An exclusive legal organization, whose members have either settled, mediated or litigated at least one personal injury case for one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) or more.