Background
Palmer, Alan Kenneth was born on February 9, 1941 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Kenneth and M. Mae (Gore) Palmer.
Palmer, Alan Kenneth was born on February 9, 1941 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Kenneth and M. Mae (Gore) Palmer.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1963; postgraduate, University of Oxford, 1963-1964; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1967.
Law clerk to presiding justice, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit), Los Angeles, 1967-1968; law clerk to Justice Potter Stewart, Supreme Court of the United States Court, Washington, 1968-1969; associate, Covington & Burling, Washington, 1969-1974; deputy associate solicitor, Department Interior, Washington, 1974-1976; bureau competition, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, 1976-1977; deputy director bureau competition, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, 1977-1981; acting director bureau competition, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, 1981; partner, Morrison & Foerster, Washington, since 1981. Visiting fellow Institute for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1979-1980.
Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association.
Married Carole Ellen Mancha, September 14, 1963 (December 1981). Married M. Shelley Buck, January 24, 1987.