Background
Palmer, James Leon was born on January 28, 1948 in Herrin, Illinois, United States. Son of James V. and Jeanne J. (Troutt) Palmer.
Palmer, James Leon was born on January 28, 1948 in Herrin, Illinois, United States. Son of James V. and Jeanne J. (Troutt) Palmer.
Bachelor with honors, Quincy (Illinois) College, 1970; Bachelor with honors, Quincy (Illinois) College, 1970; Juris Doctor, University of Illinois, 1973.
Worked at Scholz, Loos, Palmer, Siebers & Duesterhaus (Quincy, Illinois) specializing in Civil Litigation, Corporate, Banking, Employment, Insurance Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Illinois. 1979, United States. Supreme Court.
1991, Missouri.
United States. District Court, Central District of Illinois and Eastern District of Missouri. United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth Circuits.
National Institute for Trial Advocacy (1979). Phi Alpha Theta. Author: "Fair Compensation for Representation of Indigent Defendants," 68 Illinois Bar Journal 458, 1980.
Law Clerk, Judge James C. Craven, Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District, 1973-1974.
Public Defender, Adams County, 1978-1979. Assistant State"s Attorney, Adams County, 1980-1984. Corporation Counsel, City of Quincy, 1985.
Member: Adams County, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations.
The Missouri Bar; The Defense Research Institute. American Academy of Hospital Attorneys of the American Hospital Association.
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Associate Member).
Association of Defense Trial Attorneys.
Board of directors Family Svc. Agy of Adams County, 1976-1980, Quincy Notre DameFound., since 1988. Eagle board of review Saukee Area Council, Boy Scouts American, since 1983, board directors since 1989, Young Men’s Christian Association, since 1982, president 1984-1986.
Co-chair professional division of 1990 and 1991 campaign cabinet United Way Fund Doctor. Member American Bar Association (litigation section, tort and insurance section), Illinois State Bar Association (civil practice and procedure section, constitutional law and libertysect., insurance law section, commercial banking and bankruptcy law section, tortlaw section, workers compensation law section, Liberty Bell award 1991), Defense Research Institute, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America (associate), American Academy of Hospital Attorneys of the American Hospital Association (academic), Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, Adams County Bar Association (chairman of continuing legal education committee 1989-1991), KC.
Married Ann M. Grussenmeyer, August 10, 1968. Children: Mark M., Jennifer L., Christopher M.