Background
Palmer, Jerry Richard was born on August 22, 1940 in Jefferson City, Missouri, United States. Son of Noble Edison and Harriet Jane (McCall) Palmer.
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Jerry Richard Palmer
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University of Kansas (Bachelor of Arts. University of Texas and University of Kansas (Juris Doctor, 1966). Phi Delta Phi. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Trial Law, Law and Medicine, Washburn School of Law, 1975-1985.
Member, Torts Bar Review, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, 1976-1980.
Career
Worked at Palmer, Lowry & Leatherman (Topeka, Kansas) specializing in Professional Negligence Law, Products Liability Law, General Negligence Law, Medical Malpractice. Admitted to the bar, 1966, Kansas. United States. District Court, District of Kansas.
United States.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. United States. Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Trial Law, Law and Medicine, Washburn School of Law, 1975-1985.
Member, Torts Bar Review, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, 1976-1980.
Author: "Kansas Wrongful Death Acting, Limitations Are Constitutional," Kansas Advocate, 1976. "Some Current Problems in Number-Fault," Volume 2, Number.
4, p. 21, 1978; "Not Only Can the King Do Wrong, But When He Does He Is Probably Liable," Volume 2, Number.
7, p. 24, 1979; "Does Kansas Comparative Negligence Acting Apply in Strict Liability in Tort Actions?" Volume 3, Number. 5, p. 6, 1980, all in the Journal of Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.
"A Practitioner"s Guide to the Kansas Tort Claims Acting," Kansas Bar Journal, p. 299, Winter, 1979; "Computerized Medical Research for the Trial Attorney at Home and in the Office," Trial Diplomacy Journal, p.
37, Spring 1987; "On-Lincolnshire Medical Research," p.
37, Trial, January, 1986. "A Practitioner"s Guide to Tort Reform of the 80"s," Volume 57, Number. 9, Kansas Bar Journal, p.
21, November, 1988.
United States. District Court, District of Kansas (Civil Justice Reform Committee). Life Member, 1986 and Board of Director, 1996, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.
Member, Insurance Commissioner"s Committee on Malpractice, 1985. President, Kansas Chapter, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1987.
Trustee, American Jury Trial Foundation.
Certified Mediator: Supreme Court of Kansas, 1996. United States. District Court, District of Kansas, 1992. Member: Topeka (Member, Executive Committee, 1973-1974), Kansas and American (Member, Federal Products Liability Subcommittee, 1984.
Vice Chairman, Law and Medicine Committee of Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Section, 1995-1996) Bar Associations.
Topeka Lawyers Club (President, 1989). Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1974.
Convention Chairman, 1975. President, 1977-1978).
National College of Advocacy.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Life Member, 1989, Amicus Curiae Committee. Member: Products Liability Exchange Committee, 1983-1985. Board of Governors, 1982-1985.
Chairman, Home Office & Budget Committee, 1987-1989.
Chairman, Constitutional Challenge Committee, 1987-1991. Company-Chair, ALI Relations and Study Committee, 1991-1996.
Company-Chair, Academic Liaison Committee, 1992-1993). Belli Society. Trustee, Roscoe Pound Foundation.
Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (Board Member at Large, 1981.
Board of Examiners, 1986. Treasurer, 1987-1990. President, 1991-1993).
American Inns of Court, Master of the Bench.
Certified Diplomate by American Board of Professional Liability Attorney, 1990. Elected Member, Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission, 1989-1995.
American Law Institute (Sustaining Member). Scribes. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Achievements
Membership
Topeka (Member, Executive Committee, 1973-1974), Kansas and American (Member, Federal Products Liability Subcommittee, since 1984) Bar Associations. Topeka Lawyers Club (President, 1989). Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, since 1974.
Convention Chairman, 1975.
President, 1977-1978). National College of Advocacy.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Life Member and Chairman, 1989, Amicus Curiae Committee. Member: Products Liability Exchange Committee, 1983-1985.
Board of Governors, 1982-1985.
Chairman, Home Office & Budget Committee, 1987-1989. Chairman, Constitutional Challenge Committee, 1987-1989). American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Kansas Chapter, 1987).
Etelli Society.
Trustee, Roscoe Pound Foundation. Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (Board Member at Large, since 1981. Board of Examiners, since 1986.
Treasurer, 1987-1990).
Certified Diplomate by American Board of Professional Liability Attorney, 1990. American Law Institute (Sustaining Member).
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Professional Negligence, Products Liability, General Negligence.
Interests
Connections
Married Ann Leffler, August 20, 1965. Children: Christopher Paul, Andrea Leffler.
