Background
Palmer, John Phillip was born on April 18, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Roland Vincent and Netrola B. (Troutman) Palmer.
Palmer, John Phillip was born on April 18, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Roland Vincent and Netrola B. (Troutman) Palmer.
University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, 1985). Saint Mary"s University of San Antonio (Juris Doctor, 1988).
Worked at Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, A Professional Corporation (Waco, Texas) specializing in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family Law, General Civil Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1988, Texas, United States. District Court, Western District of Texas and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
United States. Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Responsibility Award, Bancroft-Whitney Publishing, 1986.
Senior Associate Editor, Saint Mary"s Law Journal, 1986-1988. Company-Author: Recent Development, "An Overview of the Texas Bar Association Symposium on Cost Control in the Courthouse Held September 30, 1987, Corpus Christi, Texas," 19 Saint Mary"s Lord Justice 507, 1987.
Briefing Attorney, Honorary Walter South. Smith, Junior, United States.
District Court, Western District of Texas, 1988-1989. Trained Mediator, State of Texas. Member: Waco-McLennan County, Federal and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas (Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Chair, 1997-1998).
Texas Association of Defense Counsel.
Advisory board Region XII Education Service Center, Waco, 1993-1997. President Samaritan Counseling Center, Waco, 1997. Moderator of diaconate, elder 1st Presbyterian Church, Waco, 1995.
Member State Bar Association Texas (vice-chairman federal practice committee young lawyers section 1994-1995—, chair alternative dispute resolution section 1997-1998), Federal Bar As. charter Waco chapter), Texas Association Mediators (board directors since 1998), Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyers Association (president 1995-1997, board directors, Outstanding Young Lawyer 1993-1994).
Married Susan Beth Dreyer, March 28, 1992.