Background
Smith Lehman, Palmer was born on October 2, 1948 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States.
Smith Lehman, Palmer was born on October 2, 1948 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States.
Salem College (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). University of Alabama Law School (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Worked at Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, P.A. (Montgomery, Alabama) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Communications, Construction, Corporate and Municipal Finance, Employee Benefits, Employment Discrimination, Energy, Environmental, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Estate and Trust, Family, Government Contracts, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International, Labor, Legislative, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mergers and Acquisitions, Motor Carrier, Oil and Gas, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Telecommunications, Transportation, Utility and Workers" Compensation Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1973, Alabama.
Kappa Beta Pi; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Moot Court Board.
Member: Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Real Property and Probate Section, 1993-1994). Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, P.A. began as a two-member partnership of Jack Capell and Fontaine Howard in 1947, expanded to four members in 1953 and became a 14 member professional association in 1971.
The firm was then and continues to be one of the largest law firms in Montgomery, Alabama.
The firm presently consists of 34 lawyers specializing in a broad spectrum of legal services and representing a diverse clientele in Alabama and the Southeast. The lawyers in the firm have differing academic backgrounds, holding degrees from 16 undergraduate universities and 13 law schools. The firm-owned office complex is located in the center of Montgomery"s legal, financial and governmental area, only a block from both the Federal Courthouse and the Montgomery County Courthouse in downtown Montgomery.
Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Real Property and Probate Section, 1993-1994).