Robert L. Palmer

Robert L. Palmer currently serves as the Managing Partner and General Counsel of HBD.  Mr. Palmer specializes in complex litigation and trial practice, with special focus on disputes relating to banking and finance, securities, real estate, and the False Claims Act.

Mr. Palmer joined HBD shortly after its formation in 1995. Prior to joining HBD, for many years Mr. Palmer was a litigation partner in the Phoenix, Arizona law firm of Osborn Maledon. He is an active member of the Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations, the State Bar of California, the State Bar of Arizona and the District of Columbia Bar.

Publications

• Resolving Complex, High Stakes Litigation in State Courts
• Selected Issues of Scope and Coverage in Drafting Class Action Settlement Agreements

News

• Haiti Relief

Seminars

Speaker:  Managing Complex Litigation 2008: Legal Strategies and Best Practices in “High-Stakes” Cases, October 2008

Speaker:  'Bet the Company' Litigation 2009:  Best Practices for Complex Cases (PLI, August 2009)

Professional Affiliations

• Law Clerk to Hon. Harold Leventhal, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1971-1972
• Assistant Special Prosecutor for Watergate Special Prosecution Force, U.S. Department of Justice, 1973-74
• President of Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, 1990-92
• Board of Directors, Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, 1988-1995
• Board of Directors, Trial Practice Inn of Court of the Los Angeles County Bar Association,1999-2002