Pamela A. Palmer

    Partner
    Los Angeles
    Direct: 213.417.5168
    Main: 213.891.9100

    Pam's practice focuses in the areas of insurance coverage, environmental law/toxic tort, aviation and marine law, as well as appellate advocacy.

    Pam provides advice and representation concerning all aspects of first and third-party insurance focusing primarily on liability for environmental remediation of contaminated properties, construction defects, professional malpractice, toxic tort, arson, suspicious claims and bad faith. Pam also provides representation to Aviation & Marine clients in matters involving marine insurance, cargo damage and personal injury.

    Pam’s experience includes complex insurance coverage matters involving environmental contamination and clergy abuse, as well as matters involving admiralty and maritime law including marine insurance coverage, pollution, products liability, cargo damage, personal injury, and toxic torts. Pam has tried a number of cases to successful jury verdict as well as numerous bench trials and appeals.

    Pam graduated cum laude from Gonzaga University School of Law where she was an associate editor of the Gonzaga Law Review, member of the National Moot Court team, member of the Linden Cup Moot Court First Place Team and received the CALI award for legal research and writing.

    Education

    • J.D., Gonzaga University, 1999, cum laude
    • B.A., Washington State University, 1995, with honors

    Court Admissions

    • United States Supreme Court
    • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    • United States District Court for the Central and Southern Districts of California
    • United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
    • United States District Court for the District of Oregon
    • United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington

    Bar Admissions

    • California
    • Oregon
    • New York
    • Washington

    Professional Memberships and Activities

    American Bar Association 
    • Co-Executive Editor, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Law Journal (2010-2012)
    • Associate Editor, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Law Journal (2007-2010)
    • Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Membership Committee (2009-2012)
    • Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Admiralty Committee
    • Editorial Board Member, Law Practice Today (2009-2011)
    • Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Fellow (2007-2009)
    • Vice Chair, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee (2007-2008)
    • Vice Chair, Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Committee (2006-2007)

    Defense Research Institute
    • Insurance Law Membership Committee (2010-2011)
    • YLC Liaison Chair to the Insurance Law Committee (2007-2008)

    Maritime Law Association 
    • Continuing Legal Education Committee
    • Marine Insurance Committee

    Hispanic National Bar Association

    Other Information

    • Election Protection Program - nonpartisan legal advice regarding potential dissemination of misinformation by poll workers, problems associated with voting machines and intimidation of voters in minority communities

    Speeches and Publications

    • Author, Sackett v. The Environmental Protective Agency: Pre-Enforcement Review of an EPA Compliance Order - What If the EPA Got It Wrong? Defense Research Institute: Covered Events, January 2012
    • Regional Editor, Excess and Umbrella Compendium, Defense Research Institute - 2011
    • Co-author, California Property Insurance: Law and Litigation, California Continuing Education of the Bar - 2011
    • Author, California Chapter, Insurance Bad Faith: A Compendium of State Law, Defense Research Institute - 2011
    • Author, Montana Chapter, Insurance Bad Faith: A Compendium of State Law, Defense Research Institute - 2011
    • Assistant Editor, The Reference Handbook on the Comprehensive General Liability Policy (ABA Publishing 2010)
    • Author, BP’s $700 Million Excess Insurance Question – Did Pollution Damage Originate Above the Surface of the Water?, ABA TIPS Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee Special Edition Newsletter, August 2010
    • Co-author, Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage Litigation 45 Tort Trial & Ins. Practice L.J. 429 (2010)
    • Co-author, Employment Practices Liability Coverage – Updates and Strategies in Addressing Employment-Based Claims, ABA Section of Litigation Insurance Coverage Committee CLE Seminar, March 5, 2010
    • Co-author, The Insurer’s Duty to Advise the Insured of the Right to Select Independent Counsel, ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section CLE Seminar, February 26, 2010
    • California Conference of Arson Investigators – Instructor, Expert Witness Testimony Course, 2008, 2009
    • Co-author, Washington Chapter, Unfair Insurance Practices: A Compendium of State Law, Defense Research Institute - 2008
    • Co-author, Washington Chapter, Insurance Bad Faith: A Compendium of State Law, Defense Research Institute - 2006