Pamela A. Palmer

    Senior Associate
    Los Angeles
    Direct: 213.417.5168
    Main: 213.891.9100

    Pam is a member of the Insurance, Aviation & Marine and Appellate Practice Groups.

    Pam provides advice and representation to insurers 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 including carriers and insurers 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, products liability, cargo damage, personal injury, and toxic torts. Pam has tried a number of cases to successful jury verdict and has conducted 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 – Associate Executive Editor, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Law Journal (2009-2011); Editorial Board Member, Law Practice Today (2009-2010); 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 - YLC Liaison Chair to the Insurance Law Committee (2007-2008)  
    • Hispanic National Bar Association
    • Maritime Law Association - Continuing Legal Education Committee; Marine Insurance Committee

    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, 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
    • Defense Research Institute – Co-author, Unfair Insurance Practices: A Compendium of State Law, 2008
    • Defense Research Institute – Co-author, Insurance Bad Faith: A Compendium of State Law, 2006