Michael Palmer - New York, NY

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 2004
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 2000
    B.A.
    Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
    Honors: Dean's List
    Honors: Dean's Scholar

Current Employment Position(s)

• Co-Managing Partner of the New York Office

Past Positions

• American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Student Summer Intern, 2003
• Prison and Jail Accountability Project (PJAP), Student Summer Intern, 2002

Representative Cases

• United States of America ex rel. Derrick v. Hoffman-La Roche LTD et al.
• Virginia Land Improvement Wage and Hour Class Action
• Schlumberger Technology Corporation Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Class Action
• JUUL Labs, Inc. Whistleblower Retaliation/Wrongful Termination Case
• Google, Inc. Wage and Hour Class Action – $5.5 Million Settlement
• MetLife Overtime Pay Violation Class Action
• Oracle Commissions Wage & Hour Lawsuits
• Overland Solutions Wage & Hour Class Action – $2.4 Million Settlement
• Alaska Communications Wage and Hour Class Action
• United States ex rel. Gale v. Omnicare (N.D. Ohio) – $120 Million Settlement
• U.S. ex rel. Simmons v. Meridian (M.D. Tenn.) – $5.1 Million Settlement
• Costco Wage and Hour Class Action Litigation
• Forest Laboratories Gender Discrimination Class Action – $4 Million Settlement

Bar Admissions

• New York, 2005
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2006
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2006