Julie S. Palmer - Roanoke, VA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia, 2003
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • Mary Washington College, 2000
    B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Representative Cases

• Augusta Mutual Insurance Co. v. Mason, 274 Va. 199, 645 S.E.2d 290 (2007)
• Ford Motor Co. v. Boomer, 736 S.E.2d 724 (Va. 2013) (Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys)
• Eubank v. Thomas, 861 S.E.2d 397 (Va. 2021)
• Patterson v. City of Danville, 875 S.E.2d 5 (Va. 2022)
• Ashland, LLC v. Virginia-American Water Company, 878 S.E.2d 378, (Va. 2022)
• Newman v. General Services Corp., 2012 WL 1882903 (E.D. Va. 2012), aff’d, 478 Fed. Appx 763, 2012 WL 4017441 (4th Cir. 2012)
• Williams v. Anderson, 2012 WL 5928644 (E.D. Va. 2012)
• Saza, Inc. v. Zota, 2012 WL 527370 (E.D. Va. 2012)
• Koegler v. Green, 78 Va. Cir. 478, 2009 WL 7339901 (Hanover)
• Reynolds v. Crown Equip. Corp., 2008 WL 2465032 (W.D. Va. 2008)

Published Works

Articles

• The Journal of Civil Litigation – Injuries on Rental Properties and Claims Against Nonowners: Anatomy of the Defense, Vol. XXIX, No. 1, Spring 2017
  
• The Journal of Civil Litigation – Issues Affecting Damages in Legal Malpractice Cases, Vol. XXII, No. 1, Spring 2010
  
• The Journal of Civil Litigation – An Alternative to the Sanction of Dismissal for Spoliation, Vol. XX, No. 4, Winter 2008-2009
  

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Henrico County Bar Association, 2017 - 2018 (Past President)
• Henrico County Bar Association, 2016 - 2017 (President)
• Henrico County Bar Association, 2015 - 2016 (President-Elect)
• Henrico County Bar Association, 2014 - 2015 (Secretary)
• Henrico County Bar Association, 2013 - 2014 (Board of Directors)
• Richmond Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association, Richmond Chapter, 2013 - 2015 (Board)
• Virginia State Bar
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2023 - Present (Immediate Past President)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2022 - 2023 (President)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2021 - 2022 (President-Elect)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2020 - 2021 (Treasurer)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2019 - 2020 (Secretary)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2015 - 2019 (Board of Directors)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2014 - 2015 (Chair, Appellate Advocacy Section)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2013 - 2014 (Vice-Chair, Appellate Advocacy Section)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2012 - Present (Board of Editors of Journal of Civil Litigation)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 2009 (Chair, Professional Liability Section)
• Defense Research Institute