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Areas of Practice
Education
- Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1973
- University of Alabama, B.A., 1970
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1974
Palmer Hamilton is a special counsel in the firm's Government Relations Practice Group. He practices in the areas of finance and government affairs and focuses on insurance coverage issues for financial institutions. Mr. Hamilton serves a number of regional and national financial services clients as Washington, D.C., counsel. His clients have included a number of the top 25 financial services entities in the United States. Mr. Hamilton divides his time between the firm's Mobile and Capitol Hill offices. In Mobile, he serves on a number of boards and has been actively involved in efforts to revitalize the historic core of downtown Mobile. Directly and through organizations he has organized, Mr. Hamilton has restored approximately 75 historic structures, increasing the tax base of Mobile in excess of $10 million.
Noteworthy
- AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories—legal ability and general ethical standards.
- Mr. Hamilton received the Historic Mobile Preservation Society award as Preservationist of Distinction in 2008 for his work in preserving historic Mobile architecture.
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Memberships
- Alabama Law Institute
- Alabama State Bar
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Mobile Bar Association
- Mobile Historic Development Commission
- Maritime Law Association of the United States
- Oakleigh Venture Revolving Fund (President)






