Senior Partner and Founder
Jim Palmer has been actively involved with civil recovery since its inception. He successfully litigated the case Shorts v. Palmer that differentiated civil recovery claims from debt claims. Jim has researched and lectured on Unauthorized Practices of Law (“UPL”) as well as defenses to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). Jim has also appeared as an expert witness before state subcommittees investigating the civil recovery practices of non-lawyers.
For almost twenty years, Jim has represented retailers on national, state and local issues affecting recovery of damages for theft and other retail loss challenges.
Jim received his Bachelor’s of Arts Degree from Northern Illinois University and graduated Cum Laude from the Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center. During law school, he was honored as a senior staff member of the Nova Law Review.
Jim is licensed in Florida and Texas.