Representative Experience
Regular appointments/retentions in advising and representing State judges before the Virginia Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.  In addition, Mr. Palmore regularly advises lawyers/law firms on issues relating to professional liability and loss prevention.  He also has considerable experience in other professional liability matters including clergy/church-related causes of action.

Mr. Palmore was the first Chairman of the predecessor firm’s product liability practice group and served as liaison counsel in an asbestos case brought by the state against thirty manufacturers of asbestos products.  He represented CSX Transportation, Inc. for more than twenty-five years in trauma and occupational tort cases.

In 1997, Mr. Palmore was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.  Throughout his career, he has tried over 100 jury trials.

Other Distinctions
Conferred Doctor Degree of Humane Letters by Virginia Theological Seminary (2008)

Named to Virginia Business magazine's Legal Elite in Civil Litigation (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)

Recognized as a Virginia Super Lawyer in Class Action/Mass Torts Law (2006) and General Litigation (2007, 2008, 2009)

Recognized by Best Lawyers in America in Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation (2009-2010)

Recognized by Chambers USA as one of America's Leading Lawyers in Litigation:  General Commercial - Virginia (2008 and 2009)

Served as Chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia since 1987

Listed as a "Local Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation for the State of Virginia (2009)

Professional Experience
Associate, Mays & Valentine, predecessor firm to Troutman Sanders, 1973 -1979
Partner, Mays & Valentine/Troutman Sanders, 1979 - present