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Justice Richard
N. Palmer was born on May 27, 1950 in Hartford, CT. He
graduated from Wethersfield High School in 1968. He went on to Trinity
College in Hartford where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, Phi
Beta Kappa, in 1972. He received his J.D., with high honors, from the
University of Connecticut School of Law, in 1977 and was admitted to the
Connecticut Bar that same year.
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Upon graduation
from law school, Justice Palmer served as a law clerk to the Honorable
Jon O. Newman. Justice Palmer was an associate with the Hartford Law
firm of Shipman & Goodwin from 1978-80. He thereafter served as an
Assistant United States Attorney for Connecticut from 1980-83 and from
1987-90. From 1984-86, he practiced privately with the firm of Chatigny
and Palmer. In 1991, he was appointed to the position of United States
Attorney for Connecticut. From 1991-93, he was the Chief State's
Attorney for Connecticut. On March 17, 1993, he was sworn in as an
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Justice Palmer currently serves
as a member of the Judicial Branch's Executive Committee and is
President of the Hartford Courant Foundation. He also teaches law and
ethics at Quinnipiac University School of Law and Yale University School
of Law.
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