Jessica L. Palmer joined Connell Foley LLP in 2010 and practices in the employment law and business litigation areas.  Before joining Connell Foley, Ms. Palmer had the honor of serving as Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert P. Contillo, Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery-General Equity Part for the 2009-2010 term.  Ms. Palmer was a 2008 Summer Associate at Connell Foley and a 2007 Legal Intern at the United States Marshals Service, Office of General Counsel, in Arlington, Virginia. 

Ms. Palmer is a 2006 graduate of McGill University and a 2009 graduate of the American University, Washington College of Law.  While in law school, Ms. Palmer served as a Marshall-Brennan Fellow, teaching Constitutional Law to students at Eastern High School in the District of Columbia.  Ms. Palmer also represented disabled clients in the District of Columbia through the Washington College of Law Disability Rights Law Clinic. Ms. Palmer was a member of the Editorial Board of American University’s International Law Review, serving as a Note and Comments Editor. Ms. Palmer also earned the Don Monroe Casto Constitutional Law Award, given to the student with the highest grade in Constitutional Law.