James R. Palmer, Esq.

Senior Partner and Founder

James R. Palmer has been actively involved with Civil Recovery since the inception. He successfully litigated the case Shorts v. Palmer that differentiated civil recovery claims from debt claims. James has researched and lectured on Unauthorized Practices of Law (UPL) as well as defenses to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Palmer has also appeared as an expert witness before State Subcommittees investigating the civil recovery practices of non-lawyers.

For almost twenty years, James Palmer of Palmer, Reifler and Associates, P.A. has represented retailers on national, state and local issues affecting recovery of damages for theft and other retail loss challenges. Palmer, Reifler and Associates P.A. represents numerous national retail clients in all aspects of civil recovery for theft, including recovery of damages, penalties and restitution from theft offenders, structuring of retail in-house civil recovery programs, defense of claims against retailers and regulatory issues.