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<h5>CHAIR AND MANAGING PARTNER</h5>LeadershipGrant S. Palmer serves as Blank Rome’s firm-wide Chair and Managing Partner. In this role, Grant oversees the firm’s strategic initiatives, with a strong focus on developing and promoting Blank Rome’s commitment to client service, diversity and inclusion, strategic growth, pro bono and community service, innovation, and fostering a culture of collaboration and teamwork.Drawing upon his life-long commitment to supporting the community and ensuring that everyone has equal access to legal representation, Grant founded and then chaired the firm’s Pro Bono Committee for 18 years and was involved in the implementation of mandatory pro bono requirements in 2014, which resulted in record-breaking participation and hours.PracticeGrant previously served as firm-wide Litigation Department Chair and is a nationally recognized litigator with significant trial experience in state and federal courts throughout the country. He is fiercely competitive when it comes to protecting his clients’ rights and interests. Business clients have turned to Grant for more than 30 years when they need a strategically aggressive litigator who will prevail at trial while providing sound and pragmatic business advice.&nbsp;Grant has vast experience in a wide range of areas, including class actions, cybersecurity, corporate and shareholder litigation, employment, restrictive covenants, patent and intellectual property, fraud, unfair trade practices, personal injury, products liability, trade secrets, and many others.

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<li>A defense contractor who was victim of largest criminal fraud in history of Pennsylvania concerning enforcement of judgment and recovery of assets and funds throughout the world.</li>
<li>A food manufacturer, in dispute involving control of the voting shares of the company; obtained trial victory and favorable rulings from Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on two separate occasions.</li>
<li>A travel company, in multimillion dollar Unfair Trade Practices/Consumer Protection Act lawsuit; obtained summary judgment on behalf of client and prevailed on appeal before the Supreme Court of California.</li>
<li>A financial institution, in lender liability lawsuit alleging millions of dollars in damages; obtained complete defense verdict at trial.</li>
<li>A staffing and financial services company, in action involving non-competition agreement; obtained injunction and monetary damages.</li>
<li>A bank, in large class action defending RICO claims based on alleged telemarketing fraud conducted by Bank’s customers.</li>
<li>A patent holder, in prosecution of software patents which resulted in recoveries exceeding $25 million.</li>
<li>A death row inmate, in post-conviction proceedings resulting in client’s death penalty being reversed.</li>
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