Palmer has held senior posts within several administrations and has actively represented clients in Congress for four decades, with a particular focus on finance and government affairs. Palmer currently serves as head the firm's Washington, DC office.

Palmer's prior governmental experience includes service as an Assistant to the Comptroller of the Currency and as Chief of New Bank Chartering of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Palmer has also served on various federal, state, and city boards. He has been active in the political realm in support of various candidacies, including serving as Chairman of the Reelection Committee for US Senator Richard Shelby, former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and current Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Over the years, Palmer has acted as Washington counsel for the Midsize Bank Coalition of America, JPMorgan Chase & Co., former Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon, former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Preston Martin, Prudential, Sears, the Mortgage Bankers Association, the National Association of Realtors, the National ATM Council, Bayerische Landesbank, Israel Discount Bank, Regions Bank, BBVA Compass Bank, as well as special counsel for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Resolution Trust Corporation, and the Federal Home Loan Bank system.

He has also served as an adviser to numerous public officials, including mayors, county commissioners, university presidents, senators, congressmen, attorneys general, and governors, and has experience leading a gubernatorial transition team. While practicing law, Palmer has also been a regular newspaper columnist, concentrating on public affairs and financial issues.

In addition, Palmer has served as Washington counsel to various non-US entities such as the Turquoise Mountain Foundation, for which he assisted the foundation, founded by Rory Stewart, in obtaining congressional legislative language supportive of the foundation's efforts to restore the historic commercial district of Kabul.

In the civic arena, Palmer has headed revolving funds that have restored dozens of historic properties with a value in the tens of millions of dollars. These restoration projects have been documented on the website ovrf.org. Additionally, Mr. Hamilton served as a reporter for Business Alabama and as a regular weekly columnist for The Mobile Press-Register from 1979 to 2005.