Mr. Palmer is the Founder and Managing Partner of West Lane Partners. Previously, he restructured businesses for some of the largest corporate clients in America as a Senior Partner at Weil Gotshal & Manges; Practice Leader at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; and Practice Leader at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw. Mr. Palmer was the lead lawyer for the U.S. Department of Treasury on the General Motors and Chrysler bankruptcies — among the largest bailouts in American history. He founded an International Bankruptcy practice in China. He served as lead counsel on the restructuring of the biggest private bailout loan in the LyondellBasell Chapter 11 case. He also was lead lawyer on restructurings for the Detroit Public Schools, the Detroit Medical Center and the Louis Berger Group, among many others. He holds a BA for Syracuse University and a JD from the University of Michigan School of Law.