About Me
Mike is the president of Ethics By Design, which assists business and nonprofit leaders in developing ethics programs that help assure mission success. Before becoming a full-time consultant, Mike Palmer practiced law for 25 years, first with Jenner & Block in Chicago and then heading his own firm in Vermont. He has helped numerous clients start and improve their own firms and has co-founded and run several ventures of his own. He is a member of the Society for Business Ethics, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the American Bar Association, and the Vermont Bar Association (Public Education Chair). Mike has worked as a negotiation and conflict management consultant since 1992, providing services to Fortune 500 companies, Big 4 accounting and consulting firms, colleges, medical care facilities, and government agencies, including the Ministry of Justice in Jordan. Recently, he expanded his services to include ethics training, coaching, and systems design. He also consults with law firms and business organizations on ethical issues and the settlement of lawsuits. Mike is a Senior Professional with CMI Concord Group (www.CMIConcord.com) and also serves as a legal expert in USAID-funded Rule of Law projects in countries with developing economies such as Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this capacity, he designed a code of conduct and professional association for bankruptcy trustees and worked on the implementation of bankruptcy systems to help make moribund businesses viable entities. A frequent speaker and resource person, Mike has conducted workshops at international conferences on conflict resolution and taught numerous seminars for lawyers and other professionals and business leaders on a variety of legal topics. Michael Palmer began his teaching career as a wissenschaftlicher Assistent at the Freie Universität Berlin, where he received his M.A. and Dr. Phil. degrees. He has taught at several law schools, colleges, and universities over the years. He also holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. He has taught Winter Term courses at Middlebury College since 1996 on conflict management, philosophy of law, international development and the law, and ethics.

Industry

• Consulting Services

Experience

• Business Development/Sales
• Business Idea Refinement
• Community Organizing
• Finance
• Human Resources/Management
• Presentation Skills
• Strategic Planning