Senior Counsel
Practice Areas
Education
Order of the Coif| Louisiana Law Review | Class Rank: 2 of 171
Double Major in Chemistry and English; | Minor in Math
BIOGRAPHY
Alison Nunez Palermo earned her J.D. in 2007 from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and was ranked 2nd in her class. While in law school, Mrs. Palermo was a member of the Louisiana Law Review. Following her law school graduation, Mrs. Palermo clerked for the Honorable Carl J. Barbier of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Earlier, Mrs. Palermo received her undergraduate degree from Tulane University, where she graduated summa cum laude in Chemistry and English.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Louisiana State Bar Association, Member
Federal Bar Association, Member
Federal Bar Association – Board of Directors for the Young Lawyers Division (2010 – 2013)
Louisiana Law Review, Production Editor
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
A Testament to Inefficacy: Louisiana’s New Legislation Allowing for the Admissibility of Videotape Evidence in the Probate Process, 67 La. L. Rev. 871 (Spring 2007)
Representative Matters
Conducting title examinations and preparing title opinions for electric public utility company covering lands in several Louisiana parishes
Providing strategic advice and preparing agreements and documents for transactions involving electric public utility companies
Pursued, defended, and litigated utility disputes over right to provide electric service before the Louisiana Public Service Commission
Representation of regulated electric public utility companies in proceedings before the Louisiana Public Service Commission
Experience
Law Clerk to the Honorable Carl J. Barbier of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (2007 – 2008)
BAR ADMISSIONS
Louisiana (2007)
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana (2008)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2008)
RECOGNITION
Selected for inclusion Best Lawyers in America® (2023 – 2025)
Selected by Best Lawyers in America® for Lawyer of the Year – Appellate Practice, New Orleans (2025)
Recipient of the Faculty Scholarship Committee Full Tuition Waiver; Liskow and Lewis Scholarship
Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, White Chapter Marshal (2005 – 2006)
C.A.L.I. Award for the highest grade in:
In the News
Stanley Reuter Attorneys Named as 2024 Best Lawyers
Raley Alford, Tom Owen, Alison Palermo, Bryan Reuter, Rick Stanley and Jennifer Thornton have been named as Best Lawyers for 2024. Rick Stanley received "Lawyer… READ MORE