Ernesto Palomo, Vice President of Operations

Ernesto is a Partner at Locke Lord LLP, where he focuses his practice on business ‎litigation and arbitration. Ernesto has been with Locke Lord his entire legal career and also co-chairs the ‎firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a BA in criminal justice and received his JD ‎from the ‎University of Illinois College of Law. ‎Prior to attending college, Ernesto served as a Machine ‎Gunner in the United States Marine Corps.‎

Ernesto believes in the U.S. Constitution’s promise of equal ‎opportunity and equal justice for all, not just for people who can afford it. He serves on the GCLC Board to ‎ensure that low-income and disadvantaged people in our community—the elderly, disabled ‎individuals, veterans, children, domestic violence victims, people at risk of losing their homes, ‎immigrants fleeing persecution and abuse, and many others—get the legal assistance they need. ‎