Steve Palmer

Stephen Palmer is the Managing Partner for the law firm, Palmer Legal Defense. He has specialized almost exclusively in criminal defense for over 26 years. Steve is also a partner in Criminal Defense Consultants, a firm focused wholly on helping criminal defense attorneys design winning strategies for their clients.

Steve received a B.A. from the College of Wooster in 1992, where he focused on legal history and philosophy. After undergraduate studies, he received his Juris Doctorate at Capital University Law and Graduate Center in 1995.

Steve appeared regularly on The Blitz 99.7 morning show with Loper and Randi for over 15 years, providing legal commentary and answering questions from listeners on the air.

He started his first podcast, Lawyer Talk: Off the Record 3 years ago, featuring a Lawyer Talk Roundtable with co-hosts Norm Murdock, Brett Johnson, and Jared Blinsky.

As the show grew steadily and gained popularity nationwide, Steve and his co-hosts interviewed interesting guests from all walks of life as well as straight from the political front line. They also observed a widening gap in honest coverage of difficult topics without a politically motivated agenda.

Thus, right from the middle of the United States and right from the middle of the 2 major political parties, Common Sense Ohio came to life.

Without pretense, and without any agenda of money, power, or politics, Steve, Norm, and Brett decided to transform the Lawyer Talk Roundtable into Common Sense Ohio. Their mission for the show is to provide the citizens of Ohio and the United States common sense breakdowns, discussions, and debates about tough topics often not covered in an unbiased manner by mainstream media.