Richard N. Palmer (born May 27, 1950) is a former Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Palmer was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Palmer received his Bachelor of Arts Phi Beta Kappa, from Trinity College in Hartford in 1972. He went on to receive the Juris Doctor with high honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law, in 1977. Palmer retired on May 27, 2020, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age.