Michael Norton
Michael Norton serves as of counsel to HBA for matters involving litigation on commercial matters as well as bankruptcy/insolvency. Mr. Norton is a seasoned litigator with many years of extensive trial, pretrial and appellate experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts, including federal bankruptcy courts. Mr. Norton also has extensive practice in commercial arbitrations and meditations. During the course of his career, Mr. Norton has represented a diverse group of business litigation; contractual disputes; partnership and employment-related disputes; intellectual property matters, including trademark and copyright claims; negligence and insurance-related matters; allegations of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty; and insolvencies and bankruptcies, including defending actions brought by trustees and others seeking avoidances and claims for damages. He also represents clients involved in consensual and voluntary workouts and insolvency proceedings.
Mr. Norton has previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He began his career in private practice with the law firm of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and has also served as law clerk on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York. Mr. Norton served pro bono as a Court Appointed Mediator for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Norton is admitted to practice before all New York state and federal courts and a number of federal courts in other jurisdictions across the country.
Education
Columbia University School of Law, J.D. ( Columbia Law Review, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), 1975
University of California (Berkeley), B.A., 1971
Professional and Charitable Activities
Member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Member of the Federal Bar Council
Member of the American Bar Association
Member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Member of the New York County Lawyers Association.
