South Carolina

William S. Norton
Associate

Bill Norton litigates securities fraud, shareholder derivative, mergers and acquisitions, consumer fraud and general commercial matters. He has represented public retirement systems, union pension funds, investment companies, banks and private investors before federal and state courts around the country.

Bill has recently represented clients in a variety of complex litigation, including the following cases: City of Brockton Retirement System v. Avon Products, Inc.; In re Alberto Culver Company Shareholder Litigation; In re Allion Healthcare, Inc., Shareholders Litigation; In re Atheros Communications, Inc., Shareholder Litigation; Bennet v. Sprint Nextel Corp.; In re Boston Scientific Corp., Securities Litigation; In re Celera Corporation Shareholder Litigation; In re Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., Shareholders Litigation; In re Constellation Energy Group, Inc., Securities Litigation; Hill v. State Street Corporation; Landesbank Baden-Württemberg v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., ; In re Netezza Corporation Shareholders Litigation; In re RehabCare Group, Inc., Shareholders Litigation; In re The South Financial Group, Inc.; In re Tremont Securities Law, State Law & Insurance Litigation; and In re Vivendi Universal, S.A. Securities Litigation.

Prior to joining Motley Rice, Bill practiced securities litigation as an associate in the New York office of an international law firm. He previously served as a law clerk in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and represented asylum seekers at Greater Boston Legal Services. Bill graduated from Boston University School of Law, where he was a G. Joseph Tauro Distinguished Scholar and served as an Editor of the Boston University Law Review. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of South Carolina Honors College.

Bill is a member of the American Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar, the New York State Bar Association and the Charleston County Bar Association.