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2013 Leadership Honors: S.C. and D.C. Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists recognize Motley Rice attorneys

April 29, 2013

Shaw Group Shareholders: Receive unprecedented relief in settlement

December 27, 2012

Plaintiffs' Hot List: Motley Rice Recognized for Success and "Cutting Edge" Work in Plaintiffs' Bar

October 05, 2012

Firm Nationally Recognized: SCAS and The Legal 500 recognize Motley Rice for securities and toxic tort litigation work

June 11, 2012

Avon Securities Suit: Shareholders file amended complaint alleging false statements to investors regarding FCPA compliance

March 22, 2012

Practice Areas

Securities & Consumer Fraud

Licensed In

MA, NY, SC

Admitted to Practice Before

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First and Second Circuits

U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina and the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York

Education

J.D., Boston University School of Law, 2004

B.A./B.S. magna cum laude, University of South Carolina, 2001

South Carolina

William S. Norton
Associate

William S. Norton

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 represented clients in a variety of complex litigation, including the following matters: In re Alberto Culver Company Shareholder Litigation; In re Allion Healthcare, Inc., Shareholders Litigation; In re Atheros Communications, Inc., Shareholder Litigation; Bennett v. Sprint Nextel Corp.; In re Celera Corporation Shareholder Litigation; City of Brockton Retirement System v. Avon Products, Inc.; In re Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., Shareholders Litigation; In re Constellation Energy Group, Inc., Securities Litigation; Hill v. State Street Corporation; In re Netezza Corporation Shareholders Litigation; In re NYSE EURONEXT Shareholder Litigation; In re Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. Shareholders Litigation; In re RehabCare Group, Inc., Shareholders Litigation; In re The Shaw Group Shareholders Litigation; In re Synovus Financial Corp.; 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 in the New York office of an international law firm.  Bill also served as a law clerk in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, represented asylum seekers at Greater Boston Legal Services and volunteered at Neighborhood Legal Assistance Program of Charleston.

Bill graduated from Boston University School of Law, where he served as an Editor of the Boston University Law Review, was a G. Joseph Tauro Distinguished Scholar, and studied law at the University of Oxford. Bill 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. Bill was selected by his peers to the 2013 list of South Carolina Super Lawyers® Rising Stars.

* Please remember that every case is different. Any result we achieve for one client in one matter does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients.