South Carolina

William S. Norton
Associé

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

Bill has recently represented clients in litigation including: 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., et al.; 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 the firm, Bill was an associate in the New York office of an international law firm, where he practiced securities litigation.  Bill served as an Editor of the Boston University Law Review, 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. 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.