Norm is not only an experienced commercial litigator, but also a legal and business advisor. He uses his business background and experience to anticipate issues and advise clients on business matters, and he helps devise solutions to a variety of legal and business problems and issues that may arise. Norm serves as general corporate counsel for companies, large and small, and also serves as trial and appellate counsel in federal and state courts throughout the United States. He serves as an arbitrator for the Circuit Court of Cook County and he is also active in a number of professional, charitable and civic organizations.
EDUCATION
BAR ADMISSIONS
Norm is admitted to practice before the Illinois Bar, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Court of Claims. He has also been admitted pro hac vice to handle cases in other state and federal courts throughout the country.AREAS OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION
Norm practices in the area of business litigation and advises clients on business issues that may arise prior to litigation or after litigation has commenced. Norm litigates complex matters in both state and federal courts, with the defense of class action lawsuits as one focus, and has argued numerous cases in state and federal appellate courts throughout the United States. He also handles cases in arbitration, mediation and administrative proceedings and has defended federal, state and local governmental investigations on behalf of a broad spectrum of clients. Norm represents middle market companies and entrepreneurial individuals in a wide variety of industries, as well as family-owned businesses and closely held corporations, public companies, municipalities, partnerships, sole proprietorships, professionals, estates and trusts.PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Norm is a member of the Appellate Lawyers Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Decalogue Society of Lawyers and the American, Illinois and Chicago Bar Associations. He has served on the Chicago Bar Association’s Judicial Evaluation, Circuit Court and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committees and as a subcommittee chairman of its Commercial Litigation Committee. Norm is an Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University School of Law.