Mr. Norman practices primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial litigation.  He has substantial experience in litigating corporate and commercial disputes in the Court of Chancery and the District Court of Delaware, including stockholder class and derivative actions, takeovers, corporate governance issues and various proceedings under the Delaware General Corporation Law.  Mr. Norman frequently counsels stockholders, officers and directors, partners, and Delaware corporations regarding various matters of Delaware corporate and partnership law.

Mr. Norman has been recognized by Chambers USA:  America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading practitioner in the area of Chancery litigation. 

Education

• Hofstra School of Law, 1986, J.D., With Distinction; Hofstra Law Review, 1984-1985; Member, Notes and Comments Editor, 1983-1984
• Law Clerk, The Honorable William W. Caldwell, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1985-1987
• Indiana University of PA, B.A., summa cum laude, 1982

Representative Matters

Mr. Norman's recent experience includes the defense and settlement of several stockholder class, derivative and direct actions, including actions against The Walt Disney Company, National City Bank, Nationwide Corp., Intel Corporation, Citrix, AIG, Siliconix, Ameritrade, Wal-Mart, Lehman Bros., Hewlett-Packard, LNR, Inter-Tel, Massbank, Guitar Center and Motorola, Inc.  He has represented special committees performing investigations for Citibank, Bank of America, Newmont Mining, Red Hat, Lucent Technologies, Fidelity Medical Inc., Rockefeller Center and Salomon Brothers, Inc.  He also has extensive experience in partnership litigation, including actions against ONEOK, CIBC, Hallwood Real Estate Partners and Bank of America, and for Monier and NAMA.  Recent successes include obtaining summary judgment in favor of Intel, compelling Atmel to hold a special meeting of stockholders called by its chairman and requiring Office Depot to allow insurgent to nominate its candidates at annual meeting.

Mr. Norman has participated as counsel in many of the more significant Delaware corporate decisions over the past twenty years, including In re Walt Disney Co. Derivative Litig., 906 A.2d 27 (Del. 2006); In re Walt Disney Company Derivative Litigation, 2005 WL 2056651 (Del. Ch.); Perlegos v. Atmel Corp., 2007 WL 475453 (Del. Ch.); Levitt Corp. v. Office Depot, Inc.; 2008 WL 1724244 (Del. Ch.); Gotham Partners, L.P. v. Hallwood Realty Partners, L.P., 2003 WL 22998803 (Del.); Gotham Partners, L.P. v. Hallwood Realty Partners, L.P., 855 A.2d 1059 ( Del. Ch. 2003); Mercier v. Inter-Tel (Delaware), Inc., 929 A.2d 786 ( Del. Ch. 2007); Moore Corp. Ltd. v. Wallace Computer Services, Inc., 907 F. Supp. 1545 (D. Del. 1995); Ivanhoe Partners v. Newmont Mining Corp., 535 A.2d 1334 (Del. 1987); Hewlett v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 2002 WL 549137 (Del. Ch.); Hewlett v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 2002 WL 818091 (Del Ch.); Pfizer v. Warner-Lambert Co., 1999 WL 33236240 (Del. Ch.); Disney v. Walt Disney Co., 2004 WL 1776688 (Del. Ch.); Hubbard v. Hollywood Park Realty Enterprises, 1991 WL 3151 (Del. Ch.); Berlin v. Emerald Partners, 552 A.2d 482 (Del. 1988); Citron v. Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp., 569 A.2d 53 (Del. 1989); Carlton Inv. v. TLC Beatrice Intern. Holdings, Inc., 1996 WL 189435 ( Del. Ch.).

Seminars & Speeches

Professional Activities

• Delaware State Bar Association
• American Bar Association; former Editor, Newsletter for the Corporate Counsel committee, Litigation Section; organized and participated in several programs on topics involving corporate law; former co-chair, Litigation Management Techniques committee and the Corporate Counsel committee; and co-chair, Derivative committee of the Class Action and Derivative Suits committee; Mr. Norman has written extensively in the areas of corporate and commercial litigation
• Catholic leadership Institute – member of Development committee