Vanderbilt University Law School
William L. Norton III
Adjunct Professor of Law Member, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Voice: 615-252-2397
Email: bnorton@boultcummings.com
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Education
J.D., B.A. Vanderbilt University
Biography
Bill Norton is a member of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Nashville, and has practiced in the business bankruptcy area, dealing in all aspects of bankruptcy cases, creditor rights and insolvency, since beginning his legal career in 1982. Professor Norton is also the managing editor of Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice, a 13-volume treatise on bankruptcy law published by Thomson West, currently in its third edition, and co-author of a handbook entitled Norton Creditors' Rights Handbook (Thomson West). He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, and serves as Institute Manager of national seminars focusing on advanced bankruptcy issues sponsored by Norton Institutes on Bankruptcy Law (www.NortonInstitutes.org ). Over the course of his legal career, Professor Norton has written numerous manuscripts for seminar presentations, including presentations for the American Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the National Association of Credit Managers, the Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, the Memphis Bar Association Annual Bankruptcy Conference, North Carolina Bar Foundation Institute, Stetson Law School Institute, the Norton Bankruptcy Litigation Institutes, the Western Mountain Bankruptcy Law Institute, the Conference on Finance Law, the Nashville Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the National Business Institute and Lorman Education Services. He is past-President and Board Member of the American Board of Certification, which certifies attorneys who specialize in the areas of creditor rights and bankruptcy law. He is a leader in the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the Business Section of the ABA. Professor Norton also serves on the AAA Commercial Arbitration Panel, and is a past Chair of the ADR Committee for the Nashville Bar Association and the current Chair of the Board for the Nashville Conflict Resolution Center. He is a Certified Mediator by Dispute Management and is a Rule 31 Mediator in Tennessee. He is the founder, former president and current board member of the Tennessee Turnaround Management Association and is a past president and current board member of the Mid-South Commercial Law Institute. He is a member of the Nashville, Tennessee, and American Bar Associations; the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Commercial Law League of America.
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