Mr. Norris has tried over 40 cases, including 18 jury trials to verdict. He also has regularly argued appeals in state and federal courts. Mr. Norris previously was a partner in the national law firms Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLP (later Holland & Knight), and Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, as well as a partner from 2004 to 2016 in Norris & Galanter LLP. Mr. Norris’s wide-ranging experience has included:
Clients of Mr. Norris have included: Adams Laboratories, AmSurg, Aspen Medical Resources, Bollé, Bristol A/R, California Pharmacy Management, Cerberus Capital Management, Compression Records, CNN, dataLOK, Connexion Entertainment Group, Designer Tickets & Tours, First Medical Management, Hasbro, Health Smart Pacific Corporation, Industrial Pharmacy Management, Ion Beam Applications, Johnson & Johnson, Las Vegas Tickets, Long Beach Pain Center, Med-Legal, Medicis Pharmaceuticals, Mission Valley Heights Surgery Center, Neurologic Orthopedic Associates, NCL Pharmaceuticals, Ocean Fresh Trading, Pacific Hospital of Long Beach, Physicians Management Group, Poway Surgery Center, Powerski International, Qualified Billing & Collections, Scholastic Entertainment, Senor Fish Restaurants, Shakey’s Restaurants, Smith Barney, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Systems Parking, S&B Surgery Center, Tatung, Turner Network, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Westlake Surgery Center, Wilshire Surgicenter, XCU Capital Corporation, Zemsky Green Artist Management
|  Education J.D., Stanford Law School, 1979 B.A., University of California Los Angeles, 1976 Clerkship Honorable Lawrence T. Lydick, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, 1979-1980 Admissions Northern District of California Southern District of California Eastern District of California Central District of California Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals State of California Court Service Los Angeles Superior Court Arbitrator/Mediator, 1993 - 2000. Publications Editor, Stanford Journal of International Law, 1978-79 Languages Spanish Co-founder Northeast Los Angeles Little League |
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Donald G. Norris
Mr. Norris’s practice focuses on business and commercial litigation, including litigation in the health care, intellectual property, media, first amendment, internet, and entertainment areas,and civil rights litigation. His clients have included investment companies, brokerage firms, banks, accounting firms, film, television and music companies, entertainers, internet companies, and major medical providers.