Michael Norton
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Michael Norton

Associate
norton.mike@dorsey.com

Overview

Mike takes an interdisciplinary approach to most challenges, using pragmatic grit from growing up on a chicken farm in the Ozarks and his background in quantitative social science and policy to find the best solutions to complex problems.
He advises clients for litigation and compliance on federal, state, and local regulatory issues spanning environmental, trade, data privacy, and transportation to telecom, governance, and the constitution. Mike retains a broad pro bono practice as well, including the Firm's monthly criminal expungement and housing court clinics, voter protection during election season, and asylum representation. Before joining the Firm, he ran a close election voter protection program for a presidential campaign in a hotly contested battleground state and worked for the Ranking Member on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He is also a JAG officer in the U.S. Army Reserve.

Education & Admissions

Stanford Law School (J.D., 2021), Pro Bono Distinction

University of Oxford, Nuffield College (Ph.D., Political Science, 2018), Marshall Scholar (Oxford ’14); Passed dissertation defense with no corrections

University of Oxford, Mansfield College (M.Sc., Political Science, 2015), Marshall Scholar (Oxford ’14)

University of Arkansas (B.S., Agricultural Business and Poultry Science, 2013), Harry S. Truman Scholar (AR ’12); summa cum laude

Admissions

  • Colorado
  • Arkansas
  • Minnesota
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

News & Resources

Accolades

Diversity Inclusion Recognition 2023

  • Contributed more than 50 Diversity hours, 2023

Pro Bono 50 Hours 2022

  • Contributed more than 50+ Challenge pro bono hours, 2022

North Star Lawyer

  • MSBA North Star Lawyer, 2022-2023
Michael Norton