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American judge (born 1946)

David C. Norton
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
In office2007–2012
Preceded by Joseph F. Anderson
Succeeded by Margaret B. Seymour
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Incumbent
Assumed office July 12, 1990
Appointed by George H. W. Bush
Preceded by Solomon Blatt Jr.
Personal details
Born David Charles Norton (1946-07-25) July 25, 1946 (age 79)[1]Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education Sewanee: The University of the South (BA)University of South Carolina (JD)

David Charles Norton (born July 25, 1946) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Education and career

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Born in Washington, D.C., Norton received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sewanee: The University of the South in 1968. He served in the United States Navy from January 1969 to October 1972 and became a Yeoman Second Class.[1] He then received a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1975, and was in private practice in Charleston, South Carolina until 1977. He was an assistant deputy solicitor for the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Charleston, South Carolina from 1977 to 1980. He was a city attorney of Isle of Palms, South Carolina from 1980 to 1985. He was in private practice in Charleston from 1981 to 1990,[2] and was a partner at the law firm of Holmes & Thomson.[3]

Federal judicial service

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On April 18, 1990, Norton was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina that was vacated by Judge Solomon Blatt Jr. Norton was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 1990, and received his commission on July 12, 1990. He served as Chief Judge from 2007 to 2012.[2]

Norton is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Charleston School of Law.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session"
  2. ^ a b "Norton, David C." Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present. Federal Judicial Center.
  3. ^ Dave Munday, 'My whole life I wanted to be just like my father', Post & Courier (September 3, 2014).
  4. ^ Board of Advisors, Charleston School of Law (last accessed December 10, 2017). Archived 2020-08-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ Stanglin, Doug (December 7, 2017). "Ex-S.C. cop gets 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Walter Scott, an unarmed black man". USA Today.
  6. ^ Alan Blinder (December 7, 2017). "White ex-cop gets 20 years for Walter Scott slaying". New York Times.
  7. ^ Note, Recent Case: District of South Carolina Holds the Every Exposure Theory Insufficient to Demonstrate Specific Causation Even if Legal Conclusions Are Scientifically Sound, 131 Harv. L. Rev. 658 (2017).
  8. ^ "131 Federal Judges Broke the Law by Hearing Cases Where They Had a Financial Interest". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2021-10-25.
  9. ^ https://sclawyersweekly.com/news/2018/08/06/judge-nixes-forcing-charleston-history-test-on-tour-guides/ _South Carolina Lawyers Weekly._August 6, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  10. ^ https://sclawyersweekly.com/news/2018/08/17/judge-halts-trump-rule-that-suspended-clean-water-protection/ _South Carolina Lawyers Weekly._August 17, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  11. ^ https://www.advocate.com/youth/2020/3/11/anti-lgbtq-sex-ed-law-struck-down-south-carolina-0 Advocate. March 11, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
Legal offices
Preceded bySolomon Blatt Jr. Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina 1990–present Incumbent
Preceded byJoseph F. Anderson Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina 2007–2012 Succeeded byMargaret B. Seymour