David C. Norton | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
In office 2007–2012 | |
Preceded by | Joseph F. Anderson |
Succeeded by | Margaret B. Seymour |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
Assumed office July 12, 1990 | |
Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Solomon Blatt Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | David Charles Norton July 25, 1946 [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.
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]
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]
David C. Norton | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
In office 2007–2012 | |
Preceded by | Joseph F. Anderson |
Succeeded by | Margaret B. Seymour |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
Assumed office July 12, 1990 | |
Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Solomon Blatt Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | David Charles Norton July 25, 1946 [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.
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]
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]