Texas Commercial Law Firm
Attorneys
Gregory A. Balcom - President
Christopher Norton - Litigation Managing
Attorney
Pat Murphy - Associate
Thomas D. Pruyn - Associate
Michael P. Lin - Associate
Matthew T. Wright - Associate
Sonya Rogers-Blyden - Of Counsel
John Wesley Wauson Jr. - Of Counsel
Matthew Brian Probus - Of Counsel
Christopher Norton
Over the last 24 years, Mr. Norton has handled and in many cases tried a multitude of cases representing large corporate clients in a variety of high dollar, commercial litigation matters. Such litigation has involved issues relating to real estate, construction, breach of contract, secured lending, business entities, mineral rights, stockholder rights, securities, personal injury and product liability. His clients have included a number of Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Norton has experienced a great deal of success in court, recovering on behalf of his plaintiff clients, either through settlement or trial, nearly One Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars. Likewise, Mr. Norton has been successful in defense of claims in that his clients have been found not liable or otherwise avoided paying claims in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
EDUCATION:
University of Texas School of Law, Houston, Texas
• J.D., 1984 with Honors (Order of the Coif).
• Admitted to practice in Texas in 1984, United States District Court, the Southern District of Texas.
University of Houston
• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1980, summa cum laude, graduated first in class.
• Collegiate decathlete in track and field.
• Awarded full track and field and engineering scholarships.
• Studied Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M, 1975-1977.
Designated by the Martindale Hubbell Bar Register as one of the Pre-Eminent Law practices in the United States