Profile:
Born Evansville, Indiana, January 9, 1952
Admitted to bar, 1977, Indiana.
Thomas P. Norton is a partner at Johnson, Carroll, Norton, Kent & Straus, P.C. and has a general civil practice with concentration in estate and trust planning, real estate, business organizations, and limited litigation in commercial and real estate disputes. He was admitted to the Indiana Supreme Court, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Mr. Norton began law practice with his father, Robert D. Norton with the law firm of Norton, Schwentker, Norton. A successor firm, Norton & Norton, LLP, merged with Johnson, Carroll, Griffith & D'Amour on February 5, 2005.
Education: Centre College of Danville, Kentucky (B.A., 1974); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama (J.D., 1977).
Memberships/ Appointments:Assistant Attorney City of Evansville, Indiana 1978-1979; President and Director of Visiting Nurse Plus, Inc. 1982-2005; Director ECHO Housing Corp. 1999-2005; President and Director ECHO Development Corp.; member of Evansville Bar Association (Director 1989-1991); member of Indiana State and American Bar Association.
Practice Areas: Real estate law; estate planning and administration; business organizations; civil litigation; college and university law. Mr. Norton is an approved attorney for Farm Credit Services of Mid-America, ACA, and an agent for National Attorneys' Title Assurance Fund, Inc.
Representative/ Clients: University of Evansville (real estate matters), Visiting Nurse Association of Southwestern Indiana, Inc., Visiting Nurse Plus, Inc., EEMSCO, Inc., ECHO Housing Corporation, local counsel for Deep South Insurance Company, State Auto Insurance Company
