Bill Norton, lll

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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Practice Areas
- Commercial
- Contract
- Foreclosure
- Real Estate

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William Norton III, is a dedicated commercial mediator with years of experience in real estate, lending, financial workouts, and commercial bankruptcy matters. As a sole practitioner, he offers personal attention to every case. With a background in insurance and legal conflict resolution, he understands both the practical and human sides of business disputes.

Bill's approach is built on fairness, clear communication, and a focus on resolution—not escalation. Clients appreciate the calm structure he brings to complex issues. Whether dealing with a partnership breakdown, loan dispute, or lease disagreement, Bill provides an effective way forward.

Additionally, Bill is an experienced arbitrator, a former member of the AAA Commercial Arbitration Panel, the past chair of the ADR Committee for the Nashville Bar Association, the past chair of the Board for the Nashville Conflict Resolution Center and is a Tennessee Rule 31 Mediator.

Bill is a member of the Nashville, Tennessee, and American Bar Associations; the American Bankruptcy Institute; the Tennessee Turnaround Management Association and the Downtown Rotary Club of Nashville.

Author

Co-author of a handbook entitled Norton Creditors’ Rights Handbook (2020 Thompson Reuters)

Memberships

Tennessee Bar Foundation, Fellow
American College of Bankruptcy, Fellow
Nashville Bar Foundation, Fellow
Adjunct Professor, Vanderbilt University Law School
Board of Trustees, Sen. Richard B. Russell Foundation at the University of Georgia

Education

Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 1982
Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1975

Editor

Managing editor of Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice 3d

Admissions

Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
United States District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
State Bar of Georgia
Tennessee State Bar

Licenses & Certifications

Business Bankruptcy Law, Tennessee Commission on Legal Education, 2002
Rule 31 Mediator, Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, 1997

Speaker

Bankruptcy
Creditors’ rights
Real property foreclosure
Uniform Commercial Code

Adjunct Professorship

Vanderbilt Law School, 1999 to present Bankruptcy