Ms. Norton is an associate in Gibbons’s Real Property Group. She practices in the areas of land use, redevelopment, and transactional real estate.
Ms. Norton brings experience in land use, municipal, property tax, landlord/tenant, and Fair Housing Act matters. Previously, she also analyzed state and federal environmental laws and regulations and helped develop and implement policies and guidelines for environmental protection and conservation for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Legal and Regulatory Affairs Division.
Just prior to joining Gibbons, Ms. Norton clerked for the Honorable Sheila A. Venable, Assignment Judge for the Essex County Superior Court of New Jersey.
Ms. Norton is the former President and a former school board member of the Newark Board of Education.
Credentials
Education
Rutgers Law School (J.D.)
- Graduate Fellow, Eagleton Institute of Politics
- Civil Justice Clinic Fellow
- Student Attorney, Rutgers Housing Justice & Tenant Solidarity Clinic
Columbia University (M.A., Sociology and Education)
Simmons College (B.A., Africana Studies major, Philosophy minor)
Professional Admissions
State of New Jersey
Professional Activities
Member, Garden State Bar Association
Fellow, Eagleton Institute of Politics
Fellow, New Leaders Council, New Jersey
Judicial Clerkship(s)
Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Sheila A. Venable, Assignment Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, NJ, August 2023 – September 2024
Civic/Charitable Activities
Newark Board of Education
Board President, May – September 2023
Board Member, 2018 – 2023
- Vice President, 2022 – 2023
- Legal Committee Chair, 2020 – 2022
- Finance Committee Chair, 2018 – 2020
- Budget Committee Chair, 2018 – 2020
- Programs and Instruction Committee Co-Chair, 2018 – 2023
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Member
Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey, Board of Directors, April 2020 – December 2022
Legal Employment
Law Clerk, Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, PC, Secaucus, NJ, December 2022 – May 2023
Law Clerk, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ, January 2023 –April 2023
Summer Legal Intern, New Jersey Institute of Social Justice, Newark, NJ, May 2022 – August 2022
Summer Legal Intern, Office of the Public Defender, Essex County, NJ, June 2021 – August 2021