Mike Norton, Ph.D.
Informed by his background in quantitative social science and policy, Mike takes an interdisciplinary approach to client challenges, providing insightful counsel in various legal fields.
Mike Norton advises clients on complex investigations, commercial litigation, white-collar defense, and compliance counsel. Mike has the distinction of being both a Harry S. Truman scholar and a Marshall scholar, earning his Ph.D. at the University of Oxford before earning his J.D. at Stanford Law School. He also serves as a judge advocate general (JAG) officer in the U.S. Army Reserve at the 440th Civil Affairs Battalion out of Fort Carson.
Mike maintains an active and broad pro bono practice, where he has helped indigent clients with criminal expungement, eviction defense, voter protection, and asylum issues.
Before joining Perkins Coie, he worked for the ranking member on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, at the White House Domestic Policy Council, and as the deputy voter protection director for a presidential campaign in Arizona.
Areas of focus
Education & Credentials
Education
- Stanford Law School, J.D., Stanford Law & Policy Review, Articles Editor, 2021
- University of Oxford, Ph.D. and M.Sc., Political Science, 2018
- University of Arkansas, B.S., Agricultural Business, Poultry Science, summa cum laude, 2013
Bar and Court Admissions
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Colorado
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Arkansas
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Minnesota
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Related Employment
- Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN and Denver, CO, Associate, 2021-2024
- U.S. Army Reserve, Fort Carson, CO, JAG Officer, 2021-present
- Biden for President, Phoenix, AZ, Deputy Voter Protection Director, 2020
- 101st Airborne JAG Corps, Fort Campbell, KY, Legal Intern, 2020
- Senate Judiciary Committee (Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein), Washington, D.C., Law Clerk, 2019
- White House Domestic Policy Council, Washington, D.C., Rural Affairs Intern, 2013