Distinguished Faculty · Since 1982

Hall of Fame

Since 1982, Norton Institutes has been privileged to conduct bankruptcy law seminars with the nation's leading judges, professors, and practitioners. The following are the most distinguished faculty members who have shaped the field over four decades.

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1982

Founded

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Judge William Lazarow
Prof. Vern Countryman

Jackson Hole, WY

Judge Leif Clark

Western District of Texas

Judge Bill Thurman

Nashville, TN / Salt Lake City, UT

David Lander

St. Louis, MO

Bill Norton III & Eugene Geekie, Jr.

Nashville, TN / Chicago, IL

Sallie Norton & Martha Norton Hodge

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Gerald Smith & Prof. Frank Kennedy

Phoenix, AZ / University of Michigan

Jonathan Landers

New York, NY

Judge Kevin Anderson

Salt Lake City, UT

Prof. Bruce

Wilmington, DE

Jonathan Friedland & Robert Feinstein

Chicago, IL / New York, NY

Judge William L. Norton Jr.

Atlanta, GA

Ralph, Susan, Larry

TX / UT / AZ / NY

Judge Barry Russell

Los Angeles, CA

Judge Bill Brown

Memphis, TN

Robert Kaelin

Hartford, CT

George Triester

Los Angeles, CA

Judge Keith Lundin

Nashville, TN

Judge Glenn Clark

Salt Lake City, UT

Judge Randy Haines

Phoenix, AZ

David Neff & Jeff Hellman

Chicago, IL / New Haven, CT

Additional Honourees

Photographic records unavailable for the following distinguished faculty members.

Neal Batson

Atlanta, GA

Richard Lieb

New York, NY

Prof. Richard Levin

Los Angeles, CA

Charles Vihon

New York, NY

Judge Robert Ginsberg

Chicago, IL

Judge Robert Martin

Madison, WI

Judge Chandler Watson

Northern District of Alabama

Judge Thomas Waldron

Southern District of Ohio

Judge James Gregg

Western District of Michigan

Sally Neely

Los Angeles, CA

William Weintraub

New York, NY

Neal Wolf

New York, NY

Prof. Kenneth Klee

Los Angeles, CA

Judge Alexander Paskay

Tampa, FL

Judge Roger Whelan

District of Columbia

Judge Gregg Zive

Reno, NV

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