Biography

Courtney Marcelo Norton is a Partner in Rutherford & Christie’s Atlanta office. Her practice focuses on complex civil defense litigation, in both state and federal courts, and she represents clients on a nationwide basis in areas of employment law, aviation litigation, premises liability, construction liability, dram shop litigation, wrongful death and medical malpractice. She has tried cases, to verdict, in state and federal court and has taken cases up to Georgia’s Court of Appeals and Supreme Court and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Courtney received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating summa cum laude, with the second highest grade point average in her class. She earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgia State University College of Law, graduating in the top 5% of her law school class.

Courtney brings over fifteen years of experience in dispositive motion practice, earning unprecedented wins for her clients through motions for summary judgment, motions to dismiss and strategic expert exclusions under Daubert. Her methodology is to aggressively pursue innovative victories for her clients at the earliest dispositive stages in litigation in order to shut cases down.

She is admitted to practice law in Georgia State and Superior Courts, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals