EL PASO, TEXAS
Phone 915-545-4905
Fax 915-545-4911
Email: norton@windlehood.com
AREAS OF PRACTICE:
- Tort Litigation
- Professional Liability
- General Liability
- Premises Liability
- Medical Malpractice
- Health Law
LITIGATION PERCENTAGE:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
BAR ADMISSIONS:
- Texas, 1991
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
EDUCATION:
- Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas, 1988
- Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, 1991 J.D.
- University of Texas, El Paso, 1987 B.S.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES:
- Ponce v. El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd., 55 S.W.3d 34 (Tex. App. 2001)
- Urrutia v. Alicea, S.W.3d (Tex. App. 2003)
- Urrutia v. Alicea, 2003 Tex. App. LEXIS 3788 (Tex. App. 2003)
- Urrutia v. Alicea, LEXIS 402 (Tex. 2003)
- Esquivel v. El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd., 2005 Tex. App. LEXIS 7001 (Tex. App. 2005)
CLASSES/SEMINARS TAUGHT:
- “Lawsuit Abuse”
- “Texas Court System”
- “Legal Implications of Year 2000 Millennium Bug”
- “Unauthorized Practice of Law”
- “Personal Injury Law”, El Paso Young Lawyers Association Law School for Non-Lawyers, 1996 – 2000
- “Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 an Overview for Physicians”, Del Sol and Las Palmas Medical Staffs, 2002
- “Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996, One Month Left”, Del Sol and Las Palmas Medical Staffs
- “Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996, Group Health Plans”, Lorman Educational Services, 2002
- “Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996, General Overview”, Lorman Educational Services, 2002
- “DNR/Legal Implications at the End of Life”, Ninth Annual Pallative Care Symposium, 2003
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Outstanding Young Lawyer, 1999 – 2000
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
- El Paso Bar Association – Member
- American Bar Association – Member
- State Bar of Texas – Member
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel – Member
- El Paso Young Lawyers Association, 1996 – 1998 – Director
- El Paso Young Lawyers Association, 1998 – 1999 – Secretary
- El Paso Young Lawyers Association, 1999 – 2000 – President-Elect
- El Paso Young Lawyers Association, 2000 – 2001 – President
- Texas Young Lawyers Association, 2001 – 2002 – Director
FRATERNITIES/SORORITIES:
Phi Kappa Phi