Hunter Norton
Hunter Norton is a trial attorney with Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP, specializing in representing individuals who have been victims of serious wrongdoing. His practice includes litigating catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, aviation, mass tort, and products liability cases throughout California and Nevada.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Norton was an attorney at top international law firm Kirkland & Ellis where he focused his practice on litigating large scale product liability cases. He was among the first attorneys to participate in groundbreaking bellwether trials in the largest multi-district litigation in history and fought to, and successfully did, secure favorable verdicts for his clients, some of which were recognized by The American Lawyer. Mr. Norton has now taken the same skills, passion, and experience he used to defend Fortune 500 clients to the other side of the bar and dedicated his practice to fight for consumers and individuals who have been wrongfully harmed.
Since joining the firm in 2022, Mr. Norton has helped recover in excess of $300 million in verdicts, settlements, and awards for injured clients. Most recently, Mr. Norton obtained a $31 million settlement for a former high school football player who suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of a negligently maintained field by the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, for which Mr. Norton was recognized with the 2025 California Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) Award.
Some of Mr. Norton’s recent results include:
- Obtained a $25 million settlement against a national trucking company for catastrophic injuries caused to a pedestrian ran over by a truck;
- Obtained a $23 million settlement against a national company for catastrophic injuries caused to a pedestrian hit by a vehicle;
- Obtained a $23 million settlement against the City of Newport Beach for inverse condemnation and nuisance claims brought by a couple whose home was repeatedly flooded;
- Obtained a settlement over $19 million for an employee following 17 days of binding arbitration in which the arbitrator found fraud and punitive damages against the former employer;
- Obtained over a combined settlement in excess of $19 million for firm clients involved in a mass transportation disaster;
- Obtained a settlement in excess of $10 million for a woman who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury and other orthopedic injuries after being hit by a vehicle.
Mr. Norton received his J.D. and graduated magna cum laude from Duke University School of Law. While attending law school, he was a member of the mock trial team and focused his studies on developing trial advocacy and litigation skills to serve him once he became an attorney. Prior to that, Mr. Norton graduated magna cum laude from the University of Missouri, with a degree in Political Science. During college, he also served as a congressional intern to a U.S. Senator and was a judicial intern for U.S. District Court Judge Roseann Ketchmark in the Western District of Missouri.
Originally a native of Kansas City, Missouri, Mr. Norton now resides in Los Angeles and is a member of the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Nevada. Some of Mr. Norton’s professional activities include serving as a member of the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), and as the Publications Chair of the New Lawyers Division of the Consumers Attorneys of California (CAOC). Mr. Norton is also an active member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) and the American Association of Justice (AAJ). In his free time, he enjoys live music, exploring new places, reading spy novels, and rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs.