Marla H. Norton

Education:
B.A., University of Delaware (1984)
J.D., with honors, George Washington University Law School (1987)

Bar Admissions:
Delaware (1987)
District of Columbia (1990)

Court Admissions:
United States District Court for the District of Delaware (1989)

Memberships:
American Bar Association
Delaware State Bar Association
National Association of Women Business Owners - Delaware Chapter
New Castle County Chamber Business Development Advisory Council
The Forum of Executive Women

Articles:

Marla Hirshman Norton
Director
Direct Phone: (302) 429-4214
Direct Fax: (302) 658-6395
Email: mnorton@bayardlaw.com
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arla Hirshman Norton is a director at Bayard. She concentrates her practice on alternative business entities, corporate governance, and third party legal opinions. Marla has over twenty (20) years of experience in a variety of corporate and commercial transactions, including securitization transactions, corporate formation and governance, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiation and drafting, and secured lending. 
As a member of the American Bar Association, Marla participates in the Business Law Section and serves on the LLC, Partnership and Unincorporated Entities Committee and the Legal Opinions Committee and is a member of the Forum on Franchising. She is the Chair of the ABA Subcommittee on Business Trusts. Marla is a contributor to the efforts of the Commercial Law, Corporation Law and Intellectual Property Law Sections of the Delaware State Bar Association, and is active on the Delaware State Bar Association’s Partnership and LLC Committee and the Statutory Trust Committee. 
Marla serves on the Legislative Committee of the Delaware Captive Insurance Association. Marla is a member of the American Securitization Forum and the Delaware chapter of the Forum of Executive Women and is a former officer and former Board member of the Delaware Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. In addition, Marla serves as First Vice President and Board Member for Temple Beth El in Newark, Delaware.
Marla has been named a leading lawyer in the “Corporate/M&A” practice area by Chambers USA in 2008 and 2009, earning a Band 3 ranking. Marla was also recently named as a Delaware Super Lawyer for 2007 in the field of business/corporate law in the June 2007 issue of Philadelphia magazine and was named as a “Top Lawyer” in 2001 in the area of corporate law based on a survey of the Delaware State Bar Association published by Delaware Today magazine. 
Marla frequently leectures on topics including choice of business entity and buying and selling businesses. She offers a vast array of business and financial transactional experience and knowledge to her clients and the firm.
Marla is a member of the firm’s associates committee. She alsoserves as the firm’s primary contact for Meritas®, one of the world’s largest organizations of independent business and commercial law firms of which Bayard is the exclusive Delaware member.

Marla Hirshman Norton is a director at Bayard. She concentrates her practice on alternative business entities, corporate governance, and third party legal opinions. Marla has over twenty (20) years of experience in a variety of corporate and commercial transactions, including securitization transactions, corporate formation and governance, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiation and drafting, and secured lending. 

As a member of the American Bar Association, Marla participates in the Business Law Section and serves on the LLC, Partnership and Unincorporated Entities Committee and the Legal Opinions Committee and is a member of the Forum on Franchising. She is the Chair of the ABA Subcommittee on Business Trusts. Marla is a contributor to the efforts of the Commercial Law, Corporation Law and Intellectual Property Law Sections of the Delaware State Bar Association, and is active on the Delaware State Bar Association’s Partnership and LLC Committee and the Statutory Trust Committee. 

Marla serves on the Legislative Committee of the Delaware Captive Insurance Association. Marla is a member of the American Securitization Forum and the Delaware chapter of the Forum of Executive Women and is a former officer and former Board member of the Delaware Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. In addition, Marla serves as Third Vice President and Board Member for Temple Beth El in Newark, Delaware.

Marla has been named a leading lawyer in the “Corporate/M&A” practice area by Chambers USA in 2008 and 2009, earning a Band 3 ranking. Marla was also recently named as a Delaware Super Lawyer for 2007 in the field of business/corporate law in the June 2007 issue of Philadelphia magazine and was named as a “Top Lawyer” in 2001 in the area of corporate law based on a survey of the Delaware State Bar Association published by Delaware Today magazine. 

Marla frequently lectures on topics including choice of business entity and buying and selling businesses. She offers a vast array of business and financial transactional experience and knowledge to her clients and the firm.

Marla serves as the firm's primary contact for Meritas®, one of the world's largest organizations of independent business and commercial law firms of which Bayard is the exclusive Delaware member.

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