Justice Scott Norton

Justice Norton was born in Montreal Quebec. He studied accounting at Saint Mary’s University for 3 years before completing his LL. B. at Dalhousie Law School in 1983.

Justice Norton was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1984 and practiced law at McInnes Cooper and Stewart McKelvey. He was appointed King’s Counsel in 2002. His practice was in the field of civil litigation, and he was made a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers in 2014. He was appointed to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in November 2018.

Prior to his appointment to the court, he was a member of the CBA and held roles as National Membership Chair and Chair of the National Civil Litigation Section and a member of the National Council. He was a member of Council and the Executive Committee of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society.

He served as Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors of Saint Mary’s University, Trustee of the Sidney Crosby Foundation, Trustee of the IWK Health Centre Foundation, Chair of the Board of Directors of Churchill Academy, and Chair of the Board of Directors of Autism Nova Scotia.