Alex Bryson Norman

Significant Representative Matters: Successfully defended an armored car security business following workplace shooting.; Defense verdict in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in a property damage trial. Plaintiff claimed property damage to her home from an alleged clogged drain in the backyard of our client. Our discovery revealed that the Plaintiff was a community activist and in various public forums she had blamed other causes for her property damage, including a different neighbor and ongoing problems of flooding and sinking homes due to improper dredging and landfill in her section of Philadelphia. The jury agreed that our client's alleged clogged drain was not a factual cause of the damage.; Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a full service real estate investment company in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The Plaintiff alleged a slip and fall in a parking lot in Olde City. Our client owns a property adjacent to the lot and because a No Parking Sign with the client's branding was posted in the parking lot, the Plaintiff asserted a traceable ownership interest in the site of the incident. Despite an affidavit of non-involvement, the Plaintiff refused to execute a stipulation of dismissal. The court found our arguments compelling and granted summary judgment.; Defense verdict in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in a two week products liability trial. Plaintiff claimed that a design defect in a pneumatic tool caused a fastener to penetrate and injure his eye. Plaintiff claimed both compensatory and punitive damages. The jury found that the product was not defective and therefore did not cause the injury.; Defense verdict in Eastern District of Pennsylvania in a two week products liability trial. Plaintiff claimed that a design defect in a pneumatic tool caused a fastener to penetrate and injure his hand. Punitive damages were claimed and submitted to the jury. The jury found that the product was not defective and therefore did not cause the injury.; Successfully drafted and argued motions for summary judgment in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.; Published Works: Defending Against the Six Elements of A Catastrophic Negligent Security Claim, co-author, For the Defense, July 2018; Defending Snow and Ice Claims in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Defense Digest, Vol. 24, No. 1, March 2018; Tis The Season: Defending Snow and Ice Claims in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, February 6, 2018; Becoming the BEST PRO: The Art of Mindful Marketing, For The Defense, July 2017; The Millennial Perspective On Diversity, Diversity Insider, newsletter of the DRI's Diversity Committee, May 6, 2016; Five Diverse Viewpoints, One Common Goal: Increased Diversity in the Legal Community, For The Defense, April 2016; Better Think FAST - Defending Negligent Security Claims, co-author, For The Defense, February 2015; Will Pennsylvania Replace the Current Standard of Strict Liability for Design Defects With the Negligence Inclusive Analysis of Section 2 of the Third Restatement of Torts?, Defense Digest, Vol. 20, No. 1, March 2014; Ten Business Development Tips for Millennials, The Legal Intelligencer, January 21, 2014; Picking Unbiased Jurors Isn't So Black and White, The Legal Intelligencer, Personal Injury Supplement, November 5, 2013; Case Law Alerts, contributor, 2010-2013; 2017 -