Lynn Norton-Ramirez

Lynn Norton-Ramirez has been practicing law since 1987, beginning her career in Los Angeles, California. In 1990, she joined the Office of the Public Defender, where she served as a Deputy Public Defender for 18 years. During this time, she gained significant trial experience, ultimately being promoted to the highest trial level position and handling death penalty cases. She also lectured at attorney training seminars on juvenile mitigation and fitness, and taught a felony trial series for new felony lawyers.

After relocating to North Carolina, Lynn worked as an Assistant District Attorney for Durham County, prosecuting both misdemeanors and serious felony cases. Since November 2008, she has been in private practice, representing clients in criminal and traffic matters across Orange, Durham, Chatham, and Wake counties. Her notable case, Packingham v. North Carolina, was argued before the United States Supreme Court in 2017, where the court agreed with her argument that a North Carolina law unconstitutionally infringed on her client's First Amendment rights.

Lynn is a member of both the North Carolina Bar Association and the Orange County Bar Association.