Michael J. Norris (born April 12, 1976) is the Assembly member for the 144th District of the

New York State Assembly The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits. The Assem ...

. He is a Republican. The district includes portions of Erie,

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and Orleans counties in Western New York.

Life and career

Norris was born and raised in Lockport, New York and attended

Lockport High School Lockport City High School (also LHS) is a comprehensive New York public high school located on Lincoln Avenue in Lockport, east of the city of Niagara Falls in the Lockport City School District, serving ninth to twelfth grade students. It is ...

. He is a graduate of

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and Albany Law School. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2006. As an attorney, Norris has focused on real estate, contracts and estate planning. He has served as the attorney for numerous towns in Niagara County, as well as a town prosecutor. A former aide for both the

, and the New York Senate, he has also been politically engaged as an elections commissioner.

New York State Assembly

In 2016, Assemblywoman

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announced that she would not seek re-election after four terms. The 144th district, a reliably Republican district, had its three counties, Erie, Niagara and Orleans choosing Norris to replace her through their county Republican organizations. He was unopposed for the Republican nomination, as well as for the general election. Norris was sworn into office on January 1, 2017.

References

http://niagarafallsreporter.com/indicted.html Norris Granted ImmunityNiagara Falls Reporter

External links

New York State Assemblyman Michael J. Norris
official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Norris, Michael J. Living people Politicians from Lockport, New York Niagara University alumni Albany Law School alumni Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly 21st-century American politicians 1976 births