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Larry Norton Quoted on ABCNews.com on McCain Campaign Financing

February 24, 2008

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Former FEC general counsel and Womble Carlyle attorney Lawrence Norton is quoted on ABCNews.com regarding the campaign finances of Presidential hopeful John McCain. The article is entitled, "McCain's Campaign Finance Trap" and available by clicking here.

About Larry Norton
Larry Norton counsels clients on government regulation of political activity, including federal and state campaign finance, government ethics, and lobbying laws. He helps clients identify opportunities to achieve electoral and public policy goals, guides them through complex regulatory schemes, and represents them in interactions with government agencies.

From 2001 through 2007, Larry served as General Counsel of the Federal Election Commission. He and former Deputy General Counsel, James A. Kahl, who also practices in Womble Carlyle's Washington office, led the 130-person Office of General Counsel in conducting investigations, advising the FEC in connection with rulemakings and Advisory Opinions, overseeing all of the FEC's litigation, and counseling on issues relating to FEC audits and federal funding of Presidential primary and general elections. Larry, Jim Kahl and Gregg Skall lead the firm's Political Law practice.

A full-service business law firm, Womble Carlyle ranks among AmLaw's 100 leading firms in the country and is a top law firm for companies doing business in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic states. The firm is a recipient of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Corporate Leadership Award, making Womble Carlyle the first law firm ever to receive the highest honor given to a business organization in recognition of its support of the Fund and its 45 member educational institutions.

Founded in 1876, Womble Carlyle operates in six states and the District of Columbia with nearly 550 attorneys in eleven offices located in Atlanta, GA; Greenville, SC; Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, and Winston-Salem, NC; Washington, DC; Tysons Corner, VA; Wilmington, DE; and Baltimore, MD. Womble Carlyle is located in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, and serves clients nationally and globally.