Bernstein, Norman W.

• Serving as disciplinary counsel for the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, and providing the Board with general counsel and advice. Byron conducts and supervises state regulatory and disciplinary investigations and proceedings involving various health care professions for the State of Louisiana.    
• Successful defense and resolution for a post-Hurricane Katrina federal government contractor in a multi-million dollar dispute with the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act (SCA), Contract Work Hours Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).   
• Served as Louisiana outside general counsel for post Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita federal government contractor conducting storm debris clean-up and environmental remediation services.   
• Successful defense and resolution for environmental contractor in consolidated multi-party discrimination lawsuits involving, among other things, claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983 of race discrimination and harassment.     
• Development and implementation of forensic document and electronically stored information collection, quality control, review and production protocols and processes involving over 3 million records and supervised 20 attorneys in the resulting review and evidence production in consolidated multi-party litigation.
• Authored legislation for a State Senator and coordinated lobbying efforts in the State Legislature that resulted in a permanent funding source for Crimestoppers programs throughout the State of Louisiana.

A native of New Orleans, Byron was born in 1966. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, in 1989, and was awarded his Juris Doctor by the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1992. He was a partner in another law firm before joining Montgomery, Barnett in 2010.