Tommy Norment
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| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 3rd district |
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Assumed office January 8, 1992 |
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| Preceded by | William E. Fears |
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Thomas Kent Norment Jr. April 12, 1946 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Carlisle Humelsine |
| Children | Casey, Kerri |
| Residence | James City County, Virginia |
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Virginia Military Institute (B.A.) College of William & Mary (J.D.) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Committees | Commerce and Labor; Courts of Justice; Finance; Rules |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Website | www.senatornorment.com |
Thomas Kent "Tommy" Norment Jr. (born April 12, 1946, in Richmond, Virginia) is the current Republican Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia. He has served in the Virginia General Assembly since 1992. He represents the 3rd senatorial district of the Virginia Senate, which includes parts of the Virginia Peninsula, plus King and Queen County, King William County, New Kent County and Gloucester County on the Middle Peninsula.
Norment is an Adjunct Professor of Law at William and Mary Law School. He served as on-campus attorney, and counselor and attorney to the President of William and Mary.
In 2008, Norment requested an opinion from Attorney General Bob McDonnell stating "at no time will I assume a relationship of 'attorney-client' that would result in the exercising of any attorney client privilege or any work product privilege. It is my understanding the College would continue to rely upon legal services through the Office of Attorney General." Attorney General McDonnell concludes his opinion to Norment that "it is my opinion that you do not have an impermissible conflict of interest under the Act based on the facts herein." McDonnell writes "I affirm the intention that your relationship with the College will not be that of attorney and client."
Former Attorney General, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, released the Norment opinion to the public and issued a press release on September 2, 2011. The press release states the following: "Recent public statements made by state Senator Thomas Norment suggest that for the past several years, he assumed a role of legal counsel for the College of William & Mary. One of his reported statements also incorrectly implied that a 2008 opinion he requested from the Office of the Attorney General affirmed that such an arrangement would be acceptable under the law."
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