Collaborative, creative, holistic lawyer and consultant possessing recognized expertise in aging and disability – benefits from these identities as well as challenges to be healthy, included, and well that Gary can help clients address.
Light, Liberty, and Equality
Mr. Norman collaboratively engages with clients, providing coaching, integrative legal advice on such concerns as governance; and shares his insights as to public policy advocacy and implementation. He is a Licensed Consultant at the Standards for Excellence Program operated by Maryland Non-profits. He is an adjunct law professor.
He serves on the Board of the National Institute for Rural and Minority Health, having co-spoken on aging and disabilities during its 2025 “Tri-State Symposium.” His most recent national client included service on the Multi-Sector Partner Group at the Center for Health Justice, AAMC.
In May 2025, Mr. Norman successfully completed a hard-won twenty-five year career as Staff Attorney at the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, providing legal counsel in complex reimbursement disputes. During 2017, he also served as a policy advisor at the Office of Minority Health, co-leading its disability policy portfolio in addressing the intractable health disparities met by people with disabilities.
He received two Administrator Awards at CMS. During 2022, he completed as well as was elected as a co-Valedictorian speaker at the Aspiring Leaders Program at the agency.
In 2008, he traveled to the European Union as an American Marshall Memorial Fellow.
In 2021, the Baltimore Business Journal recognize him as a Leader in Diversity. He served as a “PMF Ambassador,” having formally mentor at least one Fellow and regularly speaking to Fellows stationed at CMS. He received an Honorable Mention by OPM as a graduate of the PMF program for on-going efforts related to disability inclusion. During August 2024, he delivered a formal 75-minute training on increasing the disability inclusion of the PMF program, focusing on relationships, lessons learned from his guide dogs, and new ways of thinking of diversity.
In November 2019, Mr. Norman served as a Fellow at the invite-only Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellowship program orchestrated by the Maryland Supreme Court and the Center for Dispute Resolution at the University of Maryland School of Law. He serves as 2025-26 Chair of the ADR Section of the MSBA. He is a former member of the Board of Governors at the MSBA.
Mr. Norman is the recipient of many accolades. This includes Ten Outstanding Young Americans. A great honor bestowed by the Jaycees of the U.S. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from the Alumni Association at Wright State University. He is also a member of the alumni hall of fame of his secondary school institution in Brunswick, Ohio.
In sum, Mr. Norman served as a Visiting Fellow at the Robert J. Dole Institute for Politics, counseling, mentoring students, and celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Prior to taking stage, he enjoyed a private tour of the private collections of the late Senator and then stood near the floor to ceiling representation of the U.S. Flag, marveling what a great republic, with all its problems, enables a blind person from Medina County, Ohio, to realize amazing adventures that influence policy.
