Josh Norris brings three decades of dedicated legal advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities to his role of Litigation Director, equipping him with a thorough understanding of the complex health systems that affects the lives of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. He has extensive experience in both individual representation and systemic reform litigation, with a particular focus on class actions that ensure access to healthcare and home and community-based services.
For the past eight years, Josh has maintained a private practice in Georgia, where he litigated numerous system reform cases involving Medicaid eligibility and access to essential healthcare. Previously, he served as Deputy Legal Director for Children’s Rights at the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Director of Legal and Advocacy Services at the Georgia Advocacy Office, Georgia’s designated protection and advocacy system.
Josh has a strong record of litigation success, including settlements that have driven significant systemic improvements in Georgia’s Medicaid system, such as:
- Reforming the eligibility redetermination process for people with disabilities
- Improving written notices issued by Medicaid to applicants and beneficiaries
- Reforming eligibility criteria for Katie Beckett Medicaid
- Ending the requirement that applicants for Georgia’s Independent Care Waiver self-direct their care.
In addition to his systemic work, Josh has secured numerous injunctions and substantial attorney fee awards on behalf of individual clients. Beyond litigation, he has advocated with and for people with disabilities across a wide range of issues including home and community-based services, voting, housing, transportation, and end of life decision-making.
Josh holds a Juris Doctorate from Temple University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Amherst College. He is admitted to practice in South Carolina and Georgia.