Norman elected chairman
of PLC board of directors
The Layman, February 17, 2011
Forrest A. Norman, III has been elected as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Presbyterian Lay Committee.
A board member since 2006, he most recently served as the board’s vice-chairman, and has also served on various board sub-committees. Related article
Norman is a member of Hudson Presbyterian Church in Hudson, Ohio, a church that voted in 2006 to change denominational affiliations from the Presbyterian Church (USA) to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. He has served as a deacon, a mission team leader, adult education teacher, a lay preacher at Hudson and as a Bible study leader, among other activities. In his spare time he volunteers with Project Healing Waters, an outreach for wounded U.S. veterans.
In the 1980s, Norman served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Norman is a partner in the Cleveland law firm of Gallagher Sharp. In addition to his civil litigation practice, he has counseled churches of various denominations in more than a dozen states, assisting them in matters ranging from tort claims, ecclesiastical hearings and church property cases. He received his bachelor’s and J.D. degrees from Case Western Reserve University and is a barrister in the American Inns of Court.
He and his wife Sarah reside with their children – Forrest, Grant, Hunter and Helena – in Hudson, Ohio, southeast of Cleveland.