Leasing: Ms. Williams has represented commercial landlords and tenants in office, retail and industrial lease transactions including originations, leasehold financings, transfers and subleases, renegotiations, workouts and enforcement actions. She has developed lease documentation for projects and has handled lease negotiations for landlords and tenants in a variety of settings.

Ms. Williams is a frequent speaker on real estate law topics, has published over thirty articles and has co-authored major California real estate finance legislation, some of which has been used as a model for national uniform law. Her speaking and writing has been for groups including Practising Law Institute, the ABA Real Property and Estate Law Section, California Continuing Education of the Bar, California Real Property Journal, Real Property Law Reporter, Urban Land Institute, Commercial Real Estate Women and others.

Ms. Williams was the 2006-2007 Chair of the Real Property Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and is a 2008-2009 Trustee of the Association. She was elected by her peers to honorary membership in the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA) where she is a Member of the Board of Regents and Chair of the Business Development Committee. She is also a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Ms. Williams has an AV rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

One of Ms. Williams' most significant contributions to the profession was as chair, from 1993-1996, of a committee of the State Bar Real Property Section that re-drafted California's law of assignment of rents, now codified as Civil Code Section 2938. The comprehensive legislation was used as the model for the Uniform Assignment of Rents ( "Act" ) adopted in 2005 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws ("NCCUSL"). Norma participated in the NCCUSL process as an active Observer. The Act has been enacted in two states. and introduced in others