Dan Kane and Barbara Barrett, Staff Writers Meredith Norris has a new lawyer, but she’s not saying who it is.

Norris, who was convicted of a state lobbying law violation last year, had been represented by Charlotte lawyers Thomas Walker and Mark Calloway, but Walker confirmed that she has turned to someone else. He declined further comment.

Norris also declined to comment, according to an e-mail message. She had been former House Speaker Jim Black’s unpaid political director at the same time she lobbied for clients with business before the state legislature. One client that she did not disclose was lottery company Scientific Games.

That nondisclosure led to her lobbying law conviction, and federal officials have said in court that she was part of a conspiracy to have Black appoint former public relations executive Kevin Geddings to the state lottery commission in 2005. Black made the appointment, but Geddings later resigned after Scientific Games disclosed that it had hired Geddings to promote lottery legislation. (more…)