Norton Stanley Karno (* 29. June 1936) is best known as an attorney for the Church of Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard in the 1960s and 1970s, and whose name figures prominently in Scientology's history. Karno is also well known as an active real estate investor. According to an article in the Colorado newspaper Daily Camera: Karno or one of his corporations owns more than 500 pieces of real estate nationwide, including seven parcels in Boulder County, Colorado. Karno is associated with the California firm of Karno, Schwartz & Friedman