Education
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Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1982
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Georgetown University, M.S.F.S., 1982
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Tulane University, B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1977
Bar Admissions
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As chair of the firm’s Public Policy Department, Mr. Turner focuses on public policy issues, including congressional investigations; energy legislation; telecommunications and copyright policy; sanctions policy; and a host of other public policy issues. Mr. Turner helps clients advance their business objectives by helping block harmful legislation and regulations, by encouraging Congress and regulatory agencies to adopt favorable legislation and regulations, and by helping companies navigate the challenges of congressional investigations. Mr. Turner also has led teams on “bet-the-company” projects.
Representative Matters
- Represents companies that have been or now are under investigation before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
- Represented the Ad Hoc Deep Water Exploration and Production Coalition in successfully opposing legislation that would have negated contracts entered into by coalition members to develop leases in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
- Represents Sony Electronics and other companies on copyright and technology policy issues, both on Capitol Hill and before the Federal Communications Commission.
- Represented, pro bono, the American Friends of the Czech Republic in securing adoption of a House resolution honoring Sir Nicholas Winton for saving 669 children from death camps on the eve of World War II.
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