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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Michael C. "Mike" Turpen |
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Muskogee, Oklahoma , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
November 10, 1949
(74 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
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| Info | Michael C. Turpen
Michael C. Turpen attended the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in history in 1972. In 1975 he received his Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of Tulsa, College of Law.
Following law school, Mr. Turpen moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma where he held the positions of Muskogee Police Legal Advisor, Muskogee County District Attorney, Chief Prosecutor and First Assistant District Attorney. He served as Muskogee County District Attorney from 1977 to 1982. In 1982, Mr. Turpen was elected Attorney General for the state of Oklahoma, serving from 1983 to 1987. Since 1987 Mr. Turpen has been a partner in the law firm of Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis in Oklahoma City.
While no longer running for or serving in public office, Mr. Turper remains politically active in the media: television, radio, pring – even on the Internet. He appears weekly on the award-winning public affairs show, “Flashpoint with Hargis and Turpen” on NBC affiliate KFOR in Oklahoma City. In addition, he has appeard on ABC’s “Politically Incorrect” twice and was featured on PBS’s national documentary, “Vote for Me: Politics in America.” He does weekly commentary on Tulsa’s KRMG radio’s, “Ehrling in the Morning” and on Oklahoma City’s KTOK radio’s, “Danny Williams” show. Mike had a long-running monthly column, “Turpen Time” for the Oklahoma Public Employees’ Association monthly newspaper, and was a featured columnist for Microsoft’s Internet magazine, Slate. In addition, Mr. Turpen is a nationally sought after public speaker, recently keynoting a National Association of Attorneys General conference, the 4th Judicial Circuit Conference banquet, and the National Family and Juvenile Judges’ Association conference. In all, he has addressed groups in 44 states.
Mr. Turpen was appointed by President Clinton in 1993 to the President’s Advisory Council on the Arts for the Kennedy Center. In 1986 he was the recipient of the National Foundation for the Improvement of Justice Award and was honored by the National Organization for Victim Assistance as one of Ten Outstanding National Leaders in the field of victim rights over the past decade.
Mr. Turpen was listed in the politics and law section of Esquire magazine’s “1985 register: Men and Women Under Forty Who are Changing the Nation.”
Mr. Turpen argued before the United States Supreme Court in 1985. He served as a faculty member of the National College of District Attorneys. In 1980 he was the winner of the Maurice Merrill Golden Quill Award from the Oklahoma Bar Association for Outstanding Contributions to the Oklahoma Bar Journal, and he was appointed by Gov. George Nigh to serve as Vice Chairman of the Oklahoma Crime Commission.
In 1979 Mr. Turpen was named Outstanding Young Man by the Muskogee Jaycees and Outstanding Young Oklahoman by the Oklahoma Jaycees. In 1975 he was selected by the Oklahoma Bar Association as Oklahoma’s Outstanding Young Lawyer.
Mr. Turpen is a member of the American, Oklahoma, Tulsa County and Oklahoma County Bar Associations, as well as the Oklahoma Bar Foundation. He is also a member of the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association and is currently serving as Vice President of the National Organization of Victim Assistance (NOVA). Other memberships include the Oklahoma Academy of State Goals, the Rotary Club and board member of Lyric Theater.
He is married, has three children and is a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City.
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