Michael A. Turken 1942-2009

(1942-2009)

Location:

St. Charles, Missouri

Phone:

636-352-1619
888-875-1907 (Toll Free)

Fax:

636-916-1212

E-mail:

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Litigation Percentage

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

Missouri, 1968
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1969

Education

Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri
- J.D. - 1968
- Law Review: Washington University Law Quarterly, Editorial Staff, 1968 - 1969
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
- B.S. - 1965
- Major: Psychology and Political Science

Published Works

Chapter 18 "Discovery", The Missouri Bar Family Law CLE, Spring, 2001
"Evidence and Trial Tactics", American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Second Annual Institute, October 31, 1997
"Child Custody Cases Involving Alternative Lifestyles", The Missouri Bar/Missouri Judicial Conference, Annual Meeting, September 18, 1997
"Update of Family Law, Recent Legislation, Changes in Local St. Charles Speaker County Rules, and Comments by the Court", St. Charles County Bar and Missouri Bar CLE, July 28, 1997
"Ethics", American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Annual Meeting, May 17, 1997
Chapter 18, "Discovery", The Missouri Bar, Missouri Family Law, Fifth Edition, January 30, 1997
Chapter 19, "Trial Practice in the Domestic Practice", Family Law CLE, Fifth Edition, 1997
"Family Law Deskbook Chapter 9", Editor, November 6, 1996
"Family Law: Focusing on Child Support and Financial Considerations", St. Charles County Bar, June, 1995
"Computer Software", Family Law in Missouri American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, January 19, 1995
"Maintenance--Pay Now and Pay Later?", University of Missouri-Kansas City, December 9, 1994
"Pleading and Proving Prior Convictions", Missouri Prosecuting Attorney Handbook, 1971
"Guardianship/The Capacity of a Ward", Washington University Law Quarterly, 1969
"Update of Family Law, Recent Legislation, Changes in Local St.Charles Speaker County Rules, and Comments by the Court", St. Charles County Bar and Missouri Bar CLE, July 28, 1997

Classes/Seminars

Speaker "Economics of Family Law Practice", American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Mo. Chapter), April 17, 2004
Speaker "Agreements with Clients", American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers National Meeting, 1998
Speaker "The Economics of the Domestic Practice", American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Mo. Chapter), 1999
Speaker "Legislative Update for 1998", Missouri Bar
Speaker "Legislative Update of St. Charles County Family", St. Charles County Bar Association, August 7, 1998
Speaker "Ethics and Civility in the Family Practice: What Are the Bounds of Advocacy?", The Missouri Bar CLE, Annual Family Law Institute, August 22, 1997
Speaker "Ethics and Civility in the Family Practice: What Are the Bounds of Advocacy?", The Missouri Bar CLE, Annual Family Law Institute, August 1, 1997
Speaker, "Is the Marriage Irretrievably Broken", Missouri Bar CLE on Eighth Annual Family Law Institute, August 11, 1995
Speaker, "Federal Child Support Requirements and Guidelines", Missouri Bar CLE, Seventh Annual Family Law Institute, August 19, 1994
Speaker, "The Computer and You in Domestic Relations Cases", Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1994
Speaker, "Malpractice", American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1994
Speaker, "Creative Use of the Personal Computer in Domestic Relations practice", Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, August 5, 1993
Speaker, "Discovery in the Domestic Relations Cases", Missouri Bar Association, 1993
Speaker, "Domestic Relations, The Emotional Client", Bar Association of St. Charles, 1992

Honors and Awards

Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1990 - Present
Best Lawyers In America, 1990 - Present
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory - Rated "AV"

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers-Missouri Chapter, President, 2001 - 2002
St. Charles County Bar Association, Past-President, 1978
St. Charles County Bar Association, Chairman of the Rules Committee, 1980 - Present
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Member
Missouri Bar Family Law Committee, Legislative Committee
St. Charles County Family Court Coordinating Committee, Member
St. Louis County Bar Association, Member
St. Louis Post Dispatch - Missouri Bar Family Law Legislative Liaison, Committee

Past Employment Positions

Turken and Porzenski, LLC, 2007 - 2009
Turken & Associates, P.C., 1999 - 2007
Cundiff, Turken & Londoff, 1973 - 1999
Law Offices of George Sullivan, 1971 - 1973
Office of the Public Defender, St. Charles County, 1971 - 1975
Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, St. Louis County, 1968 - 1971

Fraternities/Sororities

Sigma Alpha Mu